tailieunhanh - Báo cáo nghiên cứu khoa học: "Hút thuốc ở người dân lào: Thách thức và cơ hội kiểm soát thuốc lá"

Tuyển tập báo cáo nghiên cứu khoa học trường đại học huế đề tài: Hút thuốc ở người dân lào: Thách thức và cơ hội kiểm soát thuốc lá. | JOURNAL OF SCIENCE Hue University N0 61 2010 SMOKING AMONG LAO MEDICAL DOCTORS CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR TOBACCO CONTROL Sychareun Vanphanom Alongkone Phengsavanh Visanou Hansana Sysavanh Phommachanh University of Health Sciences Faculty of Postgraduate Studies Lao PDR . Box 7444 Vientiane Lao PDR. Martha Morrow Nossal Institute for Global Health The University of Melbourne Vic 3010 Australia Tanja Tomson Department of Public Health Sciences Div. of Social Medicine Norrbacka 2nd floor Karolinska Institutet SE-171 76 Stockholm Sweden SUMMARY Smoking is an increasing threat to health in low and middle income countries. Doctors are recognised as important role models in anti-smoking campaigns. Objectives To identify the smoking prevalence of medical doctors in Laos their tobacco-related knowledge and attitudes and their involvement in and capacity for tobacco prevention and control efforts. Methods A cross sectional national survey by a researcher-administered face-to-face questionnaire implemented at provincial health facilities throughout the Central including national capital Northern and Southern regions of Laos in 2007. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were used. Results Of the 855 participants surveyed were current smokers and were exsmokers smoking was least common in the Central region p and far more prevalent in males vs. p .001 . Smoking was concentrated among older doctors .001 . Over 84 of current smokers wanted to quit and had made a recent serious attempt to do so. Doctors had excellent knowledge and positive attitudes to tobacco control although smokers were relatively less knowledgeable and positive on some items. While 78 of doctors were engaged in cessation support just 24 had been trained to do so and a mere considered themselves well prepared . Conclusion The willingness of doctors to take up a role in tobacco control role in order to contribute to lowering smoking rates among younger respondents