This study would tend to clarify effects on knowledge and attitudes of smoking by preventive education for the fifth grade student in elementary school. It would also hope to contribute to activate smoking preventive education, improvement of health quality for the young and reduce school children´s misdeeds.
One hundred and sixty-eight school children, the fifth grade student in K city´s elementary school have been gathered as testees and divided into two groups : 84 in an experimental group and other 84 in a group for comparison. Data has been collected between 27th November, 2001 and 8th February, 2002 and methods, which were based on literature study, have been developed by myself and used after reliability test.
The process has been formed in this order - pre-survey, experiment (smoking preventive education), the first post-survey and the second post-survey. The pre-survey was to fill the questionnaire and the post survey has done with the same way in 2 and 9 weeks later. The smoking preventive education has been carried out 4 times and the time for each experiment was 40 minutes.
The collected data has been analysed by the purpose into x²-test, t-test, F-test, Duncan multiple range test with SPSS.
The results of study would be as follows.
1. The rate of smoking experience is 17.3% and the biggest motive (75%) is curiosity. Also 5.4% of respondents reply to have friends smoking a little.
2. The first hypothesis - the group with smoking preventive education would have much knowledge about smoking than comparison group - would be supported with statistical data (t=-3.329, p=.000).
3. The second hypothesis - the group with smoking preventive education would show higher attitude than the other group - would also be backed by statistically meaningful difference (t=-3.856, p=.000).
4. The variables of extent for smoking knowledge would be school record and the variables of extent for smoking attitude is friends´ smoking, parents´ reaction, experience until now and plan from now on.
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