高校生を対象とした喫煙防止教育の効果及び家族への波及効果

The aim of this survey was to clarify the effects of smoking prevention education to the highschool students, and its ripple effects to their families. Participants were same group of６３０students. Questionnaire surveys were conducted, self-reporting and anonymous, immediately before and after the lecture meeting, and after８month in２０１１‐２０１２fiscal year. As a result, significant favorable changes were observed in female students regarding the images of smoking and the prediction of behavior associated with smoking in the future. However, favorable outcome was not observed among both male and female students after eight months. As useful educational contents, to help stop smoking behavior in the future, the causes of vulnerability to cancer and strong dependence on nicotine were pointed out. Significantly high rates were observed : male students selected the“economical reasons”“, social responsibility”and“transition of smoking rate”; female students selected the“effect on appearance”and“effect on babies”. Also, the smoking rate of the parents of targeted students was lower than the national average, which revealed that their parents were grappling with the problem of smoking abstinence, caused by the chance of having conversations about smoking with their family members. We conclude that it is necessary to construct the educational contents appropriate for the characteristics of each targeted group including family background in order to make smoking abstinence a success. Future studies are also necessary to develop effective educational continuous and periodical approaches of the lecture meeting, which will trigger the cessation of smoking and promote conversation within the family unit.

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