Factors related to secondhand smoke preventive behavior of pregnant women in Trang Province

Abstract

This research aimed to explore factors related to secondhand smoke preventive behavior of pregnant women in Trang Province. A sample of 372 pregnant women who received service at Trang Hospital, was purposively selected. The research instruments were questionnaires on demographic data, perceived secondhand smoke exposure, and secondhand smoke preventive behavior. Their content validity index were 1.00 and 0.93 and the Cronbach's alpha coefficient were 0.67 and 0.81 respectively. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, and Pearson correlation.  The results revealed that the average score of perceived secondhand smoke exposure of pregnant women was 3.78 (SD = 0.32). In its subpart, the average score of perceived benefit of the secondhand smoke avoidance, was the highest (M = 4.06, SD = 0.61). The average score of secondhand smoke prevention was  2.52 (SD = 0.57). The perceived secondhand smoke exposure had positive correlation with secondhand smoke preventive behavior (r = 0.27) at p < .05.