Effects of health education on the knowledge of nursing students regarding the use of herbal cigar, nicotine gum and tapering dosage method as alternative ways of controlling excessive smoking habit

Date of Completion

2006

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelor of Science in Nursing

Keywords

Health Education, Smoking, Alternative Medicine, College Students

Abstract

This study aims  to be able to determine the effects of health education regarding the use of herbal cigar, nicotine gum, tapering dosage method in relation to the level of knowledge of second year nursing students as alternative ways in controlling excessive smoking habit. SPECIFIC: 1. to be able to determine the profile of the respondents with regards to their gender, socio-economic status, religious affiliation and smoking history and experiences; 2.to be able to determine the level of knowledge of the second year nursing students of De La Salle - Health Sciences Campus and, Emilio Aguinaldo College, Dasmari?as, Cavite, in relation to study about the three alternative methods of controlling excessive smoking habits; 3. to be able to find any significant relationship between the profile of the respondents in terms of gender, socio-economic status, religious affiliation and smoking history and experience with the level of knowledge regarding the efficiency of herbal cigar, nicotine gum, and tapering dosage method; and 4. to be able to measure the effectiveness of the health education on the three alternative methods in an exposed and unexposed group.  The study on the effects of health education on the knowledge of nursing students regarding the use of herbal cigar, nicotine gum, and tapering dosage method as alternative ways of controlling excessive smoking habit have successfully been conducted by gathering of sufficient date needed to support the for statement using the appropriate statistical treatment that was to be carefully interpreted and analyzed for ant significant differences. The said significance was to be measured for its relationship and values with the given hypothesis that will be presented as a new study having controlling smoking as its main theme.1.According to the study that was presented the following and examined, there is no significantly related difference among the following data that has been gathered in terms of their gender, socio-economic status, and religious affiliation. The profile on gender reveals that male and female share the same level of knowledge as well; Furthermore, the socio-economic status of the respondents didn't reveal any significant differences on the level of knowledge of the respondents. In addition to that, the profile regarding the smoking history and related experiences showed those who were categorized based on the age of the respondents when they started smoking and the number of sticks consumed per day had the same level of knowledge as well.2.Another aspect of this study that is needed to be emphasized is the effectiveness of the intervention conducted on the treatment group. Based on the results of the data. It has a very high significance rate when compared to a controlled group. Moreover, the same result was obtained even if it were to compare the pre-intervention result and post intervention result of the treatment group alone. This clearly validates and authenticates the answer the analysis that the health education was indeed inevitably effective and thus, had increased the level of knowledge of the students. 3. The rejects the null hypothesis of no significance regarding the level of knowledge of the exposed and unexposed group thereby, starting that Health Education Dosage Method was undoubtedly effective as proven by the data presented by this study.

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