A cross sectional survey on knowledge, attitude and practices of health care professionals towards tobacco control in south India
Journal Title: International Journal of Medical Research & Health Sciences (IJMRHS) - Year 2016, Vol 5, Issue 4
Abstract
Smoking tobacco is one of the leading and preventable cause of death worldwide. Apart from the responsibility of the Governments and the Non-governmental organizations, it is the duty of every health care professional to promote the awareness about the hazards of tobacco usage to their patients. This study was aimed to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice of tobacco control measures by the selected group of health care professionals. A self administered e-questionnaire was send to 106 health care professionals including Physicians, Dentists and Physiotherapists to their personal email address. E-responses were collected during the study period between September to November, 2015.Responses were analysed. About 89.6% of the healthcare professionals felt strongly that smoking is bad for health. Eighty one percent of the participants responded that they do not use any form of tobacco and 98.1% of the respondents accepted that it is the duty of a health care professional to advise people against the ill effects of tobacco usage. Also 94.2% of them suggested updated topics on tobacco control programmes to be inducted into the curriculum of their respective area of health care profession. Even though the health care professionals were found doing their role in tobacco control measures, their suggestion to incorporate more informations on tobacco control into the curriculum is an urgent concern.
Authors and Affiliations
Glad Mohesh M. I. | partment of Physiology, Shri Sathya Sai Medical College & RI, Ammapettai, 603108, Corresponding Email: gladmohesh@gmail.com, Jyotsna Srinath| Dentist, Private Practitioner, Chennai-600017, Rajeev K. | Department of Physiotherapy, AR hospitals P Ltd, P&T Nagar branch, Madurai, Sundaramurthy A. | Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Shri Sathya Sai Medical College & RI, Ammapettai, Sembakkam
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