1. Steps toward community health promotion: Application of transtheoretical model to predict stage transition regarding smoking
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Maryam Emadzadeh and Veda Vakili
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health promotion ,iran ,smoking ,tobacco ,transtheoretical model ,Special aspects of education ,LC8-6691 ,Public aspects of medicine ,RA1-1270 - Abstract
BACKGROUND: Recently, the Iranian Ministry of Health estimated about 750,000 deaths are attributed smoking complications. The aim of this study was to apply the transtheoretical model (TTM) on general population of Mashhad city to evaluate the stages of change and possible cultural factors regarding smoking cessation. METHODS: This descriptive, cross-sectional population-based study was conducted in Mashhad, Iran. A total number of 562 participants selected by multistage sampling. They were asked about stages of change for smoking cessation for both hookah and cigarette smoking. Stages of change refer to an orderly sequence of changes in smoking behavior that people progress through according to the TTM. Its six stages are as follows: precontemplation (PC) (no intention to quit smoking within 6 months), contemplation (planning to quit smoking in the following 6 months), preparation (planning to stop smoking within 1 month), action (quit smoking for
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- 2020
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