Impact of village-based health education of tobacco control on the current smoking rate in Chinese rural areas.
J Huazhong Univ Sci Technolog Med Sci
; 36(1): 150-152, 2016 Feb.
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| ID: mdl-26838757
ABSTRACT
The number of smokers in Chinese rural areas is more than 200 million, which is twice that in cities. It is very significant to carry out tobacco control interventions in rural areas. We performed this community intervention study to evaluate the efficacy of village-based health education of tobacco control on the male current smoking rate in rural areas. The population of this study was the males above 15 years old from 6 villages in rural areas. The villages were randomly assigned to intervention group or control group (3 villages in each group). Self-designed smoking questionnaire was applied. The intervention group received the village-based health education of tobacco control for one year. The primary outcome measurement was the male current smoking rate. In the baseline investigation, completed surveys were returned by 814 male residents from the control group and 831 male residents from the intervention group. The male current smoking rate in the control group and the intervention group was 61.2% and 58.5%, respectively, before intervention. There was no significant difference between these two groups (P>0.05). After one-year intervention, the current smoking rate in the intervention group (51.2%) was significantly lower than that in the control group (62.8%) (P<0.001). Our study suggested that the village-based health education of tobacco control was effective in lowering the male current smoking rate in rural areas, which could be a suitable and feasible way for tobacco control in the Chinese rural areas.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
População Rural
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Educação em Saúde
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Abandono do Uso de Tabaco
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Prevenção do Hábito de Fumar
Tipo de estudo:
Evaluation_studies
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Observational_studies
Aspecto:
Determinantes_sociais_saude
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Huazhong Univ Sci Technolog Med Sci
Assunto da revista:
MEDICINA
Ano de publicação:
2016
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
China