[Role of health care personnel in promotion of smoking cessation programs].
Knowledge related to harmful influence of cigarette smoking on health is common in our society. However, it is the role of health care personnel to promote lifestyle without smoking. Successes of campaigns against smoking depend on the way the health care personnel is trained. The goal of the study is to evaluate the preparation of future doctors and nurses for tasks related to prevention against smoking in the society as well as help people addicted to it. Material includes 27 anonymous questionnaires filled in by students of Medical and Nursing Faculty Medical Academy in Lublin concerning their knowledge of methods used in campaigns against smoking. The results were worked out using descriptive statistics. The study group consisted of 229 women and 68 men. 91.6% questioned students think that both doctors and nurses should give an example of non smoking. 59.6% thinks that knowledge on the ways of prevention against smoking is necessary for health care personnel while 37% claims that it is essential in future job. However, 40% admits that their knowledge on how to help people get rid of the habit is insufficient and 52% does not now the methods of prevention. Despite this fact, medical education is the factor which affects the decision about non smoking. Examined students claim that it is essential to teach them how to prevent against smoking. Therefore it is advisable to update curriculum in Medical Schools with suitable subjects.
Katedry i Zakładu Epidemiologii Akademii Medycznej w Lublinie.
Barbara
B
Jedrzejewska
Paweł
P
Kalinowski
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D024802:Nurse's Role; D010819:Physician's Role; D011044:Poland; D011361:Professional Competence; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000379:methods; D000074606:Smoking Prevention; D013337:Students, Medical / Q000523:psychology; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires