Empowerment components related to smoking prevention among male students: A cross-sectional study

IF 2.3 Q2 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health Pub Date : 2025-03-12 DOI:10.1016/j.cegh.2025.101972

Naser Sharafkhani , Mehrnoosh Jasemzadeh , Mostafa jiba , Leili Rabiei , Arash Salahshouri

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Abstract

Background

Smoking is one of the unhygienic behaviors in human societies and unfortunately, its increasing prevalence among all classes especially students as effective role models in society, has caused many concerns. This study aimed to investigate the components of empowerment in connection with the adoption of smoking prevention behaviors (SPB) in male students at Azad University of Ahvaz.

Methods

The present study was of a descriptive-analytical type, which was conducted with the participation of 315 male students between 2021 and 2022. Sampling was stratified-random. The data collection tool of this study was a questionnaire containing demographic characteristics and questions related to various empowerment components concerning smoking prevention and the adoption of SPB. The data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistical methods, including prevalence, mean, standard deviation, Pearson's correlation coefficient, and linear regression, using SPSS 22 software.

Results

The results of this study showed that 18.06 % of the students were active smokers while 75.88 % of them had smoking experience. Also, the results of the study showed that among the components related to empowering students about smoking prevention, self-efficacy, negative attitude towards smoking, social support, self-esteem, and anti-smoking policies were the most important predictors of smoking behavior with a change variance of 39.5 % (R² = 0.395).

Conclusion

Considering the unaffordability of the average score of adopting SPB among the students, the necessity of designing and implementing interventions to improve the student's abilities in smoking prevention is greatly felt.

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Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH-

CiteScore

4.60

自引率

7.70%

发文量

218

审稿时长

66 days

期刊介绍： Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health (CEGH) is a multidisciplinary journal and it is published four times (March, June, September, December) a year. The mandate of CEGH is to promote articles on clinical epidemiology with focus on developing countries in the context of global health. We also accept articles from other countries. It publishes original research work across all disciplines of medicine and allied sciences, related to clinical epidemiology and global health. The journal publishes Original articles, Review articles, Evidence Summaries, Letters to the Editor. All articles published in CEGH are peer-reviewed and published online for immediate access and citation.