Tobacco use prevalence, knowledge and attitudes among Italian hospital healthcare professionals

Ficarra, Maria Giovanna; Gualano, Maria Rosaria; Capizzi, Silvio; Siliquini, Roberta; Liguori, Giorgio; Manzoli, Lamberto; Briziarelli, Lamberto; Parlato, Antonino; Cuccurullo, Pasquale; Bucci, Roberto; Piat, Simone Chiadò; Masanotti, Giuseppe Michele; Waure, Chiara de; Ricciardi, Walter; Torre, Giuseppe La

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“…In another study mean age of the respondents were 37.3 years. 20 Majority of the respondents (55.9%) had monthly family income of Taka 10001-20000 and the average monthly family income was Tk. 12776.54 ± 5230.13.…”

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Nutritional Status, Personal Hygiene and Health Seeking Behavior of the Workers of British American Tobacco Company, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Haque

Awal

Rahman³

et al. 2017

Bangladesh J Bioethics

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This cross sectional study was carried out among the workers of British American Tobacco Company, Dhaka with a view to explore their nutritional status, personal hygiene and health seeking behavior as because they are working on a tobacco processing company. The sample size was 179 which were selected purposively. The study showed that out of 179 respondents 89 (49.7%) were in the age groups of 30-39 years and the mean age of the respondents were 31.99 ± 6.01 years. A large number of respondents (55.9%) had monthly family income of Taka 10001-20000 and the mean family income was Taka 12776.54 ± 5230.13. Maximum respondents (73.7%) were Muslim, more than half (54.2%) were shift in charge, 39.1% of the respondents consisted of 4 family members, 43.6% respondents were accustomed to other type of eating habit and 38.5% respondents knew that malnutrition was the effect of lack of proper nutrition, 59.8% of the respondents knew that night blindness was the disease due to malnutrition, most of the respondents (91.6%) performed duties to maintain health, majority (62.0%) respondents used to do nothing to maintain healthcare for their children and 35.9% visited doctor's single time in a month, 40.2% of the respondents told regular tooth brushing as type of healthy habits. Majority (64.8%) respondents used to brush twice a day, majority (50.8%) respondents used to wash hand after toileting, majority (62.08%) respondents used to bath daily, 43.0% and 31.8% of the respondents told that dysentery and diarrhea was due to eating without proper hand washing respectively. Majority (53.6%) respondents informed that they learned about personal hygiene from television, 45.8% respondents understood that use of safe water in every work as sanitation. Majority (50.84%) came from nuclear family; most (84.92%) had exercise habit and 40.22% had education level of class VIII. Most (75.42%) of the respondents had semi pucca houses and majority (69.83%) of the respondents used only water as materials for hand washing. This study provided some important information which might help the concerned authority to take appropriate measures to improve the health status of the workers.Key words: Nutritional status, personal hygiene, health seeking behavior, workers, British American Tobacco Company, Bangladesh Introduction: Health care seeking behavior is one of the important landmarks to uphold the health status of an individual or a community. Simultaneously personal health care practice is also an important issue to keep some common infectious diseases away. Health care seeking behavior is related with social, economic and cultural factors. 1 The sequence of curative actions that an individual seeks to cure perceived ill health is known as health seeking behavior.

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Nutritional Status, Personal Hygiene and Health Seeking Behavior of the Workers of British American Tobacco Company, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Haque

Awal

Rahman³

et al. 2017

Bangladesh J Bioethics

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“…[3] Nurses play significant key roles in tobacco use prevention and cessation interventions. [4] While studying at academic settings, nursing students develop their professional roles in giving help to smokers who wish to quit. Consequently, it is pressingly necessary to explore tobacco smoking history and behaviors, knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs towards smoking among nursing students, and to have an insight into the nature of education they receive on smoking cessation.…”

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Tobacco smoking among nursing students in Saudi Arabia: A descriptive correlational study

Raddaha

Al-Sabeely

Mohamed

et al. 2017

JNEP

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Background and objectives: Tobacco smoking is a global epidemic and health threat that continues to increase. Nursing students primarily develop their professional roles toward smoking cessation during their academic nursing education. We assessed prevalence and behavioral patterns of tobacco smoking among nursing students. Along with nature of education received on tobacco smoking cessation, we sought to explore their knowledge, attitudes and beliefs toward tobacco smoking. Methods: Using convenience sampling, a descriptive correlational research design was used. Subjects were undergraduate students from a public university located in Alriyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia. A standardized self-administered questionnaire, the Global Health Professional Student Survey, was utilized. Results: Eighty-four percent reported not smoking tobacco throughout their lifetime (i.e., never smokers), while the remaining were former smokers. Although 11.7% indicated that they had received formal training on tobacco-smoking cessation, more former smokers reported receiving such formal training than never smokers (25% vs. 9.3%, χ 2 = 4.04, df = 1, p = .04). Students who were in third year of program, who thought that a smoker who quits smoking tobacco products would avoid/decrease serious health problems, and who stated that tobacco smoking never been allowed inside their living homes while children were present were more likely be never smokers. Conclusions: Adding training modules on smoking cessation to undergraduate nursing program curricula is highly suggested. Considering our unique findings on the effect of smoking status on the attitudes and beliefs toward smoking among nursing students when planning and implementing training modules seems beneficial. Future research is recommended to explore the lived experiences and consequences of smoking behavior among former smokers group.

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“…In 2012, more than a quarter of the population of 15 to 64 years was a tobacco consumer [4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]. The majority of Portuguese started smoking consumption between 12 and 20 years of age, largely due to the influence of friends or curiosity and willingness to experiment.that it is imperative to invest in prevention and control of this important national public health problem [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17].…”

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“…Studies suggest that as smoking rates decline among physicians, a similar reduction will be observed in the general population as well. Recent data demonstrated that surgical specialities have greater tendency to stress with more highest percentage of smokers [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17].…”

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Characterization of Smoking Habits Patterns in Medical Doctors of a Central Hospital in Portugal–What has Changed after 15 Years? A Comparative CrossSectional Study

Campanha¹,

Ribeiro²,

Raposo³

et al. 2017

Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis

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Tobacco use prevalence, knowledge and attitudes among Italian hospital healthcare professionals

Abstract: Among Italian hospital personnel there is a paradoxically large prevalence of smokers, higher than in the general population. Interventions aimed for the development of an adequate culture of health promotion, among these professionals, are urgently needed.

Cited by 73 publications

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Nutritional Status, Personal Hygiene and Health Seeking Behavior of the Workers of British American Tobacco Company, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Nutritional Status, Personal Hygiene and Health Seeking Behavior of the Workers of British American Tobacco Company, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Tobacco smoking among nursing students in Saudi Arabia: A descriptive correlational study

Characterization of Smoking Habits Patterns in Medical Doctors of a Central Hospital in Portugal–What has Changed after 15 Years? A Comparative CrossSectional Study

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