Dramatização como instrumento de informação a respeito do tabagismo entre escolares
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2014-05
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Tobacco is the second most used drug among adolescents and its continued use causes about 200.000 deaths per year in
Brazil. Thus, it is relevant to investigate the extent of smoking and the knowledge of this population on the topic, and to provide preventive
and anti-smoking strategies within the school environment. Therefore, the objective of this paper is to evaluate the extension of smoking
throughout public schools in Goiania as well as the youngsters’ awareness on this issue. This is an experimental analytic study, with 343
sixth-graders from 10 public schools in Goiania, who have been submitted to a questionnaire before and after watching a dramatization
about smoking created by the Lung League from the Medicine Faculty at UFG. The average age was of 12.5±1.0 year old, with 42.1% male
and 57.9% female; 1.5% smokers, 11.6% former smokers and 21.2% have tried cigarettes at least once. The average age for first-timers
was 11.1±1.6 years of age. Most of the students have relatives (79%) or friends (51%) who are smokers; 28.9% reported that a member of
their family smokes near them (second-hand smokers). The students have shown a high level of knowledge regarding the harms of tobacco.
There has been an increase in knowledge towards the benefits of quitting smoking and withdrawal symptoms after seeing the dramatization
(p<0.05). The schools evaluated in Goiania presented low experimentation and smoking rates among sixth-graders. The students have
shown reasonable awareness regarding the harms of cigarette; however, relevant information such as the benefits of quitting should be
reinforced in this population. Dramatization may be a useful tool for raising awareness among schoolchildren as well as fighting smoking.
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Tabagismo, Conhecimento, Estudantes, Prevalência, Smoking, Knowledge, Students, Prevalence
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CORREA, Krislainy Sousa Correa et al. Dramatização como instrumento de informação a respeito do tabagismo entre escolares. Arquivos de Ciências da Saúde da UNIPAR, Umuarama, v. 18, n. 2, p. 69-73, maio/ago. 2014.