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Assessing the Impact of a Health Education Anti-Smoking Program for Students: A Follow-Up Investigation.
- Source :
- Children; Apr2024, Vol. 11 Issue 4, p387, 11p
- Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- In this follow-up study, we aimed to assess the effectiveness of the "I do not smoke, I exercise" anti-smoking preventive health education program. The program was based on the theory of planned behavior supplemented with life skills teaching and targeted at high school students. The intervention comprised ten one-hour online sessions, administered by physical education instructors. The study cohort comprised 222 students (109 boys, 113 girls) from 11 secondary schools, with an average age of 16.42 ± 1.36 years. Data collection involved pre- and post-intervention self-assessment questionnaires. The examined variables included attitudes towards smoking, intention to smoke, subjective norm, perceived behavioral control (PBC), knowledge about smoking, smoking behavior, exercise behavior, attitudes toward the program's implementation, and satisfaction with the program. A separate paired samples t-test revealed a significant improvement in students' knowledge about smoking (t<subscript>217</subscript> = −5.605, p < 0.001, d = 0.38) and perceived behavioral control (t<subscript>220</subscript> = −2.166, p < 0.05, d = 0.15) following the intervention. However, no significant changes were observed in the remaining variables. In addition, students' overall satisfaction with the implementation of the present health education program was high (M = 5.72 ± 1.39). These findings suggest that the health education smoking prevention intervention incorporates techniques and strategies that influence the perceived behavioral control variable, emphasizing students' strong interest in educationally theorized programs integrating technology into their design. Future studies should consider further examination of tobacco control strategies within the high school context. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- SMOKING cessation
SMOKING cessation products
SELF-evaluation
HEALTH attitudes
SATISFACTION
CRONBACH'S alpha
T-test (Statistics)
RESEARCH funding
PSYCHOLOGY of high school students
EVALUATION of human services programs
PLANNED behavior theory
QUESTIONNAIRES
SMOKING
PHYSICAL education
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
LONGITUDINAL method
HEALTH education
HEALTH outcome assessment
HEALTH promotion
COMPARATIVE studies
DATA analysis software
SCHOOL health services
BEHAVIOR therapy
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 22279067
- Volume :
- 11
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Children
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 176903465
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3390/children11040387