Tobacco and Alcohol Use and the Impact of School Based Antitobacco Education for Knowledge Enhancement among Adolescent Students of Rural Kerala, India.
Tobacco and Alcohol Use and the Impact of School Based Antitobacco Education for Knowledge Enhancement among Adolescent Students of Rural Kerala, India.
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10.1155/2016/9570517
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2016-01-01
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Sebastian, Paul
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Jayakrishnan, Radhakrishnan;Geetha, Seema;Sebastian, Paul
目标。关于印度最南端的喀拉拉邦农村地区青少年吸烟和饮酒的信息有限。该研究旨在估计青少年学生中吸烟和饮酒的流行率，并进一步了解在学校开展提高认识计划之前和之后有关烟草的知识程度。方法。基于多阶段抽样设计，在喀拉拉邦蒂鲁文南特布勒姆农村地区的 10 所公立学校进行了一项横断面研究。使用预先测试的半结构化问卷，收集学生及其家庭的烟草使用流行率和模式，以及学生在传递反烟草信息之前和之后对烟草危害的了解。结果。本学年自我报告曾经吸烟的总体患病率为 7.4% (95% CI 5.86-8.94)，而曾经饮酒的总体患病率为 5.6% (95% CI 4.25-6.95)。知识评估分数显示，与训练前评估（平均分数 = 9.26）相比，训练后评估后的平均知识分数（平均分数 = 10.34）显着增加（p < 0.0001）。结论。除了反烟草宣传计划外，还必须对教育机构附近的烟草和酒精产品贸易进行持续严格监控，以遏制这一问题。
Objectives. Limited information is available on adolescent tobacco and alcohol use in rural Kerala, the southernmost state in India. The study was conducted to estimate the prevalence of tobacco and alcohol use among adolescent school students and further to understand the extent of knowledge pertaining to tobacco before and after conducting awareness programmes in schools. Methods. A cross-sectional study was conducted in 10 government schools of rural Thiruvananthapuram district of Kerala state based on a multistaged sampling design. Using a pretested semistructured questionnaire, prevalence and patterns of tobacco use by students and their households, as well as students' knowledge on tobacco hazards before and after delivering antitobacco messages, were collected. Results. The overall prevalence of self-reported ever users of tobacco in the current academic year was 7.4% (95% CI 5.86-8.94), while that of ever alcohol users was 5.6% (95% CI 4.25-6.95). Knowledge assessment scores revealed a significant increase in the mean knowledge scores after posttraining evaluation (mean score = 10.34) when compared to pretraining evaluation (mean score = 9.26) (p < 0.0001). Conclusion. Apart from antitobacco awareness programmes, strict monitoring of trade of tobacco and alcohol products near educational institutions has to be conducted consistently to curb the problem.