Knowledge, Attitudes, and Smoking Behaviours among Physicians Specializing in Public Health: A Multicentre Study

Autor: LA TORRE, Giuseppe, Saulle, Rosella, Unim, BRIGID ANDOUNIMYE, Italo Francesco Angelillo, Vincenzo, Baldo, Margherita, Bergomi, Paolo, Cacciari, Silvana, Castaldi, Corno, G. D., Stanislao, F. D., Giuseppe Del Corno, Francesco Di Stanislao, Augusto, Pana, Pasquale, Gregorio, Orazio Claudio Grillo, Paolo, Grossi, Rosa, F. L., Francesco La Rosa, Nicola, Nante, Maria, Pavia, Gabriele, Pelissero, Michele, Quarto, Walter, Ricciardi, Gabriele, Romano, Francesco Saverio Schioppa, Roberto, Fallico, Roberta, Siliquini, Maria, Triassi, Francesco, Vitale, Boccia, Antonio
Přispěvatelé: La Torre, G, Saulle, R, Unim, B, Angelillo, IF, Baldo, V, Bergomi, M, Cacciari, P, Castaldi, S, Del Corno, G, Di Stanislao, F, Panà, A, Gregorio, P, Grillo, OC, Grossi, P, La Rosa, F, Nante, N, Pavia, M, Pelissero, G, Quarto, M, Ricciardi, W, Romano, G, Schioppa,FS, Fallico, R, Siliquini, R, Triassi, M, Vitale, F, Boccia, A, Angelillo, I, DEL CORNO, G, Grillo, O, Schioppa, F, Angelillo, Italo Francesco, Grillo, Oc, Boccia, A., Giuseppe La, Torre, Rosella, Saulle, Brigid, Unim, Italo Francesco, Angelillo, Vincenzo, Baldo, Margherita, Bergomi, Paolo, Cacciari, Silvana, Castaldi, Giuseppe Del, Corno, Francesco Di, Stanislao, Augusto, Pan?, Pasquale, Gregorio, Orazio Claudio, Grillo, Paolo, Grossi, Francesco La, Rosa, Nicola, Nante, Maria, Pavia, Gabriele, Pelissero, Michele, Quarto, Walter, Ricciardi, Gabriele, Romano, Francesco Saverio, Schioppa, Roberto, Fallico, Roberta, Siliquini, Triassi, Maria, Francesco, Vitale, Antonio, Boccia
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2014
Předmět:
Genetics and Molecular Biology (all)
Male
Health Knowledge
Attitudes
Practice
MEDICAL-STUDENTS
Immunology and Microbiology (all)
Cross-sectional study
medicine.medical_treatment
lcsh:Medicine
curriculum
Settore MED/42 - Igiene Generale E Applicata
Biochemistry
GHPSS questionnaire
health behavior
PROFESSIONS STUDENT SURVEY
TOBACCO USE
CESSATION
DEPENDENCE
SCHOOLS
GHPSS
Surveys and Questionnaires
Global health
Surveys and Questionnaire
smoking behaviour
Medicine (all)
Smoking
Attendance
General Medicine
Middle Aged
cohort analysis
multicentre study
Test (assessment)
female
smoking
prevention
public health
Public Health
health care personne
Research Article
Human
Cohort study
Adult
medicine.medical_specialty
Article Subject
Attitude of Health Personnel
education
Biochemistry
Genetics and Molecular Biology (all)
General Biochemistry
Genetics and Molecular Biology
controlled study
cross-sectional study
medicine
Humans
Curriculum
General Immunology and Microbiology
business.industry
Public health
lcsh:R
Family medicine
Smoking cessation
Smoking Cessation
business
Zdroj: BioMed Research International
BioMed Research International, Vol 2014 (2014)
ISSN: 2314-6133
DOI: 10.1155/2014/516734
Popis: 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.
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