ANALYSIS OF SMOKING KNOWLEDGE LEVEL AND FACTORS RELATED TO SMOKING BEHAVIOR IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN USING HEALTH BELIEF MODEL Ulul Azminia Primidita, Titik Respati, Samsudin Surialaga
Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Islam Bandung, Indonesia
Abstract
Introduction: Cigarettes are still the biggest health problem in the world. In Indonesia, the prevalence of cigarette use is still very high. Cigarettes are one of the main factors causing health problems and can harm many organs. Among them can cause cancer, heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and others. This study aims to analyze the level of smoking knowledge and factors related to smoking behavior with the health belief model at SDN Melong Mandiri 7 Cimahi in the 2023/2024 Academic Year. Method: This study is a quantitative study using an analytical observational method using a cross-sectional design. Data were obtained through questionnaires with the research subjects being students in grades VI, V, and VI of SDN Melong Mandiri 7 Cimahi totaling 177 students. Data analysis in this study used univariate and bivariate analysis with the Chi Square test. Result: The results showed that there were 43 students who had smoked. For the level of smoking knowledge, most were in the good criteria (52%), quite good (34.5%) and less good (13.6%). Meanwhile, regarding factors related to smoking behavior, based on the Health Belief Model (HBM), the perceived susceptibility factor shows that most respondents (59.3%) have a good perception, 31.1% are sufficient, and 9.6% are lacking, in the perceived severity factor, 39.5% of respondents have a good perception, 46.9% are sufficient, and 13.6% are lacking, in the perceived barrier factor, 70.1% are good, 26% are sufficient, and 4% are lacking. So that there is a relationship between smoking knowledge, perceived susceptibility, perceived severity, and perceived barriers with smoking behavior. Conclusion: Seeing the lack of knowledge of the dangers of smoking in elementary school students and some have already smoked, it will certainly endanger the health of students, even though they are in the final stage of child development. So it is necessary to increase socialization about the dangers of smoking among elementary school students so that there is no increase in students who smoke.
Keywords: smoking knowledge, smoking behavior, health belief model
