Cover Image

Knowledge, attitudes and practices of smoking among university students in Thailand: A quantitative study / Busaban Chirtkiatsakul

Smoking remains a public health concern in several countries, especially among young adults. The aim of this study is to: 1) determine the prevalence of smoking among university students in Thailand and identify associated factors, 2) examine the general level of knowledge, attitudes and practices w...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Busaban , Chirtkiatsakul
Format: Thesis
Published: 2022
Subjects:
HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
Online Access:http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/14973/2/Busaban_Chirtkiatsakul.pdf
http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/14973/1/Busaban_Chirtkiatsakul.pdf
http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/14973/
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
id my.um.stud.14973
record_format eprints
spelling my.um.stud.149732025-01-14T18:59:21Z Knowledge, attitudes and practices of smoking among university students in Thailand: A quantitative study / Busaban Chirtkiatsakul Busaban , Chirtkiatsakul HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform Smoking remains a public health concern in several countries, especially among young adults. The aim of this study is to: 1) determine the prevalence of smoking among university students in Thailand and identify associated factors, 2) examine the general level of knowledge, attitudes and practices with regards to smoking and identify associated factors, and 3) investigate whether attitude domains mediate the relationship between knowledge domains and practice domains. A cross-sectional study was conducted among 1,299 students from five public universities in Thailand using a selfadministered questionnaire. Factor analysis, multiple logistic regression, multiple linear regression, the causal-step approach, and 95% confidence interval bootstrap percentiles were used for analysis. Results showed that 28.2% of students were smokers. 75.3% of students had a high knowledge, 49.5% had equivocal attitude and 79.0% had poor practice. Factors significantly associated with smoking were male, aged 21 years and above, enrolled in a non-science major, living off campus, having a family member or friend who smoked, having a favorable attitude toward smoking, and having an equivocal attitude about smoking. Gender, age group, and field of study were important factors influencing knowledge about smoking. Being a male was associated with less anti-smoking attitudes, less positive preventive practices, more positive perceptions about smoking, and more negative practices. Having a family member who smoked was associated with more positive perceptions about smoking; however, having a family member who smoked was associated with higher positive preventive practices. Having a friend who smoked was associated with more positive perceptions about smoking and more negative practices toward smoking. Based on the mediation analysis, anti-smoking attitude mediates the relationship between the domains of knowledge and positive preventive practice, and also mediates the relationship between the domains of knowledge and negative practice. Positive perceptions about smoking act as a mediator between all knowledge domains and negative practices. Understanding the influencing factors of smoking, knowledge, attitudes, and practices toward smoking, and the connection among them provides helpful insights for tobacco control policies in universities. 2022-09 Thesis NonPeerReviewed application/pdf http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/14973/2/Busaban_Chirtkiatsakul.pdf application/pdf http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/14973/1/Busaban_Chirtkiatsakul.pdf Busaban , Chirtkiatsakul (2022) Knowledge, attitudes and practices of smoking among university students in Thailand: A quantitative study / Busaban Chirtkiatsakul. PhD thesis, Universiti Malaya. http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/14973/
institution Universiti Malaya
building UM Library
collection Institutional Repository
continent Asia
country Malaysia
content_provider Universiti Malaya
content_source UM Student Repository
url_provider http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/
topic HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
spellingShingle HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
Busaban , Chirtkiatsakul
Knowledge, attitudes and practices of smoking among university students in Thailand: A quantitative study / Busaban Chirtkiatsakul
description Smoking remains a public health concern in several countries, especially among young adults. The aim of this study is to: 1) determine the prevalence of smoking among university students in Thailand and identify associated factors, 2) examine the general level of knowledge, attitudes and practices with regards to smoking and identify associated factors, and 3) investigate whether attitude domains mediate the relationship between knowledge domains and practice domains. A cross-sectional study was conducted among 1,299 students from five public universities in Thailand using a selfadministered questionnaire. Factor analysis, multiple logistic regression, multiple linear regression, the causal-step approach, and 95% confidence interval bootstrap percentiles were used for analysis. Results showed that 28.2% of students were smokers. 75.3% of students had a high knowledge, 49.5% had equivocal attitude and 79.0% had poor practice. Factors significantly associated with smoking were male, aged 21 years and above, enrolled in a non-science major, living off campus, having a family member or friend who smoked, having a favorable attitude toward smoking, and having an equivocal attitude about smoking. Gender, age group, and field of study were important factors influencing knowledge about smoking. Being a male was associated with less anti-smoking attitudes, less positive preventive practices, more positive perceptions about smoking, and more negative practices. Having a family member who smoked was associated with more positive perceptions about smoking; however, having a family member who smoked was associated with higher positive preventive practices. Having a friend who smoked was associated with more positive perceptions about smoking and more negative practices toward smoking. Based on the mediation analysis, anti-smoking attitude mediates the relationship between the domains of knowledge and positive preventive practice, and also mediates the relationship between the domains of knowledge and negative practice. Positive perceptions about smoking act as a mediator between all knowledge domains and negative practices. Understanding the influencing factors of smoking, knowledge, attitudes, and practices toward smoking, and the connection among them provides helpful insights for tobacco control policies in universities.
format Thesis
author Busaban , Chirtkiatsakul
author_facet Busaban , Chirtkiatsakul
author_sort Busaban , Chirtkiatsakul
title Knowledge, attitudes and practices of smoking among university students in Thailand: A quantitative study / Busaban Chirtkiatsakul
title_short Knowledge, attitudes and practices of smoking among university students in Thailand: A quantitative study / Busaban Chirtkiatsakul
title_full Knowledge, attitudes and practices of smoking among university students in Thailand: A quantitative study / Busaban Chirtkiatsakul
title_fullStr Knowledge, attitudes and practices of smoking among university students in Thailand: A quantitative study / Busaban Chirtkiatsakul
title_full_unstemmed Knowledge, attitudes and practices of smoking among university students in Thailand: A quantitative study / Busaban Chirtkiatsakul
title_sort knowledge, attitudes and practices of smoking among university students in thailand: a quantitative study / busaban chirtkiatsakul
publishDate 2022
url http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/14973/2/Busaban_Chirtkiatsakul.pdf
http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/14973/1/Busaban_Chirtkiatsakul.pdf
http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/14973/
_version_ 1823273189028921344
score 13.239859

Similar Items