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- Original Article The Change of Non-smoking Knowledge and Attitude of Intensive Course of Anti-smoking Leadership Training
- Seon Young Lee, Kang Sook Lee, Hyun Woo Yim, Jeong Ho Chae, Dae Jin Kim, Jong Hoo Lee, Jae Hee Yu, Sook Kyoung Choi
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.35371/kjoem.2007.19.3.171
Published online: September 30, 2007
1Department of Preventive Medicine & Catholic Industrial Medical Center, Korea. leekangs@catholic.ac.kr 
2Department of Psychiatry, St. Mary Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Korea.
3Department of Psychiatry, Holy Family Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Korea.
4Seoul Metropolitan Rapid Transit Corporation of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
2Department of Psychiatry, St. Mary Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Korea.
3Department of Psychiatry, Holy Family Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Korea.
4Seoul Metropolitan Rapid Transit Corporation of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
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Abstract
OBJECTIVES
To evaluate the effectiveness of an anti-smoking readership training program on the knowledge, attitude and practice in health managers and supervisors in the workplace.
METHODS
We surveyed 482 health managers and supervisors in the workplace from April 2005 to September 2005. The questionnaire included whether or not a smoking cessation program was conducted in their workplace. We assessed before and after educations program about knowledge, attitude and practice for smoking cessation. The 10-hour education program included the benefit of quit smoking, the law for smoking restriction, cognitive therapy, stress management, nicotine addiction, replacement therapy, case study about workplace for anti-smoking policy and program.
RESULTS
For the change in the mean scores of all items in knowledge, attitude and practice were significantly increased after the intervention.
CONCLUSION
Even a short, 10-hour intervention course of anti-smoking leadership training program was effective for improving the knowledge, attitude, practice to quit smoking activity in workplace. Nevertheless, the program effectiveness would be increased by including a re-training course and website support.
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