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Arabi S, Jahanmehr N, Khoramrooz M. National and regional economic inequalities in first- and second-hand tobacco consumption among women of reproductive ages in Iran. BMC Public Health 2023; 23:2532. [PMID: 38110920 PMCID: PMC10726556 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-023-17287-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2022] [Accepted: 11/21/2023] [Indexed: 12/20/2023] Open
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INTRODUCTION The epidemic of tobacco consumption is one of the major public health threats the world has been facing so far. This study was performed to investigate the economic inequalities in tobacco consumption among women of reproductive ages at national and regional levels in Iran. METHODS We used data from 10,339 women of reproductive ages (18-49 years) who participated in Iran's 7th Non-Communicable Disease Risk Factor Surveillance (STEPS). Wagstaff normalized concentration index and decomposition method were applied to measure economic inequalities in first- and second-hand tobacco consumption and determine their corresponding contributory factors, respectively. RESULTS The prevalence of women's first-hand tobacco consumption, and their exposure to second-hand smoke in the home, and workplace were 3.6%, 28.3%, and 8.4%, respectively. First- and second-hand tobacco consumption was significantly more concentrated among low-economic women. Exposure to home second-hand smoke, education, and economic status had the largest contributions to the measured inequality in first-hand tobacco consumption (48.9%, 38.9%, and 30.8%, respectively). The measured inequality in women's secondhand smoke exposure at home was explained by their level of education (43.8%), economic status (30.3%), and residency in rural areas (18%), and at work by residency in rural areas (42.2%), economic status (38.8%), and level of education (32%). Our results also revealed diversity in the geographical distribution of inequalities in rural and urban areas and five regions of the country. CONCLUSION The present study highlighted the need for more enforcement of tobacco control rules and increasing tobacco taxes as general measures. Furthermore, there is a need for gender-sensitive initiatives at national and regional levels to educate, support, and empower low-economic women and households for tobacco cessation, and complying with restrictive smoking rules.
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- Samira Arabi
- School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Health Economics, Management, and Policy Department, Virtual School of Medical Education & Management, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
- Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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- Department of Health Management and Economics, School of Public Health, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran.
- Modeling of Noncommunicable Diseases Research Center, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran.
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Madkhali M, Shariff S, Albalawi R, Aqeel A, Alshahrani A, Alabdullah R, Alasmari R, Aljohani W. Association Between Second-Hand Smoke Exposure and Respiratory Symptoms Among the General Population of Non-smoker Adults in Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study. Cureus 2023; 15:e49243. [PMID: 38143701 PMCID: PMC10742206 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.49243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/22/2023] [Indexed: 12/26/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Second-hand smoke (SHS) exposure is associated with respiratory symptoms such as cough, dyspnea, and wheezing. However, data on this association in Saudi Arabia is limited. OBJECTIVES The objective of this study is to investigate the prevalence of SHS exposure and its association with respiratory symptoms among non-smoker adults in Saudi Arabia. METHODS Data collection was carried out over the course of two months by distributing an online questionnaire among adults living in Saudi Arabia. The survey consisted of questions assessing sociodemographic factors, SHS exposure, and the presence of respiratory symptoms. Statistical analysis was performed using IBM SPSS Statistics for Windows, Version 22 (Released 2013; IBM Corp., Armonk, New York, United States). Data was considered significant if p<0.05. RESULTS The questionnaire was completed by 1360 participants. Most were females (n=845, 72.1%) and individuals aged 18 to 30 years (n=838, 71.5%). From the analyzed records, 67.3% (n=789) reported SHS exposure. Among them, 40.3% (n=472) reported SHS exposure from household sources, 32.6% (n=382) from work colleagues, and 30.5% (n=357) from friends. The majority (n=306, 76.9%) of those exposed at home reported daily SHS exposure. The main source of home exposure was male family members, particularly the father (n=201, 42.6%). The majority (n=985, 84.0%) of participants reported not having any kind of mold or damage at their place of residence. Individuals with SHS exposure were more likely to report asthma (p=0.043), chest whistling or wheezing (p=0.021), chronic cough (p<0.001), productive cough (p<0.001), and nasal symptoms without a cold (p<0.001). These individuals also demonstrated a higher average symptom score than those not exposed to SHS. Conclusion: The study reveals that a significant percentage of the Saudi population is exposed to SHS daily, mainly from household sources, especially male family members. A significant association was found between SHS exposure and the presence of respiratory symptoms. Public awareness regarding the prevalence and dangers of SHS exposure is essential in order to alleviate the impact of SHS on the health of the general Saudi population. Additionally, further research is required in this field and demographic group to develop appropriate interventions.
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- Faculty of Medicine, Al-Rayan Colleges, Madinah, SAU
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- Internal Medicine, King Abdullah Medical Complex - Jeddah, Jeddah, SAU
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Li L, Wang J, Xia W, Li WHC, Weng X, Song P. Smoking cessation and relapse-prevention interventions tailored for expectant and new fathers: protocol of a systematic review and network meta-analysis. BMJ Open 2023; 13:e071745. [PMID: 37802607 PMCID: PMC10565286 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-071745] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2023] [Accepted: 09/19/2023] [Indexed: 10/10/2023] Open
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INTRODUCTION Exposure of pregnant women and newborns to secondhand smoke (SHS) can lead to adverse maternal and neonatal health outcomes. Among expectant and new fathers, who are the main source of SHS exposure for pregnant women, new mothers and babies, smoking rates remain high. A partner's pregnancy potentially constitutes a critical period where expectant and new fathers are motivated to quit smoking. However, there is no consensus on the optimal form and delivery of smoking cessation and relapse-prevention interventions. We present a systematic review and network meta-analysis protocol that aims to synthesise and evaluate the effectiveness of smoking cessation and relapse-prevention interventions tailored for this population. METHODS AND ANALYSIS To identify relevant studies, we will conduct a comprehensive search, in English and Chinese, of 10 electronic databases. The review will include randomised and quasi-randomised controlled trials that compare behavioural interventions (tailored and non-tailored) with/without the addition of pharmacotherapy with usual care, a minimal or placebo control for assisting expectant and new fathers to quit smoking and prevent smoking relapse. The primary outcome of interest is the self-reported and/or biochemically verified smoking abstinence at ≥1-month follow-up. Two reviewers will independently screen, select and extract relevant studies, and perform a quality assessment. Disagreements will be resolved by a consensus or third-party adjudication. The Cochrane Risk of Bias tool V.2 will be used to assess the risk of bias in the included studies. We will obtain the results of the systematic review through pooled quantitative analyses using a network meta-analysis. Sensitivity and subgroup analyses will be performed. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION Ethical approval is not required for this systematic review of published data. The findings will be disseminated via peer-reviewed publication. PROSPERO REGISTRATION NUMBER CRD42022340617.
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- Lishan Li
- School of Nursing, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- School of Nursing, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- School of Nursing, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- The Nethersole School of Nursing, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- School of Public Health, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
- Centre for Global Health Research, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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Yang Y, Zhang M, Bo HX, Zhang DY, Ma LK, Wang PH, Liu XH, Ge LN, Lin WX, Xu Y, Zhang YL, Li FJ, Xu XJ, Wu HH, Jackson T, Ungvari GS, Cheung T, Meng LR, Xiang YT. Secondhand smoking exposure and quality of life among pregnant and postnatal women: a network approach. BMJ Open 2022; 12:e060635. [PMID: 36113943 PMCID: PMC9486354 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-060635] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE This study examined the prevalence of exposure to secondhand smoke, its correlates and its association with quality of life (QOL) among pregnant and postnatal Chinese women. DESIGN This was a multicentre, cross-sectional study. SETTING Participants were consecutively recruited from eight tertiary hospitals located in eight municipalities or provinces in China. PARTICIPANTS A total of 1140 women were invited to join this study and 992 (87.02%) completed all measures. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY OUTCOME Measures women's secondhand smoking behaviour (frequency and location of exposure to secondhand smoking), and their QOL measured by the WHO Quality of Life Questionnaire. RESULTS A total of 211 women (21.3%, 95% CI 18.7% to 23.8%) had been exposed to secondhand smoking. Exposure to secondhand smoking was most common in public areas (56.4%), and residential homes (20.5%), while workplaces had the lowest rate of exposure (13.7%). Women with physical comorbidities were more likely to report secondhand smoking exposure, while older women, women living in urban areas, those with college or higher education level, and women in their second trimester were less likely to report exposure to secondhand smoking. Network analysis revealed that there were six significant links between secondhand smoke and QOL items. The strongest negative edge was the connection between secondhand smoke and QOL9 ('physical environment health', edge weight=-0.060), while the strongest positive edge was the connection between secondhand smoke and QOL3 ('pain and discomfort', edge weight=0.037). CONCLUSION The prevalence of exposure to secondhand smoking is becoming lower among pregnant and postnatal women in China compared with findings reported in previous studies. Legal legislation should be maintained and promptly enforced to establish smoke-free environments in both public and private urban/rural areas for protection of pregnant and postnatal women, especially those who are physically vulnerable and less educated.
