Neriman AYDIN, Meral UYAR, Seval KUL, Osman ELBEK

Öğretmenlerin 4207 sayılı yasa konusundaki farkındalıkları

AMAÇ: Çalışmanın amacı öğretmenlerin 4207 sayılı “Tütün Ürünlerinin Zararlarının Önlenmesi ve Kontrolü Hakkında Kanun” hakkındaki bilgi, düşünce ve önerilerini saptamaktır. YÖNTEM: Çalışmada minimum örnek büyüklüğü 600 olarak belirlenmiş, rasgele sayılar tablosu kullanılarak seçilen okullardaki öğretmenlere anket uygulanmıştır. Verilerin değerlendirilmesinde frekans dağılımları, faktör analizi, student’s t testi ve ki kare analizi kullanılmıştır. BULGULAR: Araştırmaya 663 öğretmen alınmıştır. Erkek/kadın oranı 1,04, yaş ortalaması 34,2±7,9’du. Öğretmenlerin %27,6’sı halen sigara içmekteydi. Erkek öğretmenler kadınlardan anlamlı oranda daha fazla sigara içmekteydi (sırasıyla %38,2, %16,6; p

Awareness of teachers towards the law “4207”

AIM: The aim of this study is to evaluate knowledge, opinion and advices of the teachers towards the law no “4207” (The Prevention and control of Harmful Effects of Tobacco Products). METHOD: A minimum sample size of 600 was selected by using a table of random numbers from schools which were surveyed in the study. Frequency distributions, factor analysis, student's t test, chi-square analysis were used for data evaluation. RESULTS: The study consisted of 663 teachers. Male/female ratio was 1.04 and mean age was 34.2±7.9. The rate of current smokers of the teachers was 27.6%. Smokers among male teachers were higher than female (38.2%, 16.6%, respectively, p<0.001). The rate of teachers who think that students are negatively affected when they see their teachers smoke was higher for nonsmoker teachers ( 95.5% and 76.5%, respectively, p<0.001). Only 6.5% of the teachers knew the rate of smoking in Turkey and just 8% of teachers knew that in high-price sale of tobacco products was the most effective method for tobacco control; similarly. On the other hand, 49.2% of teachers were able to describe accurately the purpose of tobacco control. 30.5% of teachers were thinking that water pipe, light cigarette, tobacco pipe and Maraş powder is less harmful than cigarette smoking. Prohibited places for consumption of tobacco products which were known by teachers were high school (91.1%), hospital garden (89.3%), classroom (86.4%), cafe, and restaurants (80.1%), stadium (49.8%) open areas of city line boats (41.6%); respectively. Male teachers had a significantly higher knowledge score in terms of information about the law (p=0.041). 80.4% of the teachers did not found indoor smoking acceptable. Lower rates for current smokers obtained who found indoor smoking acceptable (p<0.001). CONCLUSION: This study emphasizes high awareness status of a group that acts as both role model and leader in community for implementation of process about tobacco epidemic in Turkey.

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