Smoking initiation in primary school students in Southeast of Turkey: The roles of sociodemographic factors, gender and parental characteristics

Basit Öğe Kaydı
dc.contributor.authorKara I.H.
dc.contributor.authorDikici, Bünyamin
dc.contributor.authorYel S.
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-24T18:44:15Z
dc.date.available2024-04-24T18:44:15Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.departmentDicle Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractAim: The objective of this survey was to determine the socio-demographic and the parental features and the extent of active and passive smoking among primary school children in Diyarbakir Province in Southeast Anatolian Region of Turkey. Material and Methods: This survey is an epidemiological study with cross-sectional design. According to the layered random sampling method, 15 schools were visited and taking into account the age and gender distribution a total number of 1124 students filled the questionnaire. The survey included questions about the parental and the socio-demographic features, the social and economic status of the family, number of brothers and sisters, the housing and living conditions, as well as the smoking status of students. Results: 1124 students, consisting of 630 boys (%56.0) and 494 girls (%44.0) had an average age of 11.1±2.4 yr. A total of 771 (68.6%) students told that there were smoking family members living in their houses (p<0.0001). The number of students with smoking habit was 136 (92 male, 44 female) (%12.2). The number of family members and sleeping rooms were 7.5±2.8, 4.5±2.1 and 2.1±0.9, respectively. The reason behind smoking addiction was generally related with either peers (45 person, 52.3%) or relatives (10 person, %11.6). The rate of smokers among boys is 1.38 times (OR: 1.38, %95 CI: 1.070-1.778) greater than that of girls. Conclusions: The survey results show that smoking among primary school students is becoming prevalent, the rate of passive smoking is increasing, and the number of family members living in the house is generally beyond the shelter capacity. Especially most of the mothers are found to be uneducated. Therefore, more effort should be directed to address the problems of smoking and lack of education which have the utmost importance among these related negative factors. © 2010 Düzce Medical Journal.en_US
dc.identifier.endpage11en_US
dc.identifier.issn1307-671X
dc.identifier.issue2en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-77953199170
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ3
dc.identifier.startpage5en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11468/24628
dc.identifier.volume12en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.relation.ispartofDuzce Medical Journal
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectPrimary Schoolsen_US
dc.subjectSmoking Habiten_US
dc.subjectStudenten_US
dc.subjectUnhealthy Shelter Conditionsen_US
dc.titleSmoking initiation in primary school students in Southeast of Turkey: The roles of sociodemographic factors, gender and parental characteristicsen_US
dc.titleSmoking initiation in primary school students in Southeast of Turkey: The roles of sociodemographic factors, gender and parental characteristics
dc.typeArticleen_US

Dosyalar

Koleksiyon

Scopus İndeksli Yayınlar Koleksiyonu