The The Effect Health Literacy Programs for Smoking Reduction and Cessation Among Vocational Students in the Educational Institution, Muang District, Ratchaburi Province

Abstract

This research was a quasi-experimental design with one group. The objective of this research was to study the effect health literacy programs for smoking reduction and cessation among vocational students in the education institution, Muang District, Ratchaburi Province. Sampled according to the specified male students who studying second and third year vocational certificate level, with Self-administered questionnaire was obtained from 52 smokers. Descriptive statistics, Paired Sample T-test, Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test were applied for data analysis. Results shown that after experiment, the average scores on health literacy for smoking reduction and cessation, kknowledge with statistical significance (P-value<0.001), and the median scores on amount of cigarettes smoked, and average scores on exhaled carbon monoxide was decreased with statistical significance (P-value<0.001). The composition of health literacy in terms of access to health information, communication, understandings, self-management, and accuracy performance decision were increased average scores with statistical significance (P-value<0.001). The media literacy was not statistically different from those before the experiment (P-value>0.05). Related organizations should health literacy programs and augment information about harmfulness of smoking, quit smoking, and encouraged to develop media literacy skill to smoke vocational students.