Enabling and Reinforcing Factor of Smoking Behavior in Rejosari Village, Semarang

Abstract

Rejosari was one of the residences indicated with unhealthy family index in 2018. The result of Program Indonesia Sehat (Indonesian Health Program) survey with family approach showed that the lowest indicator found at RW XIV of Rejosari was smoking with 44%. It makes smoking as the biggest trouble which should be handled. This research was aimed to find out the causing factors of smoking at RW XIV of Rejosari. This research was a descriptive study with health problem survey using questionnaire about the affecting factors based on health behavior theory by Lawrence Green which included predisposing factor, enabling factor, and reinforcing factor. The survey was conducted in February 2019 on 258 nuclear families as the sample. The finding showed that 78% residents knew about the danger of smoking, 59% fought against smoking habit, 78% found that cigarette was accessible and affordable in their area, 82% family involved with smoking habit, 61% were about health practitioners role, and 36% were environmental role to the effort to quit smoking.The most dominant factor of smoking behavior in RW XIV Rejosari of Semarang was the accessibility to cigarette around their neighborhood, and the lack of environment role in solving smoking behavior.

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