Determinants of Current Smoking Behaviour among Third Year Nursing Students in India: Results from Global Health Professional Student Survey (India)

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  • Prof (Dr.) Jugal Kishore Department of Community Medicine, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi 110002
  • Pratap Jena Public Health Foundation of India, New Delhi-110016
  • Sagarika Das Choithram College of Nursing, Indore Central Institute of Psychiatry, Ranchi
  • Mr. Chandan Bandyopadhyay SIM Solutions, New Delhi
  • Indrani Banerjee

Klíčová slova:

GHPSS, Nursing student, India, Smoking

Abstrakt

Health professionals serve as role models to their patients and public at large. Smoking among health professional would have negative impact on community members. Global Health Professional Student Survey (GHPSS) indicates health professional students including nursing students do smoke. But the factors affecting smoking behaviour are yet to be explored. This study examined GHPSS (2007) to identify factors encouraging smoking among nursing students. Results suggest that male gender, higher age, non teaching about smoking hazards were major determinants of smoking. The study suggested that the teaching about smoking hazards should be made mandatory in nursing schools. 

Biografie autora

  • Sagarika Das, Choithram College of Nursing, Indore Central Institute of Psychiatry, Ranchi
    Central Institute of Psychiatry, Nurse

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Publikováno

2013-01-09

Číslo

Vol 2 No 3 (2012)

Sekce

Short Articles

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