Knowledge, Attitudes, and Smoking Behaviours among Physicians Specializing in Public Health: A Multicentre Study
Background. Healthcare professionals have an important role to play both as advisers—influencing smoking cessation—and as role models. However, many of them continue to smoke. The aims of this study were to examine smoking prevalence, knowledge, attitudes, and behaviours among four cohorts physician...
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Giuseppe La Torre Rosella Saulle Brigid Unim Italo Francesco Angelillo Vincenzo Baldo Margherita Bergomi Paolo Cacciari Silvana Castaldi Giuseppe Del Corno Francesco Di Stanislao Augusto Panà Pasquale Gregorio Orazio Claudio Grillo Paolo Grossi Francesco La Rosa Nicola Nante Maria Pavia Gabriele Pelissero Michele Quarto Walter Ricciardi Gabriele Romano Francesco Saverio Schioppa Roberto Fallico Roberta Siliquini Maria Triassi Francesco Vitale Antonio Boccia |
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Knowledge, Attitudes, and Smoking Behaviours among Physicians Specializing in Public Health: A Multicentre Study |
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Knowledge, Attitudes, and Smoking Behaviours among Physicians Specializing in Public Health: A Multicentre Study |
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Knowledge, Attitudes, and Smoking Behaviours among Physicians Specializing in Public Health: A Multicentre Study |
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Knowledge, Attitudes, and Smoking Behaviours among Physicians Specializing in Public Health: A Multicentre Study |
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Knowledge, Attitudes, and Smoking Behaviours among Physicians Specializing in Public Health: A Multicentre Study |
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knowledge, attitudes, and smoking behaviours among physicians specializing in public health: a multicentre study |
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Background. Healthcare professionals have an important role to play both as advisers—influencing smoking cessation—and as role models. However, many of them continue to smoke. The aims of this study were to examine smoking prevalence, knowledge, attitudes, and behaviours among four cohorts physicians specializing in public health, according to the Global Health Profession Students Survey (GHPSS) approach. Materials and Methods. A multicentre cross-sectional study was carried out in 24 Italian schools of public health. The survey was conducted between January and April 2012 and it was carried out a census of students in the selected schools for each years of course (from first to fourth year of attendance), therefore among four cohorts of physicians specializing in Public Health (for a total of n. 459 medical doctors). The GHPSS questionnaires were self-administered via a special website which is created ad hoc for the survey. Logistic regression model was used to identify possible associations with tobacco smoking status. Hosmer-Lemeshow test was performed. The level of significance was P≤0.05. Results. A total of 388 answered the questionnaire on the website (85%), of which 81 (20.9%) declared to be smokers, 309 (79.6%) considered health professionals as behavioural models for patients, and 375 (96.6%) affirmed that health professionals have a role in giving advice or information about smoking cessation. Although 388 (89.7%) heard about smoking related issues during undergraduate courses, only 17% received specific smoking cessation training during specialization. Conclusions. The present study highlights the importance of focusing attention on smoking cessation training, given the high prevalence of smokers among physicians specializing in public health, their key role both as advisers and behavioural models, and the limited tobacco training offered in public health schools. |
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doaj-2ca834ad3835425b8380788dfbc70d412020-11-25T00:16:21ZengHindawi LimitedBioMed Research International2314-61332314-61412014-01-01201410.1155/2014/516734516734Knowledge, Attitudes, and Smoking Behaviours among Physicians Specializing in Public Health: A Multicentre StudyGiuseppe La Torre0Rosella Saulle1Brigid Unim2Italo Francesco Angelillo3Vincenzo Baldo4Margherita Bergomi5Paolo Cacciari6Silvana Castaldi7Giuseppe Del Corno8Francesco Di Stanislao9Augusto Panà10Pasquale Gregorio11Orazio Claudio Grillo12Paolo Grossi13Francesco La Rosa14Nicola Nante15Maria Pavia16Gabriele Pelissero17Michele Quarto18Walter Ricciardi19Gabriele Romano20Francesco Saverio Schioppa21Roberto Fallico22Roberta Siliquini23Maria Triassi24Francesco Vitale25Antonio Boccia26Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University of Rome, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Rome, ItalyDepartment of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University of Rome, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Rome, ItalyDepartment