The Effects of Smoking Cessation Education Program for Junior High School Students in Taipei County, Taiwan

• Main Authors: chun-yu yeh, 葉純瑜
• Other Authors: 黃松元
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2009
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/2d4443

碩士 === 國立臺灣師範大學 === 衛生教育學系 === 97 === The main purpose of this study was to explore the impact of the program on smoking students. The study also explored the evaluation on the group smoking cessation course and individual smoking cessation counseling among the students.The study used quasi-experimental design. The students in the experimental group received group smoking cessation course and individual smoking cessation counseling. The students in the control group did not receive intervention. Experimental and control groups answered questionnaires before, after, and three months after the smoking cessation course. The data were analyzed by using Fisher’s Exact Probability Test, Mann-Whitney U Test, and Wilcoxon-Signed-Ranks Test. The main results of the study are as follows: 1. The intervention program of the smoking cessation education could immediately increase knowledge of smoking cessation, skills of smoking cessation, and self- efficacy of smoking cessation among the students in the experimental group, and their improvement were significantly higher than the control group, in terms of immediate and long-term effects. 2. The smoking cessation program could immediately increase attitudes toward smoking cessation, intention of smoking cessation, and vate of continuous cessation. among the students in the experimental group, but their improvement was not significantly different from the control group. The program could not increase risk perception of smoking among the experimental group. 3. The smoking cessation program could reduce the level of carbon monoxide (CO) among the students in the experimental group. However,there were no significant difference between the experimental and control groups. The program could have positive effection on stages of chang, reduce the score of Fagerstrom test for nicotine dependence, and reduce the daily smoking amount among the experimental group. 4. The experimental group evaluated the group smoking cessation course and individual smoking cessation counseling positively. The results of the study can be used to further develop smoking cessation programs for junior high school students. Researchers can apply this study to other area in order to explore the program’s applicability and effectiveness.