Thai Muslim Women’s Roles in Non-Smoking Family Reinforcement through the Consultation Process (Shura) in Narathiwat, Pattani, Yala, Satun and Thepha, Chana, Saba Yoi, Nathawi of Songkla

Abstract

This quantitative and qualitative study aimed to investigate Thai Muslim’s women roles and methods in reinforcing non-smoking families. The sample, obtained from the quota sampling based on a number of mosques, include 3,262 Muslim women at the age of 15 and over in Pattani, Yala, Narathiwat, Satun and four districts of Songkhla covering Tepa, Chana, Sabayoy and Natawee. The findings indicated that over a half of the sample had smoking family members (58.9%). Their husbands were reported the most frequent smokers (37.5%). Tobacco was the most popular (29.6%). The Muslim women were greatly aware of harms of smoking (= 4.49), on which they always imparted to their family members (= 3.64). They always gave consultations (Shura) to their family members about quitting smoking (= 3.63), and always promote their health (= 4.13). The Muslim women with differences in age, marital status, secular education, religious education, occupation, monthly income, and household monthly income differently imparted on harms of smoking with a statistical significance of 0.05.