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- Yuan Yang
- Guangdong Mental Health Center, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital (Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences), Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Obstetrics, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, Beijing, China
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- Department of Nursing, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, Beijing, China
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- Department of Obstetrics, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, Beijing, China
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- Department of Obstetrics, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, Beijing, China
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- Department of Obstetrics, Xiehe Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Department of Obstetrics, Shuangliu District Maternal and Child Health Hospital, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Department of Obstetrics, Shengjing Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China
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- Department of Obstetrics, Guangdong Women and Children Hospital, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Obstetrics, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, Beijing, China
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- Department of Obstetrics, Qinghai Provincial People's Hospital, Xining, Qinghai, China
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- Department of Obstetrics, Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital of Uygur Autonomous Region, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China
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- Department of Obstetrics, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Obstetrics, Nantong Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital, Nantong, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Psychology, University of Macau, Macao SAR, Macau, China
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- Division of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
- Division of Psychiatry, University of Notre Dame, Australia, Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia
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- School of Nursing, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, Hong Kong, China
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- School of Health Sciences, Macau Polytechnic Institute, Macao SAR, Macau, China
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- Unit of Psychiatry, Department of Public Health and Medicinal Administration, & Institute of Translational Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Macau, Macao SAR, Macau, China
- Center for Cognition and Brain Sciences, University of Macau, Macao SAR, Macau, China
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Zhou W, Zhu X, Hu Z, Li S, Zheng B, Yu Y, Xie D. Association between secondhand smoke exposure in pregnant women and their socioeconomic status and its interaction with age: a cross-sectional study. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 2022; 22:695. [PMID: 36085019 PMCID: PMC9461123 DOI: 10.1186/s12884-022-04968-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2022] [Accepted: 08/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Background Existing evidence highlights that exposure to secondhand smoke (SHS) is a risk factor for pregnant women’s health and is possibly affected by individual characteristics. This study aimed to explore the effect of individual socioeconomic status (SES) on SHS exposure among pregnant women in the third trimester and the interaction effect of age. Methods A total of 678 nonsmoking pregnant women with a median age of 29.0 years from 14 communities in a medium-sized city were recruited for this survey. Exposure to SHS was defined as the self-reported smoking habit of a spouse/partner. Individual SES characteristics consisted of marital status, educational attainment, employment and per capita monthly income. Results There were 238 (35.1%) participants who suffered from SHS exposure. Compared to the pregnant women who were employed, those who were unemployed were more likely to suffer from SHS exposure (OR = 1.572, 95% CI: 1.013–2.441). Participants who had a high school or technical secondary school education were more likely to be exposed to SHS than those with a college education or above (OR = 1.601, 95% CI: 1.029–2.449). Advanced age was a protective factor for participants with a college education or above (OR = 0.939, 95% CI: 0.884–0.997), but age increased the risk of SHS exposure among women who had unstable marriages (OR = 1.256, 95% CI: 1.019–1.549). Conclusion Exposure to SHS was very common among pregnant women in the third trimester. Pregnant women with a low SES and an older age should be considered a key population for the implementation of public health interventions.
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Xia W, Li HCW, Song P, Ho KY, Luo Y, Liang T, Ho LLK, Cheung AT, Cai W. Perceptions, behaviours and attitudes towards smoking held by the male partners of Chinese pregnant women: a qualitative study. BMC Public Health 2021; 21:1901. [PMID: 34670560 PMCID: PMC8527705 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-021-11966-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2020] [Accepted: 09/28/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background Direct associations of tobacco exposure during pregnancy with pregnancy complications and adverse birth outcomes have been proven. Previous studies suggest that expecting a child provides a valuable opportunity to promote behavioural changes, such as smoking cessation, among the male partners of pregnant women. Thorough understandings of Chinese expectant fathers’ smoking behaviour during the transition to fatherhood is a prerequisite to the development of appropriate interventions to facilitate smoking cessation. This study aimed to explore the perceptions, behaviours and attitudes related to smoking among male partners of pregnant women in China. Methods A descriptive phenomenological approach was adopted. A purposive sample of expectant fathers aged 18 years or older who had a tobacco use history within the past year were recruited at obstetrics and gynaecology clinics and invited to participate in one-to-one, 20–30-min semi-structured interviews. The data analysis followed Colaizzi’s descriptive phenomenological method. Results Twenty-five expectant fathers were interviewed. Four themes were generated: 1) the benefits of smoking and respondents’ misperceptions of the impact of smoking and SHS and neglectful attitude of the impact of smoking, which were given as the major reasons for continuing to smoke; 2) factors contributing to smoking cessation, including concern for the potential health impact of continued smoking on the pregnant partner and baby, the role of being father, and the encouragement to quit from family members; and 3) perceived barriers to smoking cessation, including withdrawal symptoms or cigarette cravings, absence of smoking cessation support, and increasing stress. Conclusion This study provides a comprehensive understanding of the perception, behaviours, and attitudes related to smoking among Chinese expectant fathers. The findings of this study can guide healthcare professionals and policymakers in combining the distribution of educational information about the hazards of SHS for maternal and neonatal health with smoking cessation assistance for expectant fathers through policy initiatives and other types of incentives and programmes targeted to enhance smoking cessation among this population. Trial registration Prospectively registered at clinicaltrial.org (NCT03401021) on 8 Jan 2018. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12889-021-11966-4.
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- Wei Xia
- School of Nursing, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- The Nethersole School of Nursing, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong.
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- School of Public Health, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.,Centre for Global Health Research, Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, SAR, China
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- School of Nursing, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, China
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- School of Nursing, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, China
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- School of Nursing, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, China
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- Shenzhen hospital, Southern Medical University, Shenzhen, China
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Sun W, Huang X, Wu H, Zhang CJP, Yin Z, Fan Q, Wang H, Jayavanth P, Akinwunmi B, Wu Y, Wang Z, Ming WK. Maternal tobacco exposure and health-related quality of life during pregnancy: a national-based study of pregnant women in China. Health Qual Life Outcomes 2021; 19:152. [PMID: 34016119 PMCID: PMC8139077 DOI: 10.1186/s12955-021-01785-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2020] [Accepted: 05/03/2021] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND With the increase of the number of smokers, tobacco exposure among pregnant women is becoming more and more common. Pregnant women exposed to first-hand smoke and second-hand smoke are susceptible to physiological and psychological health issues has been proved in previous studies. Nevertheless, there are no enough studies focus on the impact of third-hand smoke during pregnancy. This study aimed to assess and compare health-related quality of life for pregnant women with exposure to first-hand smoke, second-hand smoke, third-hand smoke and non-exposure to tobacco in mainland China. METHODS National-based cross-sectional study is based on a questionnaire survey which collects information including demographics, smoking behaviors and self-evaluation. All questionnaires were delivered and collected from August to September 2019. EuroQol group's visual analog scale and EuroQoL Five-dimension Questionnaire were used to collect data in mainland China. RESULTS Totally, 15,682 pregnant women were included in this study, among which non-exposure to smoke were 7564 (48.2%), exposed to first-hand smoke, second-hand smoke and third-hand smoke were 89 (0.6%), 2349 (15.0%), and 5680 (36.2%) respectively. Pregnant women without tobacco exposure had the highest EuroQol group's visual analog scale score (mean value = 85.4[SD = 14.0]), while those with first-hand smoke had the lowest score (mean value = 77.4[SD = 22.2]). Among all five dimensions of EuroQoL Five-dimension Questionnaire, there were significant differences of EQ-index among groups with different tobacco exposure in usual activity and anxiety or depression dimensions (p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS Third-hand smoke exposure had close relationship with low health-related quality of life in pregnant women. Moreover, second-hand smoke exposure significantly led more problems on mental dimension of pregnant women.
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- Weiwei Sun
- Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
- International School, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
- International School, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
- International School, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- School of Public Health, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, China
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- School of Pharmacy, JiNing Medical University, Jining, China
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- Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
- International School, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Maternal-Fetal Medicine Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, USA
- Center for Genomic Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA
- Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China.
- International School, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China.
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.
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Guo X, Shi Y, Gu J, Chen F, Xu H, He Z, Yang Q. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons residues and the carcinogenic risk assessment to pregnant women in Nantong, China using QuEChERS method and HPLC-A pilot case study. Biomed Chromatogr 2021; 35:e5117. [PMID: 33742483 DOI: 10.1002/bmc.5117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2020] [Revised: 02/09/2021] [Accepted: 03/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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A high-performance liquid chromatographic method with a modified QuEChERS extraction for the determination of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in blood serum was developed to investigate the internal exposure level and the carcinogentic toxicity contribution rate of PAHs for pregnant women in Nantong, China. Venous blood (n = 48) was collected in the local hospital and the internal exposure level of 16 PAHs and the contribution rate of carcinogenicity to pregnant women were analyzed. Among all of the detected PAHs, the detection rate of pyrene (77.08%) was the highest, followed by naphthalene (64.58%) and benzo[a]anthracene (BaA, 45.83%). The carcinogenicity contribution rate of BaA (37.37%) was the highest, followed by fluorene (32.96%) and acenaphthylene (22.01%). The results showed that many kinds of carcinogenic PAHs can be detected in the serum of pregnant women in Nantong city, among which BaA should be paid most attention because of its high internal exposure level and carcinogenic risk. Meanwhile, the origins of general PAHs in serum samples were analyzed using the characteristic ratio analysis method. The PAH pollution level of air samples (n = 42) during the collection time of blood samples was also analyzed to compare the possible correlations between the two different results.
