The Effects of Health Education Program for aimed to examine the Effects of the Modifying Smoking Behavior on Quitting Smoking Behaviors of Smokers in Area of Nongbua Health Promoting Hospital,Mueang District,Udonthani Province

Abstract

     This research is quasi-experimental research. The samples comprised 40 smokers  in area of Nongbua Health Promoting Hospital,Mueang District,Udonthani Province. The samples is the experimental group. The experimental group received the health education program which applied based on Health Belief Model and SocialSupport Concept for 6 monts. Data were collected by questionnaires.Data were collected by inside the group of  the experimental group , pre–test and post– test.The data had been collected for 6 months from January to June 2022. Statistical was analyzed by  descriptive statistic namely percentage , mean and standard deviation and inferential statistic Paired t-test, Independent t-test, Wilcoxon signed ranks test.

     The results of this research were 1) the experimental group got higher scores of Knowledge about Cigarettes and Perceived  of Health Belief Model than the pre test statistical significance by .05  2) the experimental group got higher scores of Quitting Smoking  Behaviors than the pre test statistical significance by .05