Korean J Occup Environ Med.  2007 Sep;19(3):171-178.

The Change of Non-smoking Knowledge and Attitude of Intensive Course of Anti-smoking Leadership Training

• Lee SY
• Lee KS
• Yim HW
• Chae JH
• Kim DJ
• Lee JH
• Yu JH
• Choi SK

Abstract

OBJECTIVES
To evaluate the effectiveness of an anti-smoking readership training program on the knowledge, attitude and practice in health managers and supervisors in the workplace.
METHODS
We surveyed 482 health managers and supervisors in the workplace from April 2005 to September 2005. The questionnaire included whether or not a smoking cessation program was conducted in their workplace. We assessed before and after educations program about knowledge, attitude and practice for smoking cessation. The 10-hour education program included the benefit of quit smoking, the law for smoking restriction, cognitive therapy, stress management, nicotine addiction, replacement therapy, case study about workplace for anti-smoking policy and program.
RESULTS
For the change in the mean scores of all items in knowledge, attitude and practice were significantly increased after the intervention.
CONCLUSION
Even a short, 10-hour intervention course of anti-smoking leadership training program was effective for improving the knowledge, attitude, practice to quit smoking activity in workplace. Nevertheless, the program effectiveness would be increased by including a re-training course and website support.

Keyword

Workplace anti-smoking; Leadership training; Health promotion

MeSH Terms

Cognitive Therapy
Education
Health Promotion
Jurisprudence
Leadership*
Nicotine
Program Evaluation
Questionnaires
Smoke
Smoking
Smoking Cessation
Nicotine
Smoke