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Knowledge, Attitudes, and Smoking Behaviours among Physicians Specializing in Public Health: A Multicentre Study
Giuseppe La TorreRosella SaulleBrigid Andounimye Unim Italo Francesco AngelilloBaldo VincenzoBergomi MargheritaCacciari PaoloCastaldi SilvanaG. D. CornoF. D. Stanislao Giuseppe Del Corno Francesco Di StanislaoPana AugustoGregorio Pasquale Orazio Claudio GrilloGrossi PaoloF. L. Rosa Francesco La RosaNante NicolaPavia MariaPelissero GabrieleQuarto MicheleWalter RicciardiRomano Gabriele Francesco Saverio SchioppaFallico RobertoSiliquini RobertaTriassi MariaVitale FrancescoAntonio Bocciasubject
Genetics and Molecular Biology (all)MaleHealth Knowledge Attitudes PracticeMEDICAL-STUDENTSImmunology and Microbiology (all)Cross-sectional studymedicine.medical_treatmentlcsh:MedicinecurriculumSettore MED/42 - Igiene Generale E ApplicataBiochemistryGHPSS questionnairehealth behaviorPROFESSIONS STUDENT SURVEY; TOBACCO USE; MEDICAL-STUDENTS; CESSATION; DEPENDENCE; SCHOOLS; GHPSSDEPENDENCESurveys and QuestionnairesGlobal healthSurveys and Questionnairesmoking behaviourMedicine (all)SmokingAttendanceTOBACCO USEGeneral MedicineMiddle Agedcohort analysismulticentre studyTest (assessment)femalesmoking; prevention.; public healthPublic Healthhealth care personneGHPSSResearch ArticleHumanCohort studyAdultmedicine.medical_specialtyArticle SubjectAttitude of Health PersonneleducationBiochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology (all); Immunology and Microbiology (all); Medicine (all)General Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular BiologySCHOOLScohort analysis; controlled study; cross-sectional study; curriculum; female; GHPSS questionnaire; health behavior; health care personnemedicineHumanscross-sectional studycontrolled studyCurriculumBiochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology (all)General Immunology and Microbiologybusiness.industryPublic healthlcsh:RFamily medicineSmoking cessationSmoking CessationPROFESSIONS STUDENT SURVEYCESSATIONbusinessdescription
Background. Healthcare professionals have an important role to play both as advisers—influencing smoking cessation—and as role models. However, many of them continue to smoke. The aims of this study were to examine smoking prevalence, knowledge, attitudes, and behaviours among four cohorts physicians specializing in public health, according to the Global Health Profession Students Survey (GHPSS) approach.Materials and Methods. A multicentre cross-sectional study was carried out in 24 Italian schools of public health. The survey was conducted between January and April 2012 and it was carried out a census of students in the selected schools for each years of course (from first to fourth year of attendance), therefore among four cohorts of physicians specializing in Public Health (for a total of n. 459 medical doctors). The GHPSS questionnaires were self-administered via a special website which is created ad hoc for the survey. Logistic regression model was used to identify possible associations with tobacco smoking status. Hosmer-Lemeshow test was performed. The level of significance wasP≤0.05.Results. A total of 388 answered the questionnaire on the website (85%), of which 81 (20.9%) declared to be smokers, 309 (79.6%) considered health professionals as behavioural models for patients, and 375 (96.6%) affirmed that health professionals have a role in giving advice or information about smoking cessation. Although 388 (89.7%) heard about smoking related issues during undergraduate courses, only 17% received specific smoking cessation training during specialization.Conclusions. The present study highlights the importance of focusing attention on smoking cessation training, given the high prevalence of smokers among physicians specializing in public health, their key role both as advisers and behavioural models, and the limited tobacco training offered in public health schools.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-06-01 | BioMed Research International |