The effects of planned education given to parents on smoking in the home environment and passive exposure of children aged 0–5: A quasiexperimental pre-post intervention study from Turkey
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-Abstract
Purpose: This study was carried out to determine the effects of planned education given to parents on smoking
status at home and on children’s passive smoking exposure.
Design and methods: This quasi-experimental study was conducted with the inclusion of 40 parents with at least
one child between the ages of 0 and 5 and smoking in their homes, who were registered at a Family Health Center
in a city center in the Central Anatolia Region of Turkey, from 1 September 2019 to 30 June 2020. The data of
the study were collected using Participant Screening Form, a Personal Information Form, the Fagerstrom Test for
Nicotine Dependence, a Smoking Behaviors and Precautions at Home Form, and a Measurement and Follow-up
Form. The collected data were analyzed using the SPSS 23.0 package software.
Results: In the follow-ups after the planned smoking cessation training given to the parents, the carbon monoxide
measurements at their homes decreased significantly throughout the four follow-ups, the number of parents who
presented to the smoking cessation outpatient clinic increased, and the number of smoking parents decreased (p
< 0.05).
Conclusions: It was concluded that the planned education that was given to smoker parents reduced the smoking
rates of the parents, lowered the carbon monoxide values measured in their home environments, and thus, it was
effective in reducing the passive exposure of their children at the ages of 0 to 5 years to cigarette smoke.
Practice implications: Parents who are addicted to cigarettes should be encouraged not to smoke at home, and
homes should be included in closed environments where smoking is prohibited.