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Title: | Tobbacco smoking among females studying in higher secondary schools of Male ‘city: awareness and knowledge of smoking associated health risk. |
Authors: | Nazima, Khadheeja |
Issue Date: | Nov-2015 |
Publisher: | Maldives National University |
Citation: | Naizam, K. (2015) .Tobbacco smoking among females studying in higher secondary schools of Male ‘city: awareness and knowledge of smoking associated health risk. ( bachelors thesis , Faculty of Health Science, Maldives National University). Retrieved from Saruna, mnu.edu.mv |
Description: | A cross- sectional descriptive study was conducted among female students of three
randomly selected High Secondary Schools of Male’ City, to tell their awareness level
regarding gender based smoking risk factors specific to women and other smoking
related diseases. In addition, this study identifies the prevalence of smoking among this
female population. A self-administered questionnaire was used to collect the data from
214 students of three schools. Analysis was done to calculate the frequency and
percentage of all the data. The result showed that most of the students are not aware of
the gender specific smoking risk factors which are specific to women’s health. 29.4%
participants said they know abortion is a risk factor of smoking and 73.8% said they
know low birth weight is risk factor of smoking. 77.6% said they do not know that
smoking cause placenta-previa and 66.4% said they do not know smoking cause
Osteoporosis. 75.2% participants said they know smoking is a risk factor of Pre- term
delivery and 78.5% participants said they know post-partum hemorrhage is a risk factor
of smoking. The result showed majority of participants know some general harmful
smoking risk factors, e.g., lung cancer and heart disease. 87.4% said smoking can cause
lung disease and 80.4% said smoking cause heart disease. Also 50.5% believe smoking
can cause blood pressure. The prevalence of smoking showed 5.6% of the study groups
are smokers while 17.3%stated that they have a close female friend who is a smoker. It is
recommended that awareness, raising should increase among this population group
regarding gender specific smoking risk factors and other smoking caused diseases. |
URI: | http://saruna.mnu.edu.mv/jspui/handle/123456789/7071 |
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