Smokeless tobacco use among rural Kadazan women in Sabah, Malaysia.
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health
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1995 Jun; 26(2): 291-6
Artigo
em Inglês
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-30725
ABSTRACT
A survey was conducted to document and bring attention to the use of smokeless tobacco among rural Kadazan women in Sabah, East Malaysia. Of the 472 women interviewed, 59.5% had used tobacco among the ingredients that they habitually chewed. Women with low education were more likely to be chewers. The chewing habit was usually acquired during the teenage years and the practice was perceived mainly as a cultural norm. 73.3% of these smokeless tobacco users were unaware of any adverse health effect of this type of tobacco use as compared to 53.9% of the non-tobacco users. The high prevalence of smokeless tobacco use is easily maintained as tobacco is cheap, locally produced and its use is socially accepted. The low level educational status of the women compounds the problem and intervention programs to curb this form of tobacco use is warranted.
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Índice:
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Assunto principal:
Plantas Tóxicas
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Fatores Socioeconômicos
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Tabagismo
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Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais
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Bornéu
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Idoso
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Feminino
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Humanos
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Modelos Lineares
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Conhecimentos, Atitudes e Prática em Saúde
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo observacional
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Estudo de prevalência
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Estudo prognóstico
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Pesquisa qualitativa
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Fatores de risco
Limite:
Aged80
País/Região como assunto:
Ásia
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health
Ano de publicação:
1995
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
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