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- Xinying Guo
- Chemical Laboratory, Nantong Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nantong, China.,Department of Biological Laboratory, Nantong Key Laboratory of Health Emergency Testing, Nantong, China
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- Chemical Laboratory, Nantong Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nantong, China.,Department of Biological Laboratory, Nantong Key Laboratory of Health Emergency Testing, Nantong, China
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- Chemical Laboratory, Nantong Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nantong, China
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- Chemical Laboratory, Nantong Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nantong, China.,Department of Biological Laboratory, Nantong Key Laboratory of Health Emergency Testing, Nantong, China
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- Chemical Laboratory, Nantong Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nantong, China.,Department of Biological Laboratory, Nantong Key Laboratory of Health Emergency Testing, Nantong, China
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- Chemical Laboratory, Nantong Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nantong, China
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- Chemical Laboratory, Nantong Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nantong, China.,Department of Biological Laboratory, Nantong Key Laboratory of Health Emergency Testing, Nantong, China
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Satyanarayana VA, Jackson C, Siddiqi K, Chandra PS, Huque R, Dherani M, Nasreen S, Murthy P, Rahman A. A behaviour change intervention to reduce home exposure to second hand smoke during pregnancy in India and Bangladesh: a theory and evidence-based approach to development. Pilot Feasibility Stud 2021; 7:74. [PMID: 33741080 PMCID: PMC7977562 DOI: 10.1186/s40814-021-00811-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2020] [Accepted: 03/02/2021] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Home exposure to secondhand smoke (SHS) is highly prevalent amongst pregnant women in low- and middle-income countries like India and Bangladesh. The literature on the efficacy of behaviour change interventions to reduce home exposure to SHS in pregnancy is scarce. METHODS We employed a theory and evidence-based approach to develop an intervention using pregnant women as agents of change for their husband's smoking behaviours at home. A systematic review of SHS behaviour change interventions led us to focus on developing a multicomponent intervention and informed selection of behaviour change techniques (BCTs) for review in a modified Delphi survey. The modified Delphi survey provided expert consensus on the most effective BCTs in reducing home exposure to SHS. Finally, a qualitative interview study provided context and detailed understanding of knowledge, attitudes and practices around SHS. This insight informed the content and delivery of the proposed intervention components. RESULTS The final intervention consisted of four components: a report on saliva cotinine levels of the pregnant woman, a picture booklet containing information about SHS and its impact on health as well strategies to negotiate a smoke-free home, a letter from the future baby to their father encouraging him to provide a smoke-free home, and automated voice reminder and motivational messages delivered to husbands on their mobile phone. Intervention delivery was in a single face-to-face session with a research assistant who explained the cotinine report, discussed key strategies for ensuring a smoke-free environment at home and practised with pregnant women how they would share the booklet and letter with their husband and supportive family members. CONCLUSION A theory and evidence-based approach informed the development of a multicomponent behaviour change intervention, described here. The acceptability and feasibility of the intervention which was subsequently tested in a pilot RCT in India and Bangladesh will be published later.
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- Veena A. Satyanarayana
- Department of Clinical Psychology, National Institute of Mental Health And Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, 560029 India
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- Valid Research Limited, Sandown House, Sandbeck Way, Wetherby, West Yorkshire LS22 7DN UK
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- Department of Health Sciences, University of York, Seebohm Rowntree Building, Heslington, York, Y010 5DD UK
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- Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health And Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, 560029 India
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- Department of Economics, University of Dhaka and ARK Foundation, House No 6, Road NO 109, Gulshan 2, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Institute of Psychology, Health and Society, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 3BX UK
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- ARK Foundation, House No 6, Road NO 109, Gulshan 2, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health And Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, 560029 India
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- Institute of Psychology, Health and Society, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 3BX UK
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Yavagal P, Velangi C, Desai J, Gupta H, Sheik F, Kaushal M. Knowledge, attitude, and behavior related to secondhand smoke exposure among pregnant women with smoking spouses in Davangere City: A cross-sectional survey. JOURNAL OF INDIAN ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC HEALTH DENTISTRY 2021. [DOI: 10.4103/jiaphd.jiaphd_15_20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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The importance of socioeconomic position in smoking, cessation and environmental tobacco smoke exposure during pregnancy. Sci Rep 2020; 10:15584. [PMID: 32973155 PMCID: PMC7515871 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-72298-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2020] [Accepted: 08/24/2020] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Tobacco is still a leading cause of premature death and morbidity. Particular attention has been given to pregnant women due to the scientific evidence on the importance of early life exposures for disease onset later in life. The purpose of this study was to assess smoking prevalence, smoking cessation rate and environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) exposure, and the role of socioeconomic position (SEP) on these behaviors among pregnant women. Cross-sectional data of 619 pregnant women, aged between 18 and 46 years, from Porto Metropolitan Area, Portugal, on current smoking, ETS exposure and SEP indicators was collected, face-to-face, using a questionnaire filled in during a personal interview at the postpartum hospital stay. The smoking prevalence, and ETS exposure among non-smokers before pregnancy was 27.6% and 57.4%, respectively. 4.1% of the participants reported to have stopped smoking before pregnancy, whereas about 41% quitted along pregnancy, resulting in a smoking prevalence at birth of 14.6%. Exposure to ETS also decreased throughout pregnancy to 49.8% at birth. Lower educational level was significantly associated with both higher smoking prevalence and exposure to ETS and lower smoking cessation. This study demonstrates that smoking and ETS exposure during pregnancy remains high, and that there are still significant socioeconomic inequalities in smoking; thus tobacco-focused preventive interventions need to be reinforced.
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Effectiveness of a video-based smoking cessation intervention focusing on maternal and child health in promoting quitting among expectant fathers in China: A randomized controlled trial. PLoS Med 2020; 17:e1003355. [PMID: 32991589 PMCID: PMC7523971 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003355] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2020] [Accepted: 08/26/2020] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Secondhand smoke can cause adverse pregnancy outcomes, yet there is a lack of effective smoking cessation interventions targeted at expectant fathers. We examined the effectiveness of a video-based smoking cessation intervention focusing on maternal and child health in promoting quitting among expectant fathers. METHODS AND FINDINGS A single-blind, 3-arm, randomized controlled trial was conducted at the obstetrics registration centers of 3 tertiary public hospitals in 3 major cities (Guangzhou, Shenzhen, and Foshan) in China. Smoking expectant fathers who registered with their pregnant partners were invited to participate in this study. Between 14 August 2017 to 28 February 2018, 1,023 participants were randomized to a video (n = 333), text (n = 322), or control (n = 368) group. The video and text groups received videos or text messages on the risks of smoking for maternal and child health via instant messaging. The control group received a leaflet with information on smoking cessation. Follow-up visits were conducted at 1 week and at 1, 3, and 6 months. The primary outcome, by intention to treat (ITT), was validated abstinence from smoking at the 6-month follow-up. The secondary outcomes included 7-day point prevalence of abstinence (PPA) and level of readiness to quit at each follow-up. The mean age of participants was 32 years, and about half of them were first-time expectant fathers. About two-thirds of participants had completed tertiary education. The response rate was 79.7% (815 of 1,023) at 6 months. The video and text groups had higher rates of validated abstinence than the control group (video group: 22.5% [75 of 333], P < 0.001; text group: 14.9% [48 of 322], P = 0.02; control group: 9.2% [34 of 368]) with adjusted odds ratios (ORs) of 2.80 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.79-4.37, P < 0.001) in the video group and 1.70 (95% CI: 1.06-2.74, P = 0.03) in the text group. The video and text groups differed in the rates of validated abstinence (22.5% versus 14.9%, P = 0.008; adjusted OR: 1.64, 95% CI: 1.10-2.46, P = 0.02). The video and text groups had higher rates of 7-day PPA than the control group at 6 months (video group: 24.6% [82 of 333] versus 11.4% [42 of 368], P < 0.001; text group: 17.4% [56 of 333] versus 11.4% [42 of 368], P = 0.02). The video and text groups also differed in the rates of 7-day PPA (24.6% versus 17.4%, P = 0.02). Excluding the quitters, the video and text groups had higher levels of readiness to quit than the control group at 6 months (video group: 43.5% [109 of 251] versus 31.6% [103 of 326], P = 0.002; text group: 40.6% [108 of 266] versus 31.6% [103 of 326], P = 0.01), No such difference was detected between the video and text groups (43.5% versus 40.6%, P = 0.29). The study was limited in that the long-term effectiveness of the intervention is uncertain. CONCLUSIONS This smoking cessation intervention for expectant fathers that focused on explaining the ramifications of smoking on maternal and child health was effective and feasible in promoting quitting, and video messages were more effective than texts in delivering the information. TRIAL REGISTRATION ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT03236025.
