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Article: Knowledge and attitudes about smoking in medical students before and after a tobacco seminar

TitleKnowledge and attitudes about smoking in medical students before and after a tobacco seminar
Authors
KeywordsAttitude to health
Education, medical, undergraduate
Health promotion
Hong Kong
KAP
Smoking/psychology
Student medical/psychology
Issue Date1996
PublisherWiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.wiley.com/bw/journal.asp?ref=0308-0110
Citation
Medical Education, 1996, v. 30 n. 4, p. 290-295 How to Cite?
AbstractA 3-hour seminar on tobacco was introduced to second year (pre-clinical) medical students in Hong Kong in 1994. The differences in knowledge and attitudes were measured by a self-administered and anonymous questionnaire with 14 items before the seminar (n = 145), and again 2 weeks after the seminar (n = 151). The students also completed an evaluation form at the end of the seminar. Before the seminar, the students were most deficient in their knowledge on the exact magnitude of the risks from smoking and on the risks from smoking relative to the risks from air pollution and asbestos. After the seminar, their knowledge increased significantly (P < 0.005). As for attitudes, in the pre-test 35% strongly agreed that tobacco advertising should be completely banned, and 50% did so in the post-test (P = 0.02). The corresponding figures for banning of all forms of tobacco promotion were 26% and 43% (P < 0.005). In the pre-test, one in four students strongly disagreed that doctor's advice to their patients to stop smoking is totally ineffective, with this proportion increasing to 70% in the post-test (P < 0.005). The majority of the students stated that the seminar was useful. The preclinical medical curriculum should, at the very least, include a tobacco seminar. Our survey shows that it is effective in improving students' knowledge and attitudes on tobacco control.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/86978
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2023 Impact Factor: 4.9
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.446
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dc.contributor.authorChung, TWHen_HK
dc.contributor.authorLam, THen_HK
dc.contributor.authorCheng, YHen_HK
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dc.date.available2010-09-06T09:23:40Z-
dc.date.issued1996en_HK
dc.identifier.citationMedical Education, 1996, v. 30 n. 4, p. 290-295en_HK
dc.identifier.issn0308-0110en_HK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/86978-
dc.description.abstractA 3-hour seminar on tobacco was introduced to second year (pre-clinical) medical students in Hong Kong in 1994. The differences in knowledge and attitudes were measured by a self-administered and anonymous questionnaire with 14 items before the seminar (n = 145), and again 2 weeks after the seminar (n = 151). The students also completed an evaluation form at the end of the seminar. Before the seminar, the students were most deficient in their knowledge on the exact magnitude of the risks from smoking and on the risks from smoking relative to the risks from air pollution and asbestos. After the seminar, their knowledge increased significantly (P < 0.005). As for attitudes, in the pre-test 35% strongly agreed that tobacco advertising should be completely banned, and 50% did so in the post-test (P = 0.02). The corresponding figures for banning of all forms of tobacco promotion were 26% and 43% (P < 0.005). In the pre-test, one in four students strongly disagreed that doctor's advice to their patients to stop smoking is totally ineffective, with this proportion increasing to 70% in the post-test (P < 0.005). The majority of the students stated that the seminar was useful. The preclinical medical curriculum should, at the very least, include a tobacco seminar. Our survey shows that it is effective in improving students' knowledge and attitudes on tobacco control.en_HK
dc.languageengen_HK
dc.publisherWiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.wiley.com/bw/journal.asp?ref=0308-0110en_HK
dc.relation.ispartofMedical Educationen_HK
dc.rightsMedical Education. Copyright © Blackwell Publishing Ltd.en_HK
dc.subjectAttitude to health-
dc.subjectEducation, medical, undergraduate-
dc.subjectHealth promotion-
dc.subjectHong Kong-
dc.subjectKAP-
dc.subjectSmoking/psychology-
dc.subjectStudent medical/psychology-
dc.subject.meshAdulten_HK
dc.subject.meshAttitude to Healthen_HK
dc.subject.meshConsumer Satisfactionen_HK
dc.subject.meshEducation, Medical, Undergraduateen_HK
dc.subject.meshFemaleen_HK
dc.subject.meshHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, Practiceen_HK
dc.subject.meshHealth Promotionen_HK
dc.subject.meshHong Kongen_HK
dc.subject.meshHumansen_HK
dc.subject.meshMaleen_HK
dc.subject.meshQuestionnairesen_HK
dc.subject.meshSmoking - psychologyen_HK
dc.subject.meshStudents, Medical - psychologyen_HK
dc.titleKnowledge and attitudes about smoking in medical students before and after a tobacco seminaren_HK
dc.typeArticleen_HK
dc.identifier.openurlhttp://library.hku.hk:4550/resserv?sid=HKU:IR&issn=0308-0110&volume=30&spage=290&epage=295&date=1996&atitle=Knowledge+and+attitudes+about+smoking+in+medical+students+before+and+after+a+tobacco+seminaren_HK
dc.identifier.emailLam, TH:hrmrlth@hkucc.hku.hken_HK
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dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1365-2923.1996.tb00831.x-
dc.identifier.pmid8949541-
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dc.identifier.volume30en_HK
dc.identifier.issue4en_HK
dc.identifier.spage290en_HK
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dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdomen_HK
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