Assessment of health education outcomes among adults attending primary health care centres in Al Khobar City, Saudi Arabia

Dawood, Kasim A I; Mangoud, Abdallah M

doi:10.1080/14635240.1997.11434110

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“…However, this rate was generally less than the 30% and 29.2% that were reported in community-based studies from Eastern and Southern Saudi Arabia, respectively (3,4) and was much less than rates reported from Asian and Arab countries (1). The smoking rate among fathers (32.0%) was comparable to the 34.4% and 35% reported in two studies conducted in the region (1,12). This rate was, however, less than what was reported from eastern (3) and southern (4) Saudi Arabia and was less than the rate of 41% reported from Jeddah but was more than the rate of 29% reported from Riyadh (12).…”

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“…Reports have shown that children with asthma and their parents are at significantly higher risk of allergic diseases (rhinitis, eczema, and asthma) than are normal children (15). Moreover, knowledge about the ill effects of smoking in general and of passive smoking on children in particular was found to be satisfactory among smokers and nonsmokers in Saudi Arabia, including Al-Khobar (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6). However, this finding may be explained by the discrepancy between knowledge and practice of smoking that was documented in Saudi Arabia (1,(3)(4)(5)(6).…”

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“…Tobacco was first introduced in Saudi Arabia during the Ottoman Empire era (1). Although Saudi Arabia has not contributed to the world's production of tobacco, its imports of tobacco have multiplied more than 250 times during the period from 1961 (1061 tons) to 1987 (41,440 tons).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The money spent on importing tobacco rose from SR (Saudi riyals) 7,844,263 to SR 917,165,108 (a 117-fold increase) during the same period. Saudi Arabia had ranked fifty-second in the world import of tobacco during the period between 1970 and 1972, but it had moved up to the twenty-third position by 1990-1992 (1,2).…”

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“…Prevalence studies of smoking in Saudi Arabia have shown an alarming trend (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6). Various recommendations suggested by these studies have not changed the situation on the ground (2).…”

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Parental Smoking and the Risk of Respiratory Symptoms Among Schoolboys in Al-Khobar City, Saudi Arabia

Al-Dawood

2001

Journal of Asthma

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The objective of this study was to measure the prevalence of parental smoking and its association with respiratory symptoms among 6- through 15-year-old schoolboys in Al-Khobar City, Saudi Arabia. This was a cross-sectional study. The methodology included the distribution of a self-administered questionnaire, which was completed by the parents of 1482 schoolboys who satisfied the selection criteria of the study. The overall rate of smoking among parents of this sample was 18.2% (32% among fathers and 4% among mothers). There was an increased risk associated with parental smoking and respiratory symptoms among asthmatic and nonasthmatic children. The magnitude of this risk was variable for different respirator), symptoms. The smoking rate among parents of asthmatic children was significantly higher than that of parents of normal children. The logistic regression model showed paternal smoking to be significantly associated with asthmatic children. The study concluded that there is an increased risk of respiratory symptoms among asthmatic and nonasthmatic children because of parental smoking. The smoking rate and trend among fathers and mothers were comparable to those reported earlier, indicating an ongoing problem. Schoolchildren with smoking parents may be better screened for bronchial asthma. Management of children presenting with respiratory symptoms should include an inquiry about exposure to passive smoking. Tobacco smoking should be considered a public health problem with serious implications, and the importation of tobacco should be banned.

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Parental Smoking and the Risk of Respiratory Symptoms Among Schoolboys in Al-Khobar City, Saudi Arabia

Al-Dawood

2001

Journal of Asthma

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Smoking patterns among primary health care attendees, Al-Qassim region, Saudi Arabia

Haddad¹,

Habeeb²,

Gadir³

et al. 2003

East Mediterr Health J.

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Prevalence, sociodemographic patterns and medical co-morbidity of smoking among a cross-section of primary health care [PHC] clients in Saudi Arabia were examined. We used a 44-item semistructured questionnaire to collect data from 1752 patients at 25 randomly selected PHC centres. Percentage of smoking was 52.3%. Although 85% were adult smokers, 8.6% began smoking before age 12. Smokers gave overlapping reasons to smoke including peer pressure; non-smokers gave religious and health logics against smoking. Of all smokers, 92.8% wanted to learn cessation strategies, 11.8% were ignorant of hazards and 32.4% reported manifestations of nicotine withdrawal. Besides alcohol use [13.4%], 81.8% had co-morbid physical disease

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Smoking Habits of Students in the Faculty of Medicine and Allied Science, King Abdulaziz University

Zakai

Alsaggaf

2002

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The participating subjects were students of the Faculty of Medicine and Allied Sciences with the range of 18 to 26 years old. An experimental design with prestructured questionnaire, and simple random sampling was administered to 226 participants. Out of 226 respondents, 58 (25.6%) were current smokers. Of those that indicated that they were currently smoking 53 (23.5%) were male and 5 (2.2%) were female. The 19-24 years old age group exhibited the highest prevalence of smoking. Most of the respondents were cigarette smokers and appeared to be light smokers consuming less than 10 cigarettes per day. Also, moassel and shisha smokers were light smokers consuming less than 7 moassel and shisha per week. It was found that 82,8% of the current smokers are aware of the hazards of smoking and 89.6% of them expressed a desire to cease smoking. The conclusion was that smoking is prevalent among one quarter of the students of the Faculty of Medicine and Allied Sciences. Smoking habits were significantly higher among males (P < 0.05) especially those over 21 years of age and whose fathers are smokers (P < 0.01).

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Assessment of health education outcomes among adults attending primary health care centres in Al Khobar City, Saudi Arabia

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Parental Smoking and the Risk of Respiratory Symptoms Among Schoolboys in Al-Khobar City, Saudi Arabia

Parental Smoking and the Risk of Respiratory Symptoms Among Schoolboys in Al-Khobar City, Saudi Arabia

Smoking patterns among primary health care attendees, Al-Qassim region, Saudi Arabia

Smoking Habits of Students in the Faculty of Medicine and Allied Science, King Abdulaziz University

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