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Robin RC, Noosorn N, Alif SM. Secondhand Smoking Among Children in Rural Households: A Community Based Cross-Sectional Study in Bangladesh. Osong Public Health Res Perspect 2020; 11:201-208. [PMID: 32864311 PMCID: PMC7442452 DOI: 10.24171/j.phrp.2020.11.4.09] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Objectives This study aimed to determine the factors associated with reducing exposure to secondhand smoke among children in households of rural Bangladesh. Methods A cross-sectional study of 410 smokers and non-smokers, in 6 villages of Munshigonj district was conducted. Data were collected randomly using a self-administrative questionnaire. Differences between variables were assessed using Chi-square or Fisher's exact test (as appropriate). Univariate and multivariate logistic regression models were used to investigate associations. All results were presented as unadjusted and adjusted odds ratios with a 95% confidence interval. The level of statistical significance was reached when p < 0.05. Results A smoker in the household was determined to be a risk factor associated with exposure of other household members to secondhand smoke (p < 0.001). Higher education, strict implementation of household smoke-free rules, a higher influence of social norms and culture, as well as moderate knowledge on exposure to secondhand smoke were considered as preventive factors associated with exposure of others in the home to secondhand smoke. Conclusion Exposure to secondhand smoke is an extensive and preventable risk factor for children, and reducing exposure to secondhand smoke will have a largely positive effect in the community. An effective public health intervention model may reduce secondhand smoking.
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- Rishad Choudhury Robin
- Department of Community Health, Faculty of Public Health, Naresuan University, Phitsanulok, Thailand
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- Faculty of Public Health, Naresuan University, Phitsanulok, Thailand
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- epartment of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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Xia W, Li WHC, Cai W, Song P, Ho LLK, Cheung AT, Luo YH, Zeng C, He L, Gao C, Ho KY. Association of smoking behavior among Chinese expectant fathers and smoking abstinence after their partner becomes pregnant: a cross-sectional study. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 2020; 20:449. [PMID: 32758182 PMCID: PMC7405418 DOI: 10.1186/s12884-020-03148-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2020] [Accepted: 07/31/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Background Exposure to secondhand smoke (SHS) during pregnancy can cause pregnancy complications and adverse birth outcomes. About 40% of Chinese expectant fathers are smokers and they rarely attempt to quit smoking. There is a paucity of effective smoking cessation services targeting this population. In this study, we assessed the smoking behavior of Chinese expectant fathers and examined its association with smoking abstinence after their partner became pregnant, which is an essential prerequisite for designing effective smoking cessation interventions. Methods We conducted a cross-sectional survey in the obstetrics and gynecology clinic of three tertiary hospitals in China. Expectant fathers who smoked at least one cigarette per day for 1 month within the past 12 months were invited to participate in this study. The participants were asked to complete a structured questionnaire that assessed their smoking behaviors before and after their partner became pregnant. Results From December 2017 to March 2018, we recruited a total of 466 eligible expectant fathers, among whom 323 (69.3%) were identified as current smokers and 143 (30.7%) were ex-smokers. Using lasso regression, 19 features were selected from among 27 independent variables. The results of the selected multivariable logistic regression model showed that knowledge about the health hazards of smoking among smokers (odds ratio (OR) 1.39; 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.24 to 1.58; p < 0.001), knowledge about the health hazards of SHS to pregnant women (OR 1.46; 95% CI 1.09 to 1.97; p < 0.001), knowledge about harm to the fetus and newborn (OR 1.58; 95% CI 1.25 to 2.03; p < 0.001), and being a first-time expectant father (OR 2.08; 95% CI 1.02 to 3.85; p = 0.046) were significantly positively associated with smoking abstinence among expectant fathers after their partner became pregnant. Significantly negative associations were found for severe dysfunctionality in terms of family support (OR 0.48; 95% CI 0.24 to 0.95; p = 0.036) and smoking only outside the home (OR 0.81; 95% CI 0.26 to 0.98; p < 0.001). Conclusions In this study, we identified several factors associated with smoking abstinence among expectant fathers after their partner became pregnant. These findings can guide the development of effective interventions targeting expectant fathers, to help them quit smoking.
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- Wei Xia
- School of Nursing, The University of Hong Kong, 4/F, William M. W. Mong Block, 21 Sassoon Road,Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- School of Nursing, The University of Hong Kong, 4/F, William M. W. Mong Block, 21 Sassoon Road,Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR, China.
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- Shenzhen hospital, Southern Medical University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
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- School of Public Health, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- School of Nursing, The University of Hong Kong, 4/F, William M. W. Mong Block, 21 Sassoon Road,Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- School of Nursing, The University of Hong Kong, 4/F, William M. W. Mong Block, 21 Sassoon Road,Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- School of Nursing, The University of Hong Kong, 4/F, William M. W. Mong Block, 21 Sassoon Road,Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Shenzhen hospital, Southern Medical University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
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- The People's Hospital Of Wenshan Prefecture, Wenshan, Yunnan, China
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- The Third People's Hospital of Yunnan Province, Kunming, Yunnan, China
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- School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Ho, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China
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Robin RC, Noosorn N. Reducing Children's Exposure to Passive Smoking in Rural Communities of Bangladesh: An Application of the Theory of Planned Behavior. J Res Health Sci 2019; 19:e00463. [PMID: 32291362 PMCID: PMC7183560] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2019] [Accepted: 11/28/2019] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Passive smoking prevalence is high in Bangladesh. We aimed to explore the association of the theory of planned behavior constructs to reduce the exposure of passive smoking among children in the rural area of Bangladesh. STUDY DESIGN Cross-sectional study. METHODS Overall, 410 adults had been taken at random following a self-administrative questionnaire. Data had been collected from six villages of Munshiganj district of Bangladesh from Jul to Oct 2018. Descriptive statistics were applied to describe socio-demographic characteristics. Inter correlations coefficient was done to observe the correlation, differences between demographic and dependent variables were assessed for significance using the Chi-square or Fisher's exact test as appropriate. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression models were used to investigate the association between the theory of planned behavior constructs and exposure of passive smoking among both smoker and nonsmoker groups. All results were presented as unadjusted and adjusted odds ratio (OR) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs). A P-value ≤0.05 was considered as statistically significant. RESULTS Attitude (OR 0.681, 95% CI: 0.498, 0.931) among smoker and intention (OR 0.226, 95% CI: 0.081, 0.633) was found statistically significant constructs (P<0.001) among non-smoker to reduce the exposure. Additionally, the prevalence of passive smoking exposure was found 36.6% (95% CI: 0.32%, 0.41%) on average 40% among males and 28.33% among females. CONCLUSION The theory of planned behavior constructs is useful to reduce the exposure of passive smoking among children, which may be useful in the future to design interventions of controlling passives smoking exposure.
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- Rishad Choudhury Robin
- 1Doctoral Candidate, Faculty of Public Health, Naresuan University, Phitsanulok-65000, Thailand,Correspondence : Rishad Choudhury Robin (MPH) Tel: +8801843333000 E-mail:
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- 2Dean and Associate Professor, Faculty of Public Health, Naresuan University, Phitsanulok-65000, Thailand
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Mazloomy Mahmoodabad SS, Karimiankakolaki Z, Kazemi A, Fallahzadeh H. Self-efficacy and perceived barriers of pregnant women regarding exposure to second-hand smoke at home. JOURNAL OF EDUCATION AND HEALTH PROMOTION 2019; 8:139. [PMID: 31463324 PMCID: PMC6691620 DOI: 10.4103/jehp.jehp_334_18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2018] [Accepted: 04/07/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIM The inability of women to demand from their husbands, for not smoking, has been reported as a factor in exposure to cigarette smoke. This study aimed to investigate the perceived barriers and self-efficacy of pregnant women regarding second-hand smoke (SHS) at home. MATERIALS AND METHODS This was a cross-sectional study, and the sample size was 255 pregnant women who visited the health-care centers in Isfahan, Iran, from July 2018 to September 2018, and were selected randomly and voluntarily. A questionnaire was designed to collect the data about the exposure to smoke, perceived barriers, and self-efficacy. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics (mean score and standard deviation), inferential statistics (nonparametric Mann-Whitney and Kendall test), and Spearman's correlation and regression. RESULTS The mean score of self-efficacy in the exposure group was lower than that the other group (P = 0.000). The mean score of perceived barrier was not a significant difference (P = 0.449). Personal perceived barriers are the most important predictor of self-efficacy of pregnant women in exposure to SHS (95% confidence interval: 0.013-0.262) (P = 0.030). Kendall test comparing items within the group and Mann-Whitney test comparing the two groups showed that personal factors such as "Unaware of the dangers of SHS and protective measures" for notexposed women and environmental factor "the lack of ban smoking law at home" for exposed women are considered the most important barriers (P = 0.000). "Not being together a husband" (P = 0.293) and "going to another place when smoking a husband" (P = 0.000) are the highest self-efficacy items. CONCLUSIONS It is necessary to develop training programs to increase self-efficacy to avoid exposure to SHS and for both pregnant women and their husbands. It is also necessary to educate and inform about SHS and protective measures against it and to set up "smoking ban law" at home in our country to protect pregnant women.
