Research in Community and Public Health Nursing (지역사회간호학회지)
- Volume 17 Issue 2
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- Pages.273-282
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- 2006
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- 1225-9594(pISSN)
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- 2288-4203(eISSN)
The Effect of Smoking Prevention Education on Primary School Students
초등학생을 위한 흡연예방교육의 효과
- Paek, Kyung-Shin (Department of Nursing, Semyung University)
- 백경신 (세명대학교 간호학과)
- Published : 2006.06.30
Abstract
Purpose: This study was to evaluate the effects of smoking prevention education on primary school students. Method: This study used a nonequivalent control group pretest-posttest design. The subjects were 189 6th graders of two primary schools, of them, 97 were assigned to the experimental group and 92 were assigned to the control group. Smoking prevention education was applied in 7 sessions for 40 minutes every week. Survey was conducted before and one week after the smoking prevention education to examine student's knowledge of smoking, attitude, and smoking cessation intention. The data were analyzed by descriptive statistics and