Quit smoking advice from health professionals in Taiwan: the role of funding policy and smoker socioeconomic status
| Autor: | Po Tswen Yu, Shu Ying Lo, Teh-wei Hu, Fong Ching Chang, Mei Ling Hsiao, Kun Yu Chao |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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Adult Male medicine.medical_specialty Health (social science) Adolescent Cross-sectional study medicine.medical_treatment public policy prevalence Taiwan Directive Counseling Young Adult Sex Factors Patient Education as Topic Medicine Humans Young adult Practice Patterns Physicians' health service Socioeconomic status Health policy Aged business.industry Data Collection Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Age Factors Middle Aged Health promotion Cross-Sectional Studies Socioeconomic Factors Family medicine Multivariate Analysis behavior and behavior mechanisms Smoking cessation Health education Female Smoking Cessation business Research Paper |
| Zdroj: | Tobacco Control |
| ISSN: | 1468-3318 0964-4563 |
| Popis: | Objectives In 2002, Taiwan launched a program to encourage doctors to provide brief cessation counselling to their patients during routine outpatient visits. This study is to compare and analyse the annual prevalence rate of receiving advice to quit smoking from health professionals before (2004) and after (2005, 2006) the increase in funding and the withdrawal of additional funding (2007). Methods We analysed pooled data from 2004 to 2007 Taiwan Adult Tobacco Survey, an annual random digit dialling telephone survey, to estimate the prevalence of receiving quit advice among ever smokers across these years. Smoking characteristics and the socioeconomic factors of smokers associated with receipt of advice to quit smoking were also examined. Results The prevalence rate of receiving quit advice increased from 21.1% in 2004 to 28.2% in 2006, and then decreased slightly to 27.6% in 2007 after the funds were cut. Multivariate analyses results indicated that increasing financing for smoking cessation services in 2005, being male, older, a daily cigarette user, having previously attempted to quit, perceiving oneself as having poor health and being aware of the benefits of smoking cessation services were significantly positively associated with receiving quit advice from health professionals. In contrast, smokers who were younger, female and occasional cigarette users were less likely to receive quit advice. Also, smokers with socioeconomic disadvantages were not less likely to receive quit advice. Conclusions During the period of increased funding for smoking cessation services, the rates of receiving quit advice increased among all smokers and across different socioeconomic groups. |
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