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- Seyed Saeed Mazloomy Mahmoodabad
- Department of Health Education and Promotion, Social Determinants of Health Research Center, School of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
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- Department of Health Education and Promotion, Social Determinants of Health Research Center, School of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
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- Department of Reproductive Health, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
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- Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
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Hikita N, Haruna M, Matsuzaki M, Sasagawa E, Murata M, Yura A, Oidovsuren O. Comparison of Knowledge about Smoking and Passive Smoking and Urinary Cotinine Levels in Pregnant Women and their Partners in Mongolia: A Cross-sectional Study. Asian Pac Isl Nurs J 2019; 4:47-56. [PMID: 31037272 PMCID: PMC6484199 DOI: 10.31372/20190401.1032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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This study aimed to compare knowledge about smoking, including passive smoking, and urinary cotinine (UC) levels in pregnant women and their partners in Mongolia. The study was conducted between November 2015 and January 2016 in Darkhan-Uul Province, Mongolia. Pregnant women with less than 20 weeks' gestation were recruited, and their partners were also invited to participate. Self-administered questionnaires and urine samples were used to collect data. Knowledge about smoking including passive smoking was measured using 14 questions. Data were analyzed using a Student's t-test, a chi-squared test, a one-way analysis of variance, and the Tukey-Kramer method for post-hoc analysis. Correlations were measured by computing Pearson's r or Spearman's ρ. A total of 508 pregnant women and 227 partners participated in this study; of these, 221 couples' data were analyzed. Pregnant women's scores on knowledge about smoking and passive smoking were significantly higher than those of their partners (9.4 ± 2.9 and 8.7 ± 3.1, respectively; p = 0.017). Pregnant women's and their partners' scores were slightly correlated (r = 0.163, p = 0.015). Pregnant women's and their partners' UC levels were significantly correlated (ρ = 0.250, p < 0.001). This study is the first to examine knowledge about smoking and passive smoking and UC levels among pregnant women and their partners in Mongolia. Because pregnant women's and their partners' scores and UC levels were positively correlated, health education on the harm caused by smoking and passive smoking should be provided to both pregnant women and their partners.
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- Naoko Hikita
- Department of Midwifery and Women's Health, Division of Health Sciences & Nursing, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Midwifery and Women's Health, Division of Health Sciences & Nursing, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Children & Women's Health, Division of Health Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Midwifery and Women's Health, Division of Health Sciences & Nursing, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Darkhan-Uul General Hospital, Darkhan-Uul, Mongolia
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- Pharmaceutical Department, Mongolian National University of Medical Sciences, Darkhan-Uul Medical School, Darkhan-Uul, Mongolia
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Mahmoodabad SSM, Karimiankakolaki Z, Kazemi A, Mohammadi NK, Fallahzadeh H. Exposure to secondhand smoke in Iranian pregnant women at home and the related factors. Tob Prev Cessat 2019; 5:7. [PMID: 32411872 PMCID: PMC7205101 DOI: 10.18332/tpc/104435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2018] [Revised: 01/03/2019] [Accepted: 02/15/2019] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Fetus health is of high importance in pregnant women and exposure to secondhand smoke (SHS) endangers maternal and fetal health. Therefore, in this study we examined the prevalence of exposure to SHS in pregnant women at home and the related factors. METHODS This cross-sectional study was conducted with 255 pregnant women who were referred to the Isfahan health care center from July to September 2018. A questionnaire that was designed by the research team was applied to collect data about the participants' prevalence of exposure, attitude-emotional dimension, perceived susceptibility, perceived severity, and perceived barriers. The questionnaire used was self-administered. The validity and reliability of the questionnaire were confirmed by a panel of experts. Cronbach's alpha of attitude-emotional dimension, perceived susceptibility, perceived severity, and perceived barriers were also calculated as 0.81, 0.91, 0.92, and 0.89, respectively. Statistically significant differences were examined using chi-squared test and Mann-Whitney test. RESULTS We found that the prevalence of exposure to SHS in pregnant women was 23.1%. The age of the husband (p=0.041), education level of the smoking husband (p=0.005), the education level of the pregnant woman (p=0.002), employment status of husband (p=0.010), and whether the pregnancy was planned (p=0.010) had significant association with the participant prevalence of exposure to SHS. Thus, older age of husbands, lower education levels of husbands and wives, unwanted pregnancies, and unemployment of husbands resulted in higher exposure to SHS. The mean scores of knowledge and perceptions were lower in women exposed to smoke than in non-exposed women (p<0.05). CONCLUSIONS The rate of SHS exposure was high in pregnant women. The knowledge and perception scores of exposed women to SHS were lower than those of non-exposed women. Low levels of education of husbands and women, unemployment and higher age of husbands, and unwanted pregnancies were considered as health risk factors. Therefore, effective training programs should be designed to educate pregnant women and their husbands.
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- Seyed Saeed Mazloomy Mahmoodabad
- Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Department οf Health Education and Promotion, School οf Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University οf Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
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- Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Department οf Health Education and Promotion, School οf Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University οf Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
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- Department of Reproductive Health, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
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- Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
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Siti Hajar MH, Zulkefli S, Juwita S, Norhayati MN, Siti Suhaila MY, Rasool AHG, Harmy MY. Metabolic, inflammatory, and oxidative stress markers in women exposed to secondhand smoke. PeerJ 2018; 6:e5758. [PMID: 30356972 PMCID: PMC6196072 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.5758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2018] [Accepted: 09/14/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Background Secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure has adverse effects on the cardiovascular system. This study aimed to determine the effects of SHS on the cardiovascular disease biomarkers, namely the metabolic, inflammatory, and oxidative stress markers in healthy adult women. Methods This comparative cross-sectional study was conducted among healthy women. The cases included those women exposed to SHS, and the controls included those women not exposed to SHS. SHS exposure was defined as being exposed to SHS for at least 15 min for 2 days per week. Venous blood was taken to measure the metabolic markers (high molecular weight adiponectin, insulin level, insulin resistance, and nonesterified fatty acids), oxidative stress markers (oxidized low density lipoprotein cholesterol and 8-isoprostane), and inflammatory markers (high-sensitivity C-reactive protein and interleukin-6). A hair nicotine analysis was also performed. An analysis of covariance and a simple linear regression analysis were conducted. Results There were 101 women in the SHS exposure group and 91 women in the non-SHS exposure group. The mean (with standard deviation) of the hair nicotine levels was significantly higher in the SHS exposure group when compared to the non-SHS exposure group [0.22 (0.62) vs. 0.04 (0.11) ng/mg; P = 0.009]. No significant differences were observed in the high molecular weight adiponectin, insulin and insulin resistance, nonesterified fatty acids, 8-isoprostane, oxidized low density lipoprotein cholesterol, interleukin-6, and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein between the two groups. The serum high molecular weight adiponectin was negatively associated with the insulin level and insulin resistance in the women exposed to SHS. However, no significant relationships were seen between the high molecular weight adiponectin and nonesterified fatty acids, 8-isoprostane, oxidized low density lipoprotein cholesterol, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein in the SHS group. Discussion There were no significant differences in the metabolic, oxidative stress, and inflammatory markers between the SHS exposure and non-SHS exposure healthy women. A low serum level of high molecular weight adiponectin was associated with an increased insulin level and resistance in the women exposed to SHS.
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- Mohd Hanaffi Siti Hajar
- Department of Family Medicine, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Health Campus, Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia
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- Central Research Laboratory, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Health Campus, Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia
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- Department of Family Medicine, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Health Campus, Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia
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- Department of Family Medicine, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Health Campus, Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia
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- Department of Family Medicine, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Health Campus, Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia
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- Pharmacology Vascular Laboratory, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia
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Tan T, Shi L, Chen X, Cai Y. Changes in the smoking behavior of pregnant women andtheir family members during pregnancy: A cross-sectional study in China. Tob Induc Dis 2018; 16:12. [PMID: 31516412 PMCID: PMC6659502 DOI: 10.18332/tid/85493] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2017] [Revised: 02/06/2018] [Accepted: 02/19/2018] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Studies regarding the changes in smoking behavior of pregnant women have been mostly conducted in high income countries but rarely in China. This study thus focused on investigating the changes in smoking behavior among pregnant women and their family members in China, both before and during pregnancy. METHODS A cross-sectional study was carried out at nine Women and Children’s Hospitals in Shanghai, China, in 2014. A total of 2831 gestational households were recruited. The chi-squared test, paired sample t-test and logistical regression analysis were used during statistical analysis. RESULTS The prevalence of smoking for all household members significantly declined during pregnancy: 76.2% of the pregnant women, 19.2% of their husbands and 14.0% of other family members quit smoking entirely. The average daily cigarette consumption rate decreased from 5.9 to 0.9 among pregnant women, 11.4 to 9.5 for husbands, and 11.4 to 9.5 for other family members (paired sample t-test, p<0.001). The likelihood that husbands continued smoking during pregnancy was significantly lower for those with a shorter history of smoking, had a lower daily cigarette consumption rate and a household registration in Shanghai. CONCLUSIONS The prevalence of smoking among pregnant women, husbands and other family members significantly declines during pregnancy. Thus, pregnancy is most likely a key period in which to provide families with health education regarding the effects of smoking, both during the pregnancy period and in general. Intervention programs designed to reduce smoking among husbands during pregnancy should focus on those with a long history of smoking, a high rate of daily cigarette consumption, and those with household registration not in Shanghai.