of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University of Rome, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Rome, ItalyDepartment of Experimental Medicine, Second University of Naples, Via Luciano Armanni 5, 80138 Naples, ItalyDepartment of Environmental and Public Health, University of Padova, Via Giustiniani 2, 35128 Padova, ItalyDepartment of Science of Public Health, University of Modena e Reggio Emilia, Via Campi 287, 41100 Modena, ItalyDepartment of Medicine and Public Health, University of Bologna, Via S. Giacomo 12, 40126 Bologna, ItalyDepartment of Medicine and Public Health, Virology, University of Milano, Via Pascal 38, 20133 Milan, ItalyDepartment of Clinical Medicine and Prevention, University of Milano Bicocca, Via Cadore, 48, 20052 Monza, ItalyDepartment of Biomedicine Science, Section of Hygiene, Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University of Ancona, Via Tronto 10/a, 60020 Ancona, University of Ancona, ItalyDepartment of Public Health, University of Tor Vergata, Rome, Via Orazio Raimondo 18, 00173 Rome, Rome, ItalyDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Ferrara, Via Fossato di Mortara 64b, 44121 Ferrara, ItalyDepartment of Hygiene, Preventive Medicine and Public Health (R. De Blasi), University of Messina, ItalyDepartment of Clinical Medicine, University of Varese, Insubria, Via Ravasi 2, 21100 Varese, ItalyDepartment of Public Health, University of Perugia, Via Roma 84, 06019 Perugia, ItalyDepartment of Physiopathology, Experimental Medicine and Public Health, University of Siena, Via Aldo Moro 2, 53100 Siena, ItalyDepartment of Experimental and Clinical Medicine (Gaetano Salvatore), University of Catanzaro, Via T. Campanella 115, 88100 Catanzaro, ItalyDepartment of Preventive Medicine-Section of Hygiene, University of Pavia, Via Forlanini 2, 27100 Pavia, ItalySection of Hygiene, Department of Biomedical Science and Human Oncology, University of Bari, Piazza Giulio Cesare 11, 70124 Bari, ItalyInstitute of Hygiene, University “Cattolica del Sacro Cuore” of Rome, Via Ippolito Nievo 36, 00153 Rome, ItalySection of Hygiene and Preventive Medicine, Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Via dell’Artigliere 8, 31129 Verona, University of Verona, ItalyDepartment of Medicine and Aging Science, University “G. Annunzio” Chieti, Via dei Vestini 33, 66100 Chieti, ItalyDepartment “G. F. Ingrassia” Hygiene and Public Health, University of Catania, Via S. Sofia 78, 95123 Catania, ItalyDepartment of Public Health and Microbiology, University of Turin, Via Santena 5 bis, 10126 Torino, ItalySection of Hygiene, Department of Science Preventive Medicine, University of Napoli Federico II, Via Tommaso Campanella 115, 88100 Napoli, ItalyDepartment of Health Promotion Science (G. D’Alessandro), University of Palermo, Via Del Vespro 133, 90127 Palermo, ItalyDepartment of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University of Rome, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Rome, ItalyBackground. Healthcare professionals have an important role to play both as advisers—influencing smoking cessation—and as role models. However, many of them continue to smoke. The aims of this study were to examine smoking prevalence, knowledge, attitudes, and behaviours among four cohorts physicians specializing in public health, according to the Global Health Profession Students Survey (GHPSS) approach. Materials and Methods. A multicentre cross-sectional study was carried out in 24 Italian schools of public health. The survey was conducted between January and April 2012 and it was carried out a census of students in the selected schools for each years of course (from first to fourth year of attendance), therefore among four cohorts of physicians specializing in Public Health (for a total of n. 459 medical doctors). The GHPSS questionnaires were self-administered via a special website which is created ad hoc for the survey. Logistic regression model was used to identify possible associations with tobacco smoking status. Hosmer-Lemeshow test was performed. The level of significance was P≤0.05. Results. A total of 388 answered the questionnaire on the website (85%), of which 81 (20.9%) declared to be smokers, 309 (79.6%) considered health professionals as behavioural models for patients, and 375 (96.6%) affirmed that health professionals have a role in giving advice or information about smoking cessation. Although 388 (89.7%) heard about smoking related issues during undergraduate courses, only 17% received specific smoking cessation training during specialization. Conclusions. The present study highlights the importance of focusing attention on smoking cessation training, given the high prevalence of smokers among physicians specializing in public health, their key role both as advisers and behavioural models, and the limited tobacco training offered in public health schools.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/516734 |