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

{"title":"Empowerment components related to smoking prevention among male students: A cross-sectional study","authors":"Naser Sharafkhani , Mehrnoosh Jasemzadeh , Mostafa jiba , Leili Rabiei , Arash Salahshouri","doi":"10.1016/j.cegh.2025.101972","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>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.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>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.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>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 % (R<sup>2</sup> = 0.395).</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>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.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":46404,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health","volume":"33 ","pages":"Article 101972"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3000,"publicationDate":"2025-03-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213398425000612","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH","Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 0

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.

查看原文本刊更多论文

男学生预防吸烟的授权成分：一项横断面研究

吸烟是人类社会中不卫生的行为之一，不幸的是，它在各阶层尤其是学生中越来越普遍，作为社会的有效榜样，已经引起了许多关注。本研究旨在调查阿瓦士阿扎德大学（Azad University of Ahvaz）男学生中与采取预防吸烟行为（SPB）相关的赋权成分。方法本研究采用描述性分析方法，对2021 - 2022年在校男生315人进行研究。采用分层随机抽样。本研究的数据收集工具是一份问卷，其中包含人口统计学特征和有关预防吸烟和采用SPB的各种授权成分的问题。使用SPSS 22软件对数据进行描述性和推理性分析，包括患病率、平均值、标准差、Pearson相关系数和线性回归。结果18.06%的学生为活跃吸烟者，75.88%的学生有吸烟经历。此外，研究结果显示，在授权学生预防吸烟的相关成分中，自我效能感、消极吸烟态度、社会支持、自尊和禁烟政策是最重要的吸烟行为预测因子，变化方差为39.5% （R2 = 0.395）。结论考虑到学生吸烟平均分的不可承受性，有必要设计和实施干预措施，提高学生的预防吸烟能力。

本文章由计算机程序翻译，如有差异，请以英文原文为准。

求助全文

约1分钟内获得全文求助全文

来源期刊

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.