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- Tianyu Tan
- School of Public Health, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- School of Public Health, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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Sahebi Z, Kazemi A, Loripour M, Shams N. An educational intervention to men for reducing environmental tobacco smoke exposure in their pregnant wives. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med 2017; 32:1595-1601. [PMID: 29179601 DOI: 10.1080/14767058.2017.1410792] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To determine the effect of education based on health belief model (HBM) on the level of their pregnant wives' environmental tobacco smoke exposure (ETSE). METHODS This interventional randomized study was conducted on 60 cigarette smoking men who have exposed their pregnant wives to smoke during of their pregnancy. The HBM constructs and weekly ETSE were evaluated by using questionnaire. The intervention group received education with emphasis on the risks of cigarette's smoke on the pregnancy. Then right after the training and 6 weeks after that, HBM constructs and 6 weeks after the training the weekly ETSE were evaluated again. RESULTS Results showed a significant difference between the mean of perceived susceptibility, perceived benefits and barriers at intake and 6 weeks after the intervention in the intervention group. Also, the level of perceived susceptibility/severity and perceived barriers in both groups were significantly different 6 weeks after the intervention compared to intake time. The ETSE was significantly lower in the intervention group 6 weeks after the intervention in comparison to before the intervention and also to the control group. CONCLUSIONS This study showed that education husbands would relatively improve their health beliefs and reduce the ETSE of their pregnant wives.
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- Zohreh Sahebi
- a Midwifery Department , Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences , Rafsanjan , Iran
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- b Reproductive Health Department , School of Nursing and Midwifery, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences , Isfahan , Iran
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- c Geriatric Care Research Center , Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences , Rafsanjan , Iran
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- d Student Research Committee, School of Nursing and Midwifery , Isfahan University of Medical Sciences , Isfahan , Iran
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Prevalence and risk factors of secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure among pregnant women in Mongolia. Sci Rep 2017; 7:16426. [PMID: 29180653 PMCID: PMC5703950 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-16643-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2017] [Accepted: 11/15/2017] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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This cross-sectional study investigated the prevalence of smoking and secondhand smoking (SHS) among pregnant women in Darkhan-Uul Province, Mongolia, using urinary cotinine (UC) levels, and clarified the factors related to SHS exposure. It targeted pregnant women who underwent antenatal health check-ups from November 2015 to January 2016. Self-administered questionnaires and urine samples were used to collect data. Using UC levels as the criterion, it was found that the prevalence of smokers (>100 ng/ml) among 493 pregnant women was 11.8%, while SHS exposure (≥5 ng/ml) among nonsmokers was 44.8%. Older and highly educated women had lower odds of SHS exposure (p = 0.006 and 0.002, respectively). Furthermore, nonsmoking pregnant women from homes where smoking was permitted had higher odds of SHS exposure compared to women from homes where smoking was not permitted. These results suggest that community guidance programs, such as home smoking cessation that include families, are necessary.
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Chamberlain C, O'Mara‐Eves A, Porter J, Coleman T, Perlen SM, Thomas J, McKenzie JE. Psychosocial interventions for supporting women to stop smoking in pregnancy. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2017; 2:CD001055. [PMID: 28196405 PMCID: PMC6472671 DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd001055.pub5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 179] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND Tobacco smoking remains one of the few preventable factors associated with complications in pregnancy, and has serious long-term implications for women and babies. Smoking in pregnancy is decreasing in high-income countries, but is strongly associated with poverty and is increasing in low- to middle-income countries. OBJECTIVES To assess the effects of smoking cessation interventions during pregnancy on smoking behaviour and perinatal health outcomes. SEARCH METHODS In this sixth update, we searched the Cochrane Pregnancy and Childbirth Group's Trials Register (13 November 2015), checked reference lists of retrieved studies and contacted trial authors. SELECTION CRITERIA Randomised controlled trials, cluster-randomised trials, and quasi-randomised controlled trials of psychosocial smoking cessation interventions during pregnancy. DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS Two review authors independently assessed trials for inclusion and trial quality, and extracted data. Direct comparisons were conducted in RevMan, with meta-regression conducted in STATA 14. MAIN RESULTS The overall quality of evidence was moderate to high, with reductions in confidence due to imprecision and heterogeneity for some outcomes. One hundred and two trials with 120 intervention arms (studies) were included, with 88 trials (involving over 28,000 women) providing data on smoking abstinence in late pregnancy. Interventions were categorised as counselling, health education, feedback, incentives, social support, exercise and dissemination.In separate comparisons, there is high-quality evidence that counselling increased smoking cessation in late pregnancy compared with usual care (30 studies; average risk ratio (RR) 1.44, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.19 to 1.73) and less intensive interventions (18 studies; average RR 1.25, 95% CI 1.07 to 1.47). There was uncertainty whether counselling increased the chance of smoking cessation when provided as one component of a broader maternal health intervention or comparing one type of counselling with another. In studies comparing counselling and usual care (largest comparison), it was unclear whether interventions prevented smoking relapse among women who had stopped smoking spontaneously in early pregnancy. However, a clear effect was seen in smoking abstinence at zero to five months postpartum (11 studies; average RR 1.59, 95% CI 1.26 to 2.01) and 12 to 17 months (two studies, average RR 2.20, 95% CI 1.23 to 3.96), with a borderline effect at six to 11 months (six studies; average RR 1.33, 95% CI 1.00 to 1.77). In other comparisons, the effect was unclear for most secondary outcomes, but sample sizes were small.Evidence suggests a borderline effect of health education compared with usual care (five studies; average RR 1.59, 95% CI 0.99 to 2.55), but the quality was downgraded to moderate as the effect was unclear when compared with less intensive interventions (four studies; average RR 1.20, 95% CI 0.85 to 1.70), alternative interventions (one study; RR 1.88, 95% CI 0.19 to 18.60), or when smoking cessation health education was provided as one component of a broader maternal health intervention.There was evidence feedback increased smoking cessation when compared with usual care and provided in conjunction with other strategies, such as counselling (average RR 4.39, 95% CI 1.89 to 10.21), but the confidence in the quality of evidence was downgraded to moderate as this was based on only two studies and the effect was uncertain when feedback was compared to less intensive interventions (three studies; average RR 1.29, 95% CI 0.75 to 2.20).High-quality evidence suggests incentive-based interventions are effective when compared with an alternative (non-contingent incentive) intervention (four studies; RR 2.36, 95% CI 1.36 to 4.09). However pooled effects were not calculable for comparisons with usual care or less intensive interventions (substantial heterogeneity, I2 = 93%).High-quality evidence suggests the effect is unclear in social support interventions provided by peers (six studies; average RR 1.42, 95% CI 0.98 to 2.07), in a single trial of support provided by partners, or when social support for smoking cessation was provided as part of a broader intervention to improve maternal health.The effect was unclear in single interventions of exercise compared to usual care (RR 1.20, 95% CI 0.72 to 2.01) and dissemination of counselling (RR 1.63, 95% CI 0.62 to 4.32).Importantly, high-quality evidence from pooled results demonstrated that women who received psychosocial interventions had a 17% reduction in infants born with low birthweight, a significantly higher mean birthweight (mean difference (MD) 55.60 g, 95% CI 29.82 to 81.38 g higher) and a 22% reduction in neonatal intensive care admissions. However the difference in preterm births and stillbirths was unclear. There did not appear to be adverse psychological effects from the interventions.The intensity of support women received in both the intervention and comparison groups has increased over time, with higher-intensity interventions more likely to have higher-intensity comparisons, potentially explaining why no clear differences were seen with increasing intervention intensity in meta-regression analyses. Among meta-regression analyses: studies classified as having 'unclear' implementation and unequal baseline characteristics were less effective than other studies. There was no clear difference between trials implemented by researchers (efficacy studies), and those implemented by routine pregnancy staff (effectiveness studies), however there was uncertainty in the effectiveness of counselling in four dissemination trials where the focus on the intervention was at an organisational level. The pooled effects were similar in interventions provided for women classified as having predominantly low socio-economic status, compared to other women. The effect was significant in interventions among women from ethnic minority groups; however not among indigenous women. There were similar effect sizes in trials with biochemically validated smoking abstinence and those with self-reported abstinence. It was unclear whether incorporating use of self-help manuals or telephone support increased the effectiveness of interventions. AUTHORS' CONCLUSIONS Psychosocial interventions to support women to stop smoking in pregnancy can increase the proportion of women who stop smoking in late pregnancy and the proportion of infants born low birthweight. Counselling, feedback and incentives appear to be effective, however the characteristics and context of the interventions should be carefully considered. The effect of health education and social support is less clear. New trials have been published during the preparation of this review and will be included in the next update.
