Open AccessHealth Behavior of Adolescent Smokers During Covid-19 Pandemic
Author(s) -
Muria Helina,
Novi Hendrika Jayaputra,
Sukri Palutturi
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
open access macedonian journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.288
H-Index - 17
ISSN - 1857-9655
DOI - 10.3889/oamjms.2021.7170
Subject(s) - medicine , pandemic , covid-19 , test (biology) , documentation , descriptive research , descriptive statistics , environmental health , demography , family medicine , disease , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , statistics , paleontology , mathematics , sociology , outbreak , computer science , biology , programming language
AIM: This research aims to determine the health behavior of adolescent smokers during the COVID-19 pandemic.METHOD: Both quantitative and qualitative analyses were conducted simultaneously using the design of “t” and Chi-square test through the distribution of questionnaires to 135 respondents as well as descriptive design and case studies, respectively. The data were collected by 13 informants through in-depth interviews, observation, and documentation.RESULTS: The results showed that 5 out of the 6 indicators of the demographic characteristics were correlated to the economic pressure of the families of adolescent smokers which also correlates with their health behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic.CONCLUSION: The increase in the price of cigarettes and family control are measures that regulate children from buying cigarettes.