TY - JOUR
T1 - The Effectiveness of Self-Help Group (SHG) Intervention on Smoking Prevention of Adolescents in Aceh, Indonesia
T2 - A Controlled Field Trail
AU - Fithria, Fithria
AU - Hartaty, Neti
AU - Susanti, Suryane Sulistiana
N1 - Funding Information:
Funding for conducting this study and publishing the manuscript was provided by Universitas Syiah Kuala, Aceh Indonesia
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Objective: This study aims to examine the effectiveness of the Self-Help Group (SHG) intervention in smoking prevention among adolescents. Methods: This study was carried out in 2 Junior High Schools in Aceh Besar using a quasi-experimental method, which was conducted in the intervention and the control groups with a pre-post design. The number of samples was determined based on power analysis with medium effect size and power (0.08) with 40 respondents per group. After randomizing the schools, a total of 40 students who met the criteria were randomly selected for each school. The data were collected by using a self-report questionnaire, consisting of knowledge, as well as smoking attitudes, intentions, and behavior. The SHG intervention consist of 6 sessions, each of which was conducted per week with a duration of 40-60 minutes per session. The data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Results: The results of statistical tests using the Mann-Whitney and t-test showed that there was an effect of the SHG intervention on knowledge (p-value 0.043), attitude (p-value 0.001), intention (p-value 0.029), and behavior (p-value 0.003). The average score of knowledge was higher in the SHG intervention group than in the control group, while the average score of attitude, smoking intention and behavior was lower in the SHG intervention group than in the control group.
AB - Objective: This study aims to examine the effectiveness of the Self-Help Group (SHG) intervention in smoking prevention among adolescents. Methods: This study was carried out in 2 Junior High Schools in Aceh Besar using a quasi-experimental method, which was conducted in the intervention and the control groups with a pre-post design. The number of samples was determined based on power analysis with medium effect size and power (0.08) with 40 respondents per group. After randomizing the schools, a total of 40 students who met the criteria were randomly selected for each school. The data were collected by using a self-report questionnaire, consisting of knowledge, as well as smoking attitudes, intentions, and behavior. The SHG intervention consist of 6 sessions, each of which was conducted per week with a duration of 40-60 minutes per session. The data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Results: The results of statistical tests using the Mann-Whitney and t-test showed that there was an effect of the SHG intervention on knowledge (p-value 0.043), attitude (p-value 0.001), intention (p-value 0.029), and behavior (p-value 0.003). The average score of knowledge was higher in the SHG intervention group than in the control group, while the average score of attitude, smoking intention and behavior was lower in the SHG intervention group than in the control group.
KW - adolescent
KW - Self-Help Group
KW - SHG
KW - smoking
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U2 - 10.31557/APJCP.2023.24.3.991
DO - 10.31557/APJCP.2023.24.3.991
M3 - Article
C2 - 36974554
AN - SCOPUS:85150993068
SN - 1513-7368
VL - 24
SP - 991
EP - 997
JO - Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
JF - Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
IS - 3
ER -
