scholarly journals Predicting Smoking Behaviors among Junior High School Students in Ghana

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 223
Author(s):  
Emmanuel Thompson ◽  
Seidu Sofo
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Predictive Models ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Junior High School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Global Youth Tobacco Survey ◽  
Chewing Tobacco

<p><span lang="EN-US">Despite the rising rate of smoking in sub-Sahara African countries, measures to control the tobacco epidemic have been limited to developed countries. The purpose of the present study was to recommend predictive models for determining predictors of smoking tendencies among junior high school students in Ghana. The 2009 Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) served as the data source. The GYTS is a school-based survey designed to enhance the ability of countries to monitor tobacco use among youth and to guide the implementation and evaluation of tobacco control and prevention programs. Logit model and forward selection were used to choose predictive variables for smoking tendencies and behaviors. Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) curve, Area under the curve (AUC) and C-Index were validation tools used to assess the predictive power of recommended models. Results showed promising potential for different predictive models: where students smoked, having friends who smoked, having people smoke in their presence, chewing tobacco products, and a student’s sex significantly predicted their smoking tendencies. </span></p>

scholarly journals Counseling Effect on Smoking Cessation Behavior in Junior High School Students

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-16
Author(s):  
Amsal Amsal ◽  
Kadar Ramadhan ◽  
Nurfatimah Nurfatimah ◽  
Ahmad Ramadhan ◽  
Aminuddin Aminuddin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Smoking Cessation ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Smoking Habit ◽  
Junior High School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Smoking Cessation Counseling ◽  
Global Youth Tobacco Survey

The prevalence of smoking habits among children and adolescents has increased quantitative and qualitative, which further elevates the risk of diseases. Furthermore, the 2014 Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) (data showed the intention to quit smoking by 88.2% of students, although only 24% received assistance in affiliated programs; hence support is required from the immediate environment. Therefore, the purpose of this research, was to determine the effect of counseling in the success of smoking cessation in junior high school students. The research design used was a prospective cohort. The subjects of this research include all junior high school students with the smoking habit, of which 40 participants were selected. These respondents were provided with smoking cessation counseling for six sessions (4 months). Survival analysis was used to evaluate the data collected. After the six counseling sessions, the cessation success and failure rates were 75% and 25%, respectively. Smoking cessation was related to nicotine addiction (p<0.001; Adj.HR 25.2;95% CI 4.9-129.9) and activeness in counseling (p=0.001; Adj.HR 12.8; 95% CI 2.8-57.9). This research is expected to help students with the smoking habit terminate the practice, subsequently reducing the prevalence in Poso Regency.

Analysis on Reading and Writing Section of Test Items in 2009/2010 English National Final Examination (UAN) for Junior High School Students

2012 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Musarokah Siti ◽  
Dwi Anggani Linggar Bharati
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Junior High School Students ◽  
Final Examination ◽  
School Students ◽  
Cognitive Domains ◽  
Reading And Writing ◽  
Test Items

ABSTRACT This paper attempts to analyze the test items in the English National Final Examination (UAN) for Junior High School Students in the academic year 2009/2010. This study aims at analyzing the compatibility of the test items of package A in reading and writing section of English National Final Examination for Junior High School Students with the standard of graduate competence and the cognitive domains used in the test. The data were collected by using documentary method, while in analyzing the data the writers focused on matching the compatibility of the test items with the Standard of Graduate Competence and identifying the cognitive domain used. From the analysis, it was found that the test items of package A in reading and writing section of English National Final Examination 2009/2010 were in line with the Standard of Graduate Competence (SKL) arranged by the government. The cognitive domains in reading section mostly used level of comprehension. The cognitive domains in writing section used the application and the synthesis level. ?é?á Key words: analysis, test items, national final examination

A Poet’s Journey as A/r/tographer: Poetic Inquiry With Junior High School Students

2010 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 239-253
Author(s):  
Sean Wiebe
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Social Change ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Critical Consciousness ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Junior High School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Poetic Inquiry ◽  
Classroom Conversation

In this paper I explore the connection between a/r/tography and poetic inquiry, and how together they cultivate multiple ways of understanding. I further claim that classroom situations are most provocative of thoughtfulness and critical consciousness when each student participates in the classroom conversation from his or her lived situations. While difficult, teachers who can facilitate rich interchanges of dialogue within a plurality of voices are genuinely creating communities of difference and thus imagining real possibilities for social change.

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