The effectiveness of the process of life learning skills to avoid smoking in 1st year students of Dental Public Health Program, Sirindhorn College of Public Health Suphan Buri Province

Abstract

          The quasi-experimental research was to study the effectiveness of the process of life learning skills to avoid smoking in 1^styear dental public health students, Sirindhorn College of Public Health, Suphan Buri province. The samples were 35 1^styear students of Dental Public Health Program who were selected by purposive sampling. The sample received the process of life learning skills to avoid smoking. Data were collected with interaction to knowledge about smoking, problem-solving skills, refusal skills and avoiding smoking. Data were analyzed as percentile, mean, standard deviation and statistical paired sample t-test. The results of the study showed that the samples had average score of knowledge about smoking and avoid smoking higher than before the experiment at significant level of 0.05. The average score of problem-solving and refusal skills were not significantly higher than before experiment.