Effectiveness of a Secondhand Smoking Prevention Program on Adolescents
Journal of Korean Academy of Community Health Nursing
;
: 44-53, 2014.
Article
in Korean
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ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
This study has examined effectiveness of a secondhand smoking prevention program for adolescents.METHODS:
The study was done in a nonequivalent control group pretest/posttest design. The subjects of the current study were 198 middle school students from K city in the Gyeongbuk province. The students were assigned to an experimental group (100) and participated in the secondhand smoking prevention program or to a control group (98) and did not take part. Data collection was done from June to July 2012. A Chi-square test, independent t-test, paired t test and ANCOVA were used with the SPSS 18.0 program for data analysis.RESULTS:
There were significant differences between the groups in knowledge of short-term influence of secondhand smoking (F=9.65, p<.005), knowledge of long-term influence of secondhand smoking (F=15.53, p<.001), verbal coping skills for secondhand smoking prevention (F=16.35, p<.001), behavioral coping skills for secondhand smoking prevention (F=8.49, p<.005), and assertiveness of secondhand smoking prevention (F=17.30, p<.001) measurements.CONCLUSION:
The secondhand smoking prevention program delivered to the adolescents is an effective method of encouraging secondhand smoking prevention and can be utilized as an effective nursing intervention for adolescents.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Assertiveness
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Tobacco Smoke Pollution
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Adaptation, Psychological
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Smoking
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Data Collection
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Statistics as Topic
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Nursing
Type of study:
Evaluation studies
Limits:
Adolescent
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Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Journal of Korean Academy of Community Health Nursing
Year:
2014
Type:
Article
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