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| Abstract : Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris |
| Introduction. In Malaysia, tobacco-related causes of death have claimed an estimated 27,400 lives annually, and that number is anticipated to climb in the coming years. Despite laws in Malaysia banning smoking in public areas, restrictions on tobacco sponsorship, promotion, and advertising in all media, as well as Graphic Warning Labels (GWLs) on cigarette packets and restricting the legal smoking age to 18 years, it is well-known that children and teenagers are involved and youth tobacco usage is rising. As there is a rise in the prevalence of tobacco use so is the call for effective school-based tobacco prevention and cessation program for children and teenagers. The study set out to understand the current level of knowledge, attitude, and behaviour of children and teenagers towards tobacco use and possible change through psycho-education and counselling towards prevention and cessation. Study participants and methods. This study adopted a pre and post Mixed Method Triangulation Design: Convergence Model. There was an independent and concurrent collection of quantitative and qualitative data from school children ages 11 to 18 years and 7 to 10 years respectively. A one-day four-module school-based prevention and cessation program was developed and carried out in five approved schools and data were collected before and after the program. The mean age for the quantitative study was 13 years, 66% were males and 34% were females. For the qualitative study, the mean age was 9 years, 54% were male and 46% were female A grand total of 131 students participated in the study. The data was analyzed using descriptive statistics, paired samples t-test thematic analysis. Results. The quantitative analysis showed a significant difference between knowledge test scores before psychoeducation intervention (M=.803; SD=.1793) and Knowledge test scores after the psycho-education intervention (M=.895; SD=.1193); [t (108) = -4.596, p = .000], attitude and behavior were insignificant Results from the thematic analysis on the qualitative results showed that the psychoeducation and counselling intervention had a significant impact only on knowledge. The children report on attitude and behaviour towards tobacco did not significantly change from before to after the program. The timing between the program and post-data may be a contributing factor but irrespective of the data collection method the outcome was similar for both children and teenagers. Practical Significance. Through psycho-education and counselling towards prevention and cessation the study set out to understand the current level of knowledge, attitude, and behaviour of children and teenagers towards tobacco use and possible change through psycho-education and counselling towards prevention and cessation. Therefore, intervention programme should include psychoeducation and counselling to improve the knowledge of students in school-based interventions. © 2024 LLC Ecological Help. All rights reserved. |
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