%0 Journal Article
%T The Impact of a Pharmacist-Conducted Interactive Anti-Smoking Education Program on the Attitudes and Knowledge of High School Students
%A Man-Tzu Marcie Wu
%A Wan-Chen Shen
%A Juei-Chia Chang
%A Yi-Chun Chiang
%A Hsiang-Mei Chen
%A Hsiang-Yin Chen
%J Creative Education
%P 423-429
%@ 2151-4771
%D 2013
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ce.2013.47061
%X <p style=\"text-align:justify;\">
	<i><span>Introduction</span></i><span><span>:</span><i> </i></span><span><span>Smoking among adolescents remains a major concern because of its long term health hazards.</span><i> </i><span>An effective adolescent-specific anti-smoking education is needed. </span><i><span>Objectives</span></i><span>: To measure the impact of a school-based tobacco prevention program provided by pharmacists on the attitudes and knowledge of senior high students. </span><i><span>Methods</span></i><span>:</span><b> </b><span>An anti-smoking program specifically aimed at high school students was developed by pharmacists and introduced to 354 students inTaiwan. It consisted of a role play and a lecture. The students were asked to complete a structural questionnaire right before and after the intervention. </span><i><span>Results</span></i><span>: After the intervention, the average of the total attitude scores increased from 41.7 to 43.2 (p</span></span><span> </span><span>=</span><span> </span><span>0.001), and the total knowledge scores increased from 6.4 to 8.2 (p</span><span> </span><span>&lt;</span><span> </span><span><span>0.001). The average practice score was 31.2 (maximum score = 50) and the result suggested that the practice score was associated with attitude rather than knowledge. </span><i><span>Conclusion</span></i><span>: This pharmacist-conducted anti-smoking program for high school students resulted in positive changes regarding both attitude and knowledge. This suggests that further anti-smoking programs targeting students would be effective in helping to prevent youth smoking.</span></span> 
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%K Attitude
%K High School
%K Smoking Cessation
%K Questionnaire
%K Education
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=34149