Factors Predicting Secondhand Smoke Avoidance Behaviors among University Students in Bangkok
Keywords:
Secondhand Smoke Exposure, University Students, Smoke Avoidance, BehaviorAbstract
This predictive correlation research aimed to assess the level of secondhand smoke avoidance behaviors and to identify factors predicting secondhand smoke avoidance behaviors among 147 students in the Dusit district of Bangkok. The research instruments were developed by applying the behavior change wheel theory with a content validity index between .83 - 1.00, and a reliability value between .79 - .92. Data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics, and stepwise multiple regression analysis.
The results revealed that secondhand smoke avoidance behaviors were at a middle rate. In addition, stepwise multiple regression analysis indicates that culture norm (B=.259), perceived severity of secondhand smoke (B =.284), knowledge of the tobacco products control act (2017), and the announcement of the Ministry of Public Health on Tobacco in 2018 (B =.332), attitudes towards smoking (B=-.169), perceived harm from secondhand smoke exposure (B.246), and perceived barriers of secondhand smoke (B=-.113) have had described 86.0% of secondhand smoke avoidance behaviors with a significance level of p-value<.05.
The research results suggest that educational institutions should promote the ability of secondhand smoke avoidance by increasing the communication channels of knowledge about tobacco product control and doing campaigns against smoking in public areas. Setting such policy will reduce the barriers to secondhand smoke avoidance.
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