creators_name: Bin Ghouth, Abdulla
creators_name: Bahaj, Ahmed
creators_id: Bin Ghouth AS
creators_id: Bahaj AA
editors_name: Kakkilaya, Srinivas
editors_name: Baliga, Shatharam
editors_id: Kakkilaya BS
editors_id: Baliga BS
type: journale
datestamp: 2006-09-25
lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:56:36
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title: Prevalence and attitudes of smoking among secondary school teachers in Hadramout coastal districts, Yemen
ispublished: pub
subjects: OJHAS
full_text_status: public
keywords: Smoking, Secondary school
abstract: A descriptive KAP study about smoking was conducted in all the ten secondary schools in Hadramout coastal districts during October 2004 – April 2005 and a total of 317 teachers were enrolled in the study (182 male, 135 female teachers).
The findings revealed that about 8% of the teachers were smokers; all smokers were males (prevalence 14%).
Only 10% of teachers had received training to limit smoking among students, and 27% had educational materials about harmful effects of smoking.
The study concluded that low smoking prevalence, good knowledge and attitudes of teachers, especially female teachers, toward smoking may offer a chance for smoking prevention strategies in secondary schools.
date: 2006-09
date_type: published
publication: Online Journal Of Health And Allied Sciences
volume: 5
number: 2
publisher: Dr. B.S. Kakkilaya
refereed: TRUE
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citation:   Bin Ghouth Salim, Abdulla and Bahaj Ali, Ahmed  (2006) Prevalence and attitudes of smoking among secondary school teachers in Hadramout coastal districts, Yemen.  [Journal (On-line/Unpaginated)]     
document_url: http://cogprints.org/5165/1/2006-2-1.pdf