The evaluation of the smoking cessation behaviors of coal miners according to the health belief model: A cross-sectional study

Autor: Mehmet Ali Kurcer, Zeynep Erdogan, Nurdan Yaman Güncan
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health. 76:539-546
ISSN: 2154-4700
1933-8244
Popis: The aim of this descriptive and cross-sectional study was to evaluate smoking characteristics and smoking cessation behaviors among smoking coal miners according to the Health Belief Model (HBM). The population of this cross sectional study consisted of 582 coal miners, while the sample consisted of 473 miners who agreed to participate in the study. The miners working above ground obtained significantly higher scores compared to those who worked underground (p = 0.027). There was a significant positive correlation between smoking costs and perceived susceptibility (p
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