Effects of secondhand smoke reduction programin the household, Ban Tio Sub-district, Lom SakDistrict, Phetchabun Province
Keywords:
Secondhand smoke, Smoke-free house, Secondhand smoke reduction programAbstract
This study is a quasi-experimental research, aimed to study the effectiveness of reducing secondhand smoke program in the household in Ban Tio Subdistrict, Lom Sak District, Phetchabun Province. The sample was the household who have children aged 0-5 years living with people who smoke. The sample was divided into 2 groups of experimental group and control group for 20 households in each group.Purposive sampling according to the inclusion criteria was applied to recruit participants. Data was collected before and after the experiment by using questionnaires. Data analyzed using descriptive statistics and Mann-Whitney U test and Wilcoxon signed-rank test.
The study indicated that after undertaking the program, family members who live with children age 0-5 years and those who smoke have an average score of perceived risk of developing disease from secondhand smoke, perceived severity from secondhand smoke, perceived of benefits of not touching secondhand smoke, family health care behavior, preventive behavior and avoid getting secondhand smoke, and behavior in compliance with smoking-free house was higher than before the experiment and higher than the control group with statistical significance of p-value < 0.05. Therefore, this program improved perceived risk, perceived severity, perceived benefit, preventive behavior, and avoid getting secondhand smoke behavior that can be reduce secondhand smoke exposure in household.
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