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Tobacco consumption among high school students in Kathmandu, Nepal

机译:尼泊尔加德满都中学生的烟草消费

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Introduction: Tobacco use both in smoking and non-smoking form has been the leading global cause of preventable death, contributing to seven million people deaths each year. This study aims to find the tobacco use status among students and their family members and similarly the objective of the study was to assess the tobacco use prevalence among students of public schools in a municipality of Kathmandu, Nepal. Methods: The study was school based survey that used two stage cluster sampling method. 378 students participated in the study. Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) self-administered questionnaire was employed to collect the data. Descriptive analysis was performed by determining frequencies and percentages. Ethical clearance for the study was obtained from Institutional Review Board of Institute of Medicine, Nepal. Results: The study revealed that students who were ever used any tobacco were 31.7%. Boys (23.3%) are three times more likely than girls (8.5%) to ever use any tobacco products. Conclusions: Tobacco use was high prevalent among the high school students, so it is a public health problem among school students in Nepal. These finding alarms the need of school based interventions to reduce tobacco use behavior among students. Keywords: Tobacco use, students, Nepal.
机译:简介:吸烟和禁止吸烟都是全球可预防死亡的主要原因,每年造成700万人死亡。这项研究旨在发现学生及其家庭成员中的烟草使用状况,并且类似地,该研究的目的是评估尼泊尔加德满都市一所公立学校学生中的烟草使用情况。方法:本研究是基于学校的调查,采用了两阶段整群抽样方法。 378名学生参加了该研究。使用全球青年烟草调查(GYTS)自行管理的问卷来收集数据。通过确定频率和百分比进行描述性分析。该研究的伦理学依据是从尼泊尔医学研究所机构审查委员会获得的。结果:研究表明,曾经使用过任何烟草的学生为31.7%。男孩(23.3%)曾经使用过任何烟草产品的可能性是女孩(8.5%)的三倍。结论:在高中生中烟草使用非常普遍,因此这是尼泊尔在校学生中的公共卫生问题。这些发现使人们需要采取学校干预措施来减少学生中的烟草使用行为。关键字:烟草使用,学生,尼泊尔。

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