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- Catherine Chamberlain
- La Trobe UniversityJudith Lumley Centre251 Faraday StreetMelbourneVicAustralia3000
- University of MelbourneMelbourne School of Population and Global HealthMelbourneAustralia
- Monash UniversitySchool of Public Health & Preventive MedicineMelbourneAustralia
- Murdoch Childrens Research InstituteHealthy Mothers Healthy Families Research GroupMelbourneVictoriaAustralia3052
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- University College LondonEPPI‐Centre, Social Science Research Unit, UCL Institute of Education18 Woburn SquareLondonUKWC1H 0NR
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- University of MelbourneMelbourne School of Population and Global HealthMelbourneAustralia
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- University of NottinghamDivision of Primary CareD1411, Medical SchoolQueen's Medical CentreNottinghamUKNG7 2UH
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- Murdoch Childrens Research InstituteHealthy Mothers Healthy Families Research GroupMelbourneVictoriaAustralia3052
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- University College LondonEPPI‐Centre, Social Science Research Unit, UCL Institute of Education18 Woburn SquareLondonUKWC1H 0NR
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- Monash UniversitySchool of Public Health & Preventive MedicineMelbourneAustralia
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Jackson C, Huque R, Satyanarayana V, Nasreen S, Kaur M, Barua D, Bhowmik PN, Guha M, Dherani M, Rahman A, Siddiqi K, Chandra PS. "He Doesn't Listen to My Words at All, So I Don't Tell Him Anything"-A Qualitative Investigation on Exposure to Second Hand Smoke among Pregnant Women, Their Husbands and Family Members from Rural Bangladesh and Urban India. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2016; 13:ijerph13111098. [PMID: 27834841 PMCID: PMC5129308 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph13111098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2016] [Revised: 11/01/2016] [Accepted: 11/02/2016] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Second hand smoke (SHS) exposure during pregnancy is associated with poor pregnancy and fetal outcomes. To design interventions to reduce exposure, an in depth understanding of social and cultural factors of smoking behavior at home is important, especially in South Asia where SHS exposure is high. This study aimed to explore pregnant women's, their husbands' and other family members' knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding home SHS exposure. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 33 participants in Comilla, Bangladesh and 31 in Bangalore, India (36 pregnant women, 18 husbands, and 10 family members). Data were analyzed using the Framework approach. Husbands smoked in various living areas inside the home, often in the presence of their pregnant wives. Most had never tried to stop smoking at home. Knowledge of the risks was generally poor. Most women had repeatedly asked their husband to smoke outside with little success and only few family members had reprimanded the husbands. Husbands who had stopped did so because of requests from children and their mother. Potential strategies to decrease SHS exposure at home were educating the husband about risks and supporting the pregnant women in negotiation. Interventions must also enlist family support to enhance the woman's self-efficacy.
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- Cath Jackson
- Department of Health Sciences, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, UK.
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- ARK Foundation, House 130, Road 21, New DOHS, Mohakhali, Dhaka 1206, Bangladesh.
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- National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore 560029, India.
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- ARK Foundation, House 130, Road 21, New DOHS, Mohakhali, Dhaka 1206, Bangladesh.
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- National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore 560029, India.
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- ARK Foundation, House 130, Road 21, New DOHS, Mohakhali, Dhaka 1206, Bangladesh.
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- ARK Foundation, House 130, Road 21, New DOHS, Mohakhali, Dhaka 1206, Bangladesh.
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- Institute of Psychology, Health and Society, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 3GL, UK.
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- Institute of Psychology, Health and Society, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 3GL, UK.
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- Department of Health Sciences, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, UK.
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- National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore 560029, India.
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Yang L, Tong EK, Mao Z, Hu TW, Lee AH. A Clustered Randomized Controlled Trial to Reduce Secondhand Smoke Exposure Among Nonsmoking Pregnant Women in Sichuan Province, China. Nicotine Tob Res 2015; 18:1163-70. [PMID: 26296651 DOI: 10.1093/ntr/ntv171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2014] [Accepted: 07/30/2015] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Nonsmoking pregnant women in China have significant exposure to secondhand smoke (SHS). Few interventions have focused on pregnant women reducing their SHS exposure. METHODS This clustered randomized controlled trial, conducted at eight hospitals in Sichuan, China, compared a prenatal health education intervention with usual clinical care as a control. The primary outcome was self-reported "no SHS exposure" before and 3 months after birth. The intervention consisted of three large group educational sessions, standardized clinician advice, brief monthly follow-up calls, and educational materials and resources. A random sample of participants was biochemically validated before birth with hair nicotine, a long-term biomarker of smoke exposure. RESULTS Overall, 1181 participants were randomized to intervention (n = 526) and control (n = 655) groups. More participants in the intervention group than the control group reported no SHS exposure 3 months after birth (Total: 77.9% vs. 52.6%, P < .001; Home: 81.2% vs. 53.3%, P < .001). The intervention group also had greater changes in improved smoke-free homes and SHS knowledge and attitudes. Controlling for covariates, the intervention group was less likely to report SHS exposure than the control group (Total: OR = 0.47, 95% CI = 0.31 to 0.71; Home: OR = 0.33, 95% CI = 0.21 to 0.53), and this effect was sustained 3 months after birth. The adjusted log concentration of hair nicotine for the intervention group decreased by 0.28 log µg/g more than the control group. CONCLUSIONS Our smoke-free health education intervention for nonsmoking pregnant women significantly reduced SHS exposure before and after birth. This intervention model can become part of a standard protocol for the care of pregnant women in hospital settings.
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- Department of Health Economics, School of Administration, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA;
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- Department of Health Economics, Huaxi School of Public Health, University of Sichuan, Chengdu, China
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- School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA; Center for International Tobacco Control, Public Health Institute, Berkeley, CA
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- Center for International Tobacco Control, Public Health Institute, Berkeley, CA
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Zhang L, Hsia J, Tu X, Xia Y, Zhang L, Bi Z, Liu H, Li X, Stanton B. Exposure to secondhand tobacco smoke and interventions among pregnant women in China: a systematic review. Prev Chronic Dis 2015; 12:E35. [PMID: 25789496 PMCID: PMC4372160 DOI: 10.5888/pcd12.140377] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Smoking prevalence is high among men in China. One result is that a large number of nonsmoking Chinese women may be exposed daily to secondhand smoke (SHS). Exposure is particularly problematic for pregnant women because of potential adverse reproductive effects. To determine the extent of this exposure and to summarize existing intervention studies designed to reduce SHS exposure in China, a systematic review of the literature published from 1995 through 2012 was conducted. METHODS We searched the PubMed and Wanfang databases for studies published from 1995 through 2012 using various search terms including SHS, pregnant women, and China. Only articles on prevalence of SHS exposure and interventions to reduce exposure to SHS were selected. RESULTS We identified 132 studies during the initial searches. Eight of 13 eligible studies reported the prevalence of SHS exposure among pregnant women; estimates ranged from 38.9% to 75.1%. Few SHS prevention interventions among pregnant women in China have been studied; we found only 5 such studies. The interventions primarily focused on changing husbands' smoking behaviors; some interventions focused on women's avoidance behaviors. CONCLUSION Prevalence of exposure to SHS among pregnant women is high in China. Information is limited on effective interventions to protect pregnant women from exposure. The results of this review can provide the basis for the design and evaluation of interventions to help pregnant women avoid SHS exposure.
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- Liying Zhang
- Wayne State University School of Medicine, 4707 Saint Antoine St, Hutzel Building, W534, Bin No. 502, Detroit, MI 48201-2196.
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
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- School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory for Reproductive Genetics and Reproductive Technologies, Jinan, China
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- Shandong Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Jinan, China
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- National Health and Family Planning Commission of China, Beijing, China
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- Pediatrics Prevention Research Center, Carman and Ann Adams Department of Pediatrics, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan
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- Pediatrics Prevention Research Center, Carman and Ann Adams Department of Pediatrics, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan
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Chi YC, Wu CL, Chen CY, Lyu SY, Lo FE, Morisky DE. Randomized trial of a secondhand smoke exposure reduction intervention among hospital-based pregnant women. Addict Behav 2015; 41:117-23. [PMID: 25452054 DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2014.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2014] [Revised: 08/03/2014] [Accepted: 10/01/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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OBJECTIVE This study sought to assess the effectiveness of a secondhand tobacco smoke (SHS) prevention program based on an expanded Health Belief Model (HBM) incorporating self-efficacy among pregnant women in a hospital setting in Taiwan. METHODOLOGY This study utilized a two-group longitudinal randomized controlled trial design. Participants in the intervention group (n=50) enrolled in a SHS prevention program based on the HBM, while participants in the comparison group (n=50) received standard government-mandated counseling care. Both groups were given questionnaires as a pre-test, two weeks into the intervention, and one month following the conclusion of the intervention. The questionnaire and intervention were developed based on the understanding gained through a series of in-depth interviews and a focus-group conducted among pregnant women. Exhaled carbon monoxide was also measured and used as a proxy for SHS exposure. RESULTS Intervention group scores were all significantly higher than comparison group scores (p<0.001), indicating a significant increase in knowledge, HBM scores, cues to action, self-efficacy, preventative behaviors, and a significant decrease in smoking exposure. These differences remained significant at the one-month follow-up assessment (p<0.001). CONCLUSIONS These results should encourage health professionals to educate pregnant women regarding the harms of SHS while both empowering and equipping them with the tools to confront their family members and effectively reduce their SHS exposure while promoting smoke-free social norms.
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Mao A. Getting over the patriarchal barriers: women's management of men's smoking in Chinese families. HEALTH EDUCATION RESEARCH 2015; 30:13-23. [PMID: 24777635 DOI: 10.1093/her/cyu019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Chinese family is a patriarchal power system. How the system influences young mothers' agency in managing family men's smoking is unknown. Applying a gender lens, this ethnographic study explored how mothers of young children in Chinese extended families reacted to men's smoking. The study sample included 29 participants from 22 families. Semi-structured interviews and field observations were transcribed and analysis was conducted using open coding and constant comparison. The findings indicate that young mothers' interventions to reduce family men's home smoking were mediated by gendered relationships between the mothers and the smokers. The mothers could directly confront their husbands' smoking, although they were more conservative about their men's smoking in the presence of other family smokers. They experienced difficulty in directly confronting senior family men's smoking but found ways to skirt patriarchal constraints, either by persuading seniors to stop smoking in subtle ways, or more importantly, by using other non-smoking family members as 'mediators' to influence senior men's smoking. While future smoking cessation interventions should support mothers in protecting their children from tobacco smoke, the interventions should also include other family members who are in a better power position, particularly the grandparents of the children, to reduce home smoking.
