1Student of Doctoral Program in Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, School of Nursing, Brawijaya University, University of Indonesia
2Faculty of Nursing, University of Indonesia, Indonesia
3Faculty of Medicine, University of Indonesia, Indonesia
Smoking is commonly acquired during adolescence. Most of adult smokers start smoking at a young age. Therefore, it is important to have a smoking prevention program.
The purpose of this study is to explore the barriers experienced by a school community in preventing smoking initiation among early adolescents.
The research employed descriptive phenomenology design with 25 people as the research participants consisting of nurses, junior high school students and teachers.
The participants have made an effort to overcome smoking behavior, which consists of three themes such as preparation, implementation, and evaluation of barriers.
The barriers of the smoking prevention program in the adolescence stage, including the preparation, implementation, and evaluation, are very complex. Therefore, it requires a strong commitment from teachers, students, and parents. It is necessary to provide school nurse, interactive promotion of smoke-free lifestyle, and intensive monitoring and evaluation of the smoke-free program at schools.
Smoking prevention, health promoting school, community health, adolescents, phenomenology
