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KMID : 0858820120290030035
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Journal of Korean Society for Health Education and Promotion
2012 Volume.29 No. 3 p.35 ~ p.51
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Ways to Improve Effectiveness of School-Based Smoking Cessation Intervention for Adolescents : Implications from Focus Group Interviews
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Nagm Sung-Hee
Chun Jong-Serl
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Abstract
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Objective: The objective of this study is to explore factors that contribute toward improving the effectiveness of school-based smoking cessation programs for Korean adolescents.
Methods: Thematic analysis was done on the feedback gathered from a focus group interview of 5 instructors with ample service experience at smoking cessation programs provided in school settings.
Results: This study has identified 9 categories of initiatives that may contribute to improving the quality of existing programs. These nine categories were grouped into the following 4 themes. 1) Improvement in the structure of intervention : the programs should be restructured to allow more instruction time and better instruction environment; 2) Improvement in the content of intervention: the programs should develop differentiated contents considering the characteristics of adolescence; 3) Importance of rapport, adolescents’ interests and compensation: the program should be more interesting to adolescents and provide rewards based on the rapport between instructors and adolescents; 4) Cooperation among smoking cessation instructor, school, and community: instructors, teachers at schools, and communities should cooperate actively with one another.
Conclusions: The school-based smoking cessation programs will benefit from implementing the findings of this study in improving its effectiveness in smoking cession in adolescents.
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KEYWORD
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School-based smoking cessation intervention, Adolescents, Focus group interview
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