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KMID : 0358120030290010081
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Journal of the Korean Public Health Association
2003 Volume.29 No. 1 p.81 ~ p.88
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Change of Attitude of Primary School Students and Their Parents towards Smoking after Smoking Prevention Program
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Park Kyung-Min
Lee Choong-Won
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Abstract
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This study was carried out to see change of attitude of primary school students and their parent toward smoking after two months of a smoking prevention program in 445 students of 4-6th grade of a primary school in 2002. The result were as follows: 1. Male students were 53.3% and More than half of parents´ attainment of education were high school and 22.0% of the mother were fully employed. Nine male students experienced smoking while none of the female students did. Current smokers were 52.3% in fathers and 2.0% in mothers. 2. Student reported that passive smoking is not good for health were 91.1% before the prevention program but after the program they were 93.5%(x2=5.78, p=0.019). 3. Yes to "smoking of the students is bad" was 86.4% before the program but changed to 91.4% (x2=11.78, p=0.008) 4. Students reported that they will try to smoke after becoming adults were 10.6% before the program but the proportion reduced to 26 students (5.9%) (x2=20.65, p=0.0001). Twenty one students did not changed their attitudes before and after the program. 5. Students reported that they will not try to smoke despite peer pressure were 87.2% before and after the program. Nineteen students changed their attitudes from "will try" before the program to "will not try" after the program (x2=20.65, p=0.0001) 6. Parents attitudinal changes after the smoking prevention program noted markedly in "know the health effects of passive smoking", "recognize seriousness of the current smoking situation in Korea", and "agree for initiation of the smoking prevention program by the school". We propose based on these results that: 1. Many kinds of smoking prevention programs suitable for the primary schools should be developed in linkage with the programs for the middle and high schools. 2. Active change of attitudes by the school employees as well as parents of the students are needed to implement smoking prevention program more properly. 3. Various kinds of smoking prevention programs should be developed applicable for both schools and community as well.
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KEYWORD
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Smoking prevention program, Attitudinal changes, School and community program
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