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ABSTRACT
Introduction: : Lack of health literacy for smoking nurses has worsened image of
nursing services. The role of leader can be a support in increasing behavior change
of nurses who smoke. The aimed to find out health literacy of smokers in nursing
staff through interpersonal role of the head of the room by intervention based on
Peplau’s model.
Methods: A quasi-experimental research with a pre-and post-control group design,
using modification questionnaire of knowledge and behavior. The target population
was nurses living in Singkawang who smoke in a hospital. Sample was 35
respondents for each group (controlling group and intervention group) using
purposive sampling. Dependent variable is health literacy among nurses who
smoke and independent variable is intervention based on Peplau’s model.
Intervention is in the form of a guide module consisting of strengthening health
literacy (health awareness, self-reflection, cognitive competence and behavioral
interpersonal relationships in the head of the room) and will be implemented to
nurses who smoke. Analysis data for bivariate used paired t – test and for
multivariate used the McNemar test.
Results: The research showed that the difference before and after intervention was
2.23 (p = 0.001) and control group was 8.00 with a default value of 0.870 deviation.
The results showed a significant increase in health literacy in nurse smokers
through the role of interpersonal head nurse (p=0.001).
Conclusion: Role of head of room in interpersonal relationship with Peplau’s model
affects the health literacy of nursing staff who smoke