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- Aimei Mao
- Faculty of Health and Social Development, University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus, Kelowna, V1V 1V7 Canada
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Wang J, Li C, Jia C, Liu Y, Liu J, Yan X, Fang Y. Smoking, smoking cessation and tobacco control in rural China: a qualitative study in Shandong Province. BMC Public Health 2014; 14:916. [PMID: 25190269 PMCID: PMC4169812 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-916] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2014] [Accepted: 08/29/2014] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background Smoking prevalence is high in China and even higher among rural residents. The aims of this study were: 1) to gain insights into the motivations of tobacco use and barriers to smoking cessation among rural village residents; 2) to understand the current tobacco control measures in the rural villages and barriers encountered or perceived for implementation. Methods Qualitative semi-structured face-to-face interviews and focus group discussions were conducted of 59 rural villagers including 37 village residents, 10 village leaders and 12 village doctors in three counties in Shandong Province, China. Results Smoking initiation was most often out of curiosity when seeing others smoke, but pressure from cigarette sharing and gifting custom was the major barrier to smoking cessation. The most important reason for quitting successfully was a detrimental health problem. Although many attempted to quit at the advice of other family members, relapses were common and few were able to quit completely and for long-term unless accompanied by significant health issues. Although doctor’s advice to quit is effective, many doctors do not offer advice to all patients. There is a lack of true understanding of the harm of smoking and second-hand smoking among the villagers and a lack of access to and knowledge of effective smoking cessation tools among both smokers and village doctors. Tobacco control activities at villages were rare and infrequent. Conclusions This study highlighted the need to develop tobacco control measures that reflect the unique culture in rural China. Smoking cessation measures are not likely to achieve large scale effect unless the prevailing cigarette sharing and gifting custom is drastically changed. More educations of the hazards of smoking and second-hand smoking to village residents and educations of effective smoking cessation treatment to both village residents and healthcare providers are needed.
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- Division of Pharmaceutical Evaluation and Policy, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Collage of Pharmacy, 4301 West Markham Street, Slot #522, Little Rock, AR 72205, USA.
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Passive smoking exposure from partners as a risk factor for ER+/PR+ double positive breast cancer in never-smoking Chinese urban women: a hospital-based matched case control study. PLoS One 2014; 9:e97498. [PMID: 24866166 PMCID: PMC4035255 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0097498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2013] [Accepted: 04/17/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Background The relationship between passive smoking exposure (PSE) and breast cancer risk is of major interest. Objective To evaluate the relationship between PSE from partners and breast cancer risk stratified by hormone-receptor (HR) status in Chinese urban women population. Design Hospital-based matched case control study. Setting Chinese urban breast cancer patients without current or previous active smoking history in China Medical University 1st Hospital, Liaoning Province, China between Jan 2009 and Nov 2009. Patients Each breast cancer patient was matched 1∶1 with healthy controls by gender and age (±2 years) from the same hospital. Measurements The authors used unconditional logistic regression analyses to estimate odds ratio for women with PSE from partners and breast cancer risk. Results 312 pairs were included in the study. Women who endured PSE had significantly increased risk of breast cancer (adjusted OR: 1.46; 95% CI: 1.05–2.03; P = 0.027), comparing with unexposed women. Women who exposed to >5 cigarettes/day also had significant increased risk (adjusted OR: 1.99; 95% CI: 1.28–3.10; P = 0.002), as were women exposed to passive smoke for 16–25 years (adjusted OR: 1.87 95% CI: 1.22–2.86; P = 0.004), and those exposed to > 4 pack-years (adjusted OR: 1.71 95% CI: 1.17–2.50; P = 0.004). Similar trends were significant for estrogen receptor (ER)/progesterone receptor (PR) double positive subgroup(adjusted OR: 1.71; 2.20; 1.99; 1.92, respectively), but not for ER+/PR−, ER−/PR+, or ER−/PR− subgroups. Limitations limitations of the hospital-based retrospective study, lack of information on entire lifetime PSE and low statistical power. Conclusions Our findings provide further evidence that PSE from partners contributes to increased risk of breast cancer, especially for ER/PR double positive breast cancer, in Chinese urban women.
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Mao A, Yang T, Bottorff JL, Sarbit G. Personal and social determinants sustaining smoking practices in rural China: a qualitative study. Int J Equity Health 2014; 13:12. [PMID: 24484610 PMCID: PMC3917907 DOI: 10.1186/1475-9276-13-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2013] [Accepted: 01/31/2014] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Introduction Tobacco use in China is disproportionally distributed among rural and urban populations with rural people smoking more. While there is a wealth of evidence on the association between tobacco use among rural people and their lower socio-economic status (SES), how social structural factors contribute to rural smoking is not well understood. Guided by a socio-ecological model, the objective of this study was to explore the personal and social determinants that play a key role in sustaining smoking practices among Chinese rural people. Methods An ethnographic study was conducted in a rural area of Central Jiangsu, China. Participants (n = 29) were recruited from families where there was at least one smoking resident and there were young children. In-depth interviews and unstructured observations were used to collect data, which were then analyzed with an interpretive lens. Results Although individuals had limited knowledge about the risks of smoking and lack of motivation to quit, social factors were in effect the main barriers to quitting smoking. Cigarette exchange and cigarette gifting permeated every aspect of rural family life, from economic activities to leisure pastimes, in family and wider social interactions. Traditional familism and collectivism interplayed with the pro-smoking environment and supported rural people’s smoking practices at the community level. Living in the rural area was also a barrier to quitting smoking because of the lack of information on smoking cessation and the influence of courtyard-based leisure activities that facilitated smoking. Conclusion Development of comprehensive smoking cessation interventions in rural China needs to extend beyond an individual level to take into account the social determinants influencing smoking practices.
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- Aimei Mao
- Faculty of Health and Social Development, University of British Columbia's Okanagan campus, Kelowna V1V 1 V7, Canada.
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Wang CY, Li HT, Hsu CH, Lin YL, Kuo SC. The experiences of women who quit smoking during pregnancy and how they dealt with their spouses' continued smoking. Midwifery 2013; 30:e64-71. [PMID: 24290196 DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2013.10.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2013] [Revised: 09/03/2013] [Accepted: 10/21/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE to explore how pregnant women in Taiwan dealt with their spouses who continued to smoke and with passive smoking during their own process of quitting and abstaining. DESIGN a qualitative study using an oral history approach. Data were collected via tape-recorded open-ended interviews. All interviews were transcribed verbatim. Data were analysed using narrative analysis. SETTING the homes of the participant women living in the district of a regional hospital of eastern Taiwan. PARTICIPANTS a purposive sample of 10 Taiwanese women who had quit smoking while pregnant was recruited at 1-3 months following the birth of their infants. FINDINGS five major themes emerged: (1) the women coping with tobacco addiction on their own, (2) creating a non-smoking section or environment at home, (3) dealing with passive smoking, (4) conflict over the wife's sensitivity to her spouse's residual tobacco smell, and (5) allowing the husband to continue smoking to avoid conflicts. KEY CONCLUSIONS the pregnant women were expected by their spouses to quit smoking, yet the husbands continued to smoke. Women had to struggle to quit smoking on their own. The findings from this study support the need to listen to pregnant women's stories, as this is paramount to understanding their experiences of tobacco-use reduction and cessation, and for developing gender appropriate interventions to support their efforts. IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE health care providers should encourage and help pregnant women who are willing to quit smoking. This help could be more family-centred instead of focusing on the pregnant women alone, and therefore involve educating the spouse to support his wife.
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- Chia Yin Wang
- Outpatient Department at Mennonite Christian Hospital, Hualien County, 44 Min-Chuan Road, Hualien 970, Taiwan.
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- Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua County, 135 Nanxial St., Changhua 500, Taiwan.
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- Department of Nursing, National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences, 365 Ming-Te Road, Taipei 112, Taiwan.
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- Taipei Veterans General Hospital, 201, Sec 2, Shipai Rd., Taipei 11217, Taiwan.
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- College of Nursing, National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences, No. 365 Ming-Te Road, Taipei 11219, Taiwan.
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Chamberlain C, O’Mara-Eves A, Oliver S, Caird JR, Perlen SM, Eades SJ, Thomas J. Psychosocial interventions for supporting women to stop smoking in pregnancy. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2013; 10:CD001055. [PMID: 24154953 PMCID: PMC4022453 DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd001055.pub4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 178] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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BACKGROUND Tobacco smoking in pregnancy remains one of the few preventable factors associated with complications in pregnancy, stillbirth, low birthweight and preterm birth and has serious long-term implications for women and babies. Smoking in pregnancy is decreasing in high-income countries, but is strongly associated with poverty and increasing in low- to middle-income countries. OBJECTIVES To assess the effects of smoking cessation interventions during pregnancy on smoking behaviour and perinatal health outcomes. SEARCH METHODS In this fifth update, we searched the Cochrane Pregnancy and Childbirth Group's Trials Register (1 