The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA

Abstract #41280

Kazunari Satomura¹, Toshitaka Nakahara², Kazuaki Miyagishima³, and Megumi Noami². (1) Faculty of Medicine, Dept. of Public Health, Kyoto University, Yoshida-Konoe-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan, +81-75-753-4467, K.Satomura@pbh.med.kyoto-u.ac.jp, (2) Department of Public Health, Kyoto University, Yoshida-Konoe-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan, (3) Department of Public Health, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Yoshida-Konoe-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan

Even in 2000, smoking rates of male are about 55% and those of female are about 15% in Japan. The nicotine replacement therapy is not so popular in Japan because to buy nicotine products prescription by doctors was necessary till September 2001. Health education is one of the main methods for smoking cessation. We surveyed health education for stop smoking by public health centers in Japan. (Subjects and Method) A questionnaire was sent to all public health centers in Japan. It asked to report their health education for smoking cessation between April1999 and March 2000. (Results) 424 out of 598 public health centers replies to the questionnaire. 31.6%of them had lectures about smoking cessation. 16.5% of them had health education courses about stop smoking. Whether holding the courses or not had relation with the population of their jurisdiction area. The courses contained 3.2 sessions and their interval was 1.8 weeks. 51.8% of the courses measured CO in breaths of participants. 34.5% of the courses performed follow-up. 75.4% of public health centers that had the courses considered to develop more effective courses. (Discussion) The number of public health centers that had no follow-up is large. Without the follow-up, it is difficult to evaluate the courses. To improve more effective health education, cooperation between public health centers and evaluation of present courses are important. (Conclusion) New strategies to improve effective health education for smoking cessation are necessary in Japan.

Learning Objectives:

• This presentation analyzes health education about smoking cessation by public health centers in Japan. It will give you some hints to develop effective smoking cessation programs.

Keywords: Health Education, Smoking Cessation

Presenting author's disclosure statement:
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.