INTRODUCTION Smoking inside the home affects the health of both the smoker and family members via secondhand exposure. This research examined the impact of a community participation program on creating smoke-free homes in a suburban community in Thanyaburi district, Pathumthani province in Thailand. METHODS The study involved families, with a smoker in the home, that were randomly assigned to intervention and control groups each containing 27 families. The intervention group was administered with the community participation program for smoke-free homes for 5 sessions during the 6-month period of study. The program included providing information on secondhand smoking and harms, knowledge about quitting smoking and healthcare support, practice skills, campaigns in the community, visiting and encouraging, and reflecting and evaluation. The control group was normally treated by the community committee and health volunteers. Data collection was undertaken at baseline and at 6 months after implementation by an interview with questionnaires. RESULTS Our results show that after the implementation, the intervention group reported significantly higher mean score on skills in negotiating with smokers for a smoking-ban inside home and mean score on emotional support for non-smoking inside the home than those at baseline and those of the control group. The proportion having smoking ban home rules in the intervention group was significantly higher than at baseline and that of the control group (92.6% vs 18.5%). The proportion of smoke-free homes was higher in the intervention than in the control group (75% vs 0%). CONCLUSIONS These findings suggest that community participation programs for smoke-free home may be effective in raising awareness on the impact of secondhand smoke among family members and in working together to manage smoke-free home environments. The program may be applicable for further development within communities to achieve smoke-free homes.

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社区参与计划对泰国郊区社区无烟家庭的影响。

简介 在家里吸烟会通过二手烟影响吸烟者和家庭成员的健康。本研究调查了社区参与计划对在泰国巴吞他尼府探耶武里区郊区社区创建无烟住宅的影响。方法 该研究涉及家中有吸烟者的家庭，这些家庭被随机分配到干预组和对照组，每组包含 27 个家庭。在 6 个月的研究期间，干预组接受了 5 次无烟家庭社区参与计划。该计划包括提供有关二手烟和危害的信息、戒烟知识和医疗保健支持、实践技能、社区活动、参观和鼓励以及反思和评估。对照组通常由社区委员会和健康志愿者进行治疗。数据收集是在基线和实施后 6 个月通过问卷访谈进行的。结果 我们的结果表明，实施后，干预组报告的在家中禁烟与吸烟者谈判技巧的平均得分和在家中不吸烟的情感支持的平均得分显着高于基线和不吸烟者。对照组。干预组禁烟家庭规则的比例显着高于基线和对照组（92.6% vs 18.5%）。干预组中无烟家庭的比例高于对照组（75% vs 0%）。结论 这些研究结果表明，无烟家庭社区参与计划可能有效提高家庭成员对二手烟影响的认识，并有助于共同管理无烟家庭环境。该计划可能适用于社区内的进一步发展，以实现无烟家庭。