Smoking Cessation for Women: Evidence of the Effectiveness of Nursing Interventions

DYNAMICS OF TOBACCO SMOKING PREVALENCE AMONG STUDENTS AND DIRECTIONS OF ITS PREVENTION

OBJECTIVE

The aim: To study the dynamics of tobacco smoking prevalence among students and to find out the main directions of its prevention.

PATIENTS AND METHODS

Materials and methods: The research involved 647 students (men and women) of the first - fourth instructional years of pedagogical specialties. The research was conducted during 2020-2022. The research methods included analysis and generalization of literary source on the research topic, documentary method, questionnaires, pedagogical observation and statistical methods.

RESULTS

Results: It was found that the phenomenon of tobacco smoking has long historical roots and is widespread in all countries of the world. It was found that 32.4 % of male students and 14.9 % of female ones smoke; herewith, 16.0 % of male and 8.3 % of female students smoke up to 10 cigarettes per day. It is established that a number of normative legal documents have been adopted and a system of preventive measures has been developed in order to counteract smoking among students.

CONCLUSION

Conclusions: Smoking is a significant health and social problem the solution of which requires significant human and financial resources. Despite some achievements in this area, the active involvement of not only men, but also women, mainly students, in smoking is of particular concern. The use of tobacco products provokes a threat to the health of students and the population as a whole, which requires additional efforts on the part of society, government agencies and non-governmental organizations to prevent this addiction.

Using the Logic Model for Planning and Evaluation: Examples for New Users

The relationship of tobacco use and many difficult chronic health problems is well—renowned, as are efforts to reduce tobacco product use, and thus, lower the incidence and mortality of tobacco-related disease. Common methods of planning and evaluation, such as logic modeling, in tobacco control initiatives used by public health staff and nongovernmental organizations, are lesser known to health activists in other nations and to direct health care providers in the United States, such as home health administrators, who can mobilize resources to do their part and reduce morbidity from tobacco-related disease. The purpose of this article is to describe basic components of a logic model (LM), its uses for new groups as late adopters, and four common challenges or pitfalls in LM construction with proposed solutions to prevent these problems. An example of elementary synthetic estimation is provided for output calculations and LM examples are given from an international planning workshop for tobacco control that can be used by community-based organizations and home health administrators, new to LM use.