Toward smoke-free homes: A community-based study on initiatives of rural Indian women

Mittal, Srabani; Das, Samiran

doi:10.4103/2230-8229.83371

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“…This finding aligns with previous studies which have shown that rural populations support smoking as a traditional, popular behavior, as well as a leisure activity [49,50]. Moreover, low educational level and lack of information on health-related hazards due to smoking were also associated with less practical activities to personally quit smoking or prevent others from smoking [51][52][53][54]. These results also suggest that women at an earlier gestation period had less knowledge about the harms from SHS, highlighting the need to educate pregnant women earlier during their pregnancy.…”

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Inadequate Knowledge, Attitude and Practices about Second-Hand Smoke among Non-Smoking Pregnant Women in Urban Vietnam: The Need for Health Literacy Reinforcement

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Phan

et al. 2020

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The rate of exposure to second-hand smoke (SHS) is relatively high in several countries, including Vietnam, and health issues related to SHS have worsened in recent years, especially for pregnant women and their infants. Enhancement of knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) scores of pregnant women in Vietnam could raise practical interventions to protect their health and reduce complications of SHS. A cross-sectional study of 432 pregnant women who came to the Obstetrics Department of Bach Mai Hospital, Hanoi, Vietnam for antenatal care was conducted in 2016 to collect information about their KAP related to SHS. Composite mean scores from survey questions assessing their KAP were calculated on a 10-point scale, finding mean scores of 4.19, 7.45, and 4.30, respectively. Higher scores indicated better knowledge, attitude, and practice. Generalized linear models identified that age, occupation, living place, and sources of information were associated with SHS-related KAP. Findings from this study indicate that suitable programs related to SHS should be implemented to improve and reinforce health literacy to both mothers and smokers to reduce the harmfulness of smoking on women and their infants’ health.

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Inadequate Knowledge, Attitude and Practices about Second-Hand Smoke among Non-Smoking Pregnant Women in Urban Vietnam: The Need for Health Literacy Reinforcement

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“…This is in contrast to a study among rural women in India, wherein the majority of women (75.8%) were aware about some health hazards of smokeless tobacco use on children. [ 11 ]…”

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Tobacco-related knowledge, attitudes, and practices among urban low socioeconomic women in Mumbai, India

Majmudar

Mishra

Kulkarni

et al. 2015

Indian J Med Paediatr Oncol

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Context:Tobacco use is an important health issue globally. It is responsible for a large number of diseases and deaths in India. Female tobacco users have additional health risks.Aims:The aim was to assess changes in pre and post-intervention tobacco-related knowledge, attitudes, and practices among women from urban low socioeconomic strata, after three rounds of interventions.Subjects and Methods:A structured questionnaire was used to interview women living in low socioeconomic housing clusters in Mumbai, regarding their tobacco consumption, attitudes, and practices, by Medical Social Workers. These data were entered into IBM SPSS Statistics, version 20 and analysed. Interventions for tobacco cessation were provided 3 times over a span of 9 months, comprising of health education and counseling. Post-intervention questionnaire was introduced at 12 months.Results:There was statistically significant improvement in the knowledge of women, following the interventions, with particular reference to poor oral hygiene and tobacco use being main cause of oral cancer (P = 0.007), knowledge of ill effects of second hand smoke (P = 0.0001), knowledge about possibility of early detection of oral cancer (P = 0.0001), perception of pictorial and written warnings on tobacco products (P = 0.0001), and availability of help for quitting tobacco (P = 0.024).Conclusion:The prevalence of smokeless tobacco use is very high among urban women from lower socioeconomic strata. Therefore, tobacco awareness programs and tobacco cessation services tailor made for this group of women must be planned and implemented.

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“…Eminent knowledge of the effects of SHS is important as people are aware of the harmful effects of SHS exposure, but the extent of damage that SHS can make is unknown to people. 21 Furthermore, the knowledge of the harmful effect of SHS exposure should include the ill effect on pregnant women, fetal outcomes and the children at home. The results give further evidence to initiate specific interventions to reduce SHS exposure at home.…”

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Urban–rural differentials in the factors associated with exposure to second-hand smoke in India

Singh

Sahoo

2013

BMJ Open

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ObjectivesThis study aims to investigate the role of different factors associated with exposure to second-hand smoke (SHS) in the workplace and home in the urban and rural areas of India.DesignSecondary analysis of the data from the Global Adult Tobacco Survey conducted in 2009–2010.Setting and participantsData were analysed from 32 738 rural and 23 202 urban non-smokers at home and 4809 rural and 6227 urban non-smokers in the workplace in India.Outcomes and methodsWe used two measures of SHS: exposure to SHS at home and exposure to SHS in the workplace. SHS exposure at home is estimated for non-smokers who reported anyone smoking inside his/her home. Exposure to SHS in the workplace is estimated for non-smokers who reported anyone smoking in the workplace in the past 30 days before the survey. Statistical techniques such as χ2 test, logistic regression and discriminant function analysis were used.ResultsThe results showed that SHS exposure in the workplace and home is higher in the rural areas than in the urban areas. As compared with men, women are significantly more likely to be exposed to SHS at home (OR=1.20, 95% CI 1.10 to 1.30) in the rural areas, and less likely at the workplace in the urban areas (OR=0.49, 95% CI 0.40 to 0.59). Education and region are significant predictors of exposure levels to SHS at home and the workplace in the rural and urban areas. The knowledge of number of smoking-related hazards significantly discriminates the SHS exposure in the rural workplace. SHS exposure at home is most affected by region in the rural areas and education in the urban areas.ConclusionsThe factors which affect SHS exposure differ in the rural and urban areas of India. The study concludes that the risk of getting exposed to SHS at home and the workplace among non-smokers is higher in the rural areas of the country.

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Toward smoke-free homes: A community-based study on initiatives of rural Indian women

Cited by 10 publications

References 6 publications

Inadequate Knowledge, Attitude and Practices about Second-Hand Smoke among Non-Smoking Pregnant Women in Urban Vietnam: The Need for Health Literacy Reinforcement

Inadequate Knowledge, Attitude and Practices about Second-Hand Smoke among Non-Smoking Pregnant Women in Urban Vietnam: The Need for Health Literacy Reinforcement

Tobacco-related knowledge, attitudes, and practices among urban low socioeconomic women in Mumbai, India

Urban–rural differentials in the factors associated with exposure to second-hand smoke in India

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