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Knowledge of the health consequences of tobacco smoking: a cross-sectional survey of Vietnamese adults
- Source :
- Global Health Action, Global Health Action; Vol 6 (2013): incl Supplements, Global Health Action, Vol 6, Iss 0, Pp 1-9 (2013)
- Publication Year :
- 2013
- Publisher :
- Co-Action Publishing, 2013.
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Abstract
- Background: Although substantial efforts have been made to curtail smoking in Vietnam, the 2010 Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) revealed that the proportion of male adults currently smoking remains high at 47.4%. Objectives: To determine the level of, and characteristics associated with, knowledge of the health consequences of smoking among Vietnamese adults. Design: GATS 2010 was designed to survey a nationally representative sample of Vietnamese men and women aged 15 and older drawn from 11,142 households using a two-stage sampling design. Descriptive statistics were calculated and multivariate logistic regression was used to examine associations between postulated exposure factors (age, education, access to information, ethnic group etc.) and knowledge on health risks. Results: General knowledge on the health risks of active smoking (AS) and exposure to second hand smoke (SHS) was good (90% and 83%, respectively). However, knowledge on specific diseases related to tobacco smoking (stroke, heart attack, and lung cancer) appeared to be lower (51.5%). Non-smokers had a significantly higher likelihood of demonstrating better knowledge on health risks related to AS (OR 1.6) and SHS (OR 1.7) than smokers. Adults with secondary education, college education or above also had significantly higher levels knowledge of AS/SHS health risks than those with primary education (AS: ORs 1.6, 1.7, and 1.9, respectively, and SHS: ORs 2.4, 3.9, and 5.7 respectively). Increasing age was positively associated with knowledge of the health consequences of SHS, and access to information was significantly associated with knowledge of AS/ SHS health risks (ORs 2.3 and 1.9 respectively). Otherwise, non-Kinh ethnic groups had significantly less knowledge on health risks of AS/SHS than Kinh ethnic groups. Conclusions: It may be necessary to target tobacco prevention programs to specific subgroups including current smokers, adults with low education, non-Kinh ethnics in order to increase their knowledge on health risks of smoking. Comprehensive messages and/or images about specific diseases related to AS/SHS should be conveyed using of different channels and modes specific to local cultures to increase knowledge on smoking health consequences for general population. Keywords: knowledge; smoking; health consequences; global adult tobacco survey; Vietnam (Published: 31 January 2013) Citation: Glob Health Action 2013, 6 : 18707 - http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/gha.v6i0.18707 This paper is part of the thematic cluster Public health in Vietnam: here's the data, where's the action? - more papers from this cluster can be found here .
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
knowledge
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Adolescent
Cross-sectional study
Vietnamese
Population
Ethnic group
Disease cluster
smoking
health consequences
global adult tobacco survey
Vietnam
Young Adult
Environmental health
Medicine
Humans
Young adult
education
Aged
education.field_of_study
Descriptive statistics
business.industry
Health Policy
Public health
lcsh:Public aspects of medicine
Data Collection
Smoking
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Age Factors
lcsh:RA1-1270
Public Health in Vietnam: Here's the Data, Where's the Action?
Middle Aged
language.human_language
Cross-Sectional Studies
Logistic Models
Public Health
Global Health
Preventive Medicine
language
Educational Status
Female
business
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 16549880 and 16549716
- Volume :
- 6
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Global Health Action
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....9fa02c95be838d737aff2de7cf00ff30