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Smoking prevalence, attitudes and associated factors among students in health-related Departments of Community College in rural Yemen

INTRODUCTION: Tobacco smoking is a global concern and tobacco use is rising among the youth in Arab countries, such as Yemen, especially among university students. This study aims to examine the prevalence, attitudes and associated factors of smoking among college students in the rural area of Hajja...

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Autores principales: Nasser, Abdulsalam M.A., Salah, Bassam A.M., Regassa, Luba T., Alhakimy, Abdulrakeeb A.S., Zhang, Xinping
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: European Publishing on behalf of the International Society for the Prevention of Tobacco Induced Diseases (ISPTID) 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6659497/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31516430
http://dx.doi.org/10.18332/tid/92547
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author Nasser, Abdulsalam M.A.
Salah, Bassam A.M.
Regassa, Luba T.
Alhakimy, Abdulrakeeb A.S.
Zhang, Xinping
author_facet Nasser, Abdulsalam M.A.
Salah, Bassam A.M.
Regassa, Luba T.
Alhakimy, Abdulrakeeb A.S.
Zhang, Xinping
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description INTRODUCTION: Tobacco smoking is a global concern and tobacco use is rising among the youth in Arab countries, such as Yemen, especially among university students. This study aims to examine the prevalence, attitudes and associated factors of smoking among college students in the rural area of Hajja, Yemen. METHODS: A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted at a community college in the Hajja province between August and December 2016. The data were collected from three health related departments (Nursing, Laboratory, and Assistant doctor). A questionnaire based on the Global Health Professional Survey and the Global Youth Tobacco Survey was answered by 380 randomly selected students. RESULTS: Logistic regression analyses indicated that sex (OR=0.4, 95% CI: 0.2–0.8, p<0.05), family income (OR=2.0, 95% CI: 1.2–3.3, p<0.05), and residence (OR=0.2, 95% CI: 0.1–0.5, p<0.001), were statistically significant predictors of smoking. Smoking for peer pressure, recreation and proving manhood were all found to be highly significant (p<0.001). The results also revealed that smokers had more negative attitudes towards allowing children to smoke in the future and allowing smoking in the household (p<0.001). CONCLUSIONS: Compared to similar studies on the general population, the prevalence of smoking among college students in the rural area was lower. An indication of a growth in tobacco use can be concluded, accordingly, the need for anti-smoking programmes to prevent students from initiating smoking is required.
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spelling pubmed-66594972019-09-12 Smoking prevalence, attitudes and associated factors among students in health-related Departments of Community College in rural Yemen Nasser, Abdulsalam M.A. Salah, Bassam A.M. Regassa, Luba T. Alhakimy, Abdulrakeeb A.S. Zhang, Xinping Tob Induc Dis Research Paper INTRODUCTION: Tobacco smoking is a global concern and tobacco use is rising among the youth in Arab countries, such as Yemen, especially among university students. This study aims to examine the prevalence, attitudes and associated factors of smoking among college students in the rural area of Hajja, Yemen. METHODS: A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted at a community college in the Hajja province between August and December 2016. The data were collected from three health related departments (Nursing, Laboratory, and Assistant doctor). A questionnaire based on the Global Health Professional Survey and the Global Youth Tobacco Survey was answered by 380 randomly selected students. RESULTS: Logistic regression analyses indicated that sex (OR=0.4, 95% CI: 0.2–0.8, p<0.05), family income (OR=2.0, 95% CI: 1.2–3.3, p<0.05), and residence (OR=0.2, 95% CI: 0.1–0.5, p<0.001), were statistically significant predictors of smoking. Smoking for peer pressure, recreation and proving manhood were all found to be highly significant (p<0.001). The results also revealed that smokers had more negative attitudes towards allowing children to smoke in the future and allowing smoking in the household (p<0.001). CONCLUSIONS: Compared to similar studies on the general population, the prevalence of smoking among college students in the rural area was lower. An indication of a growth in tobacco use can be concluded, accordingly, the need for anti-smoking programmes to prevent students from initiating smoking is required. European Publishing on behalf of the International Society for the Prevention of Tobacco Induced Diseases (ISPTID) 2018-07-03 /pmc/articles/PMC6659497/ /pubmed/31516430 http://dx.doi.org/10.18332/tid/92547 Text en © 2018 Nasser A https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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Regassa, Luba T.
Alhakimy, Abdulrakeeb A.S.
Zhang, Xinping
Smoking prevalence, attitudes and associated factors among students in health-related Departments of Community College in rural Yemen
title Smoking prevalence, attitudes and associated factors among students in health-related Departments of Community College in rural Yemen
title_full Smoking prevalence, attitudes and associated factors among students in health-related Departments of Community College in rural Yemen
title_fullStr Smoking prevalence, attitudes and associated factors among students in health-related Departments of Community College in rural Yemen
title_full_unstemmed Smoking prevalence, attitudes and associated factors among students in health-related Departments of Community College in rural Yemen
title_short Smoking prevalence, attitudes and associated factors among students in health-related Departments of Community College in rural Yemen
title_sort smoking prevalence, attitudes and associated factors among students in health-related departments of community college in rural yemen
topic Research Paper
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6659497/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31516430
http://dx.doi.org/10.18332/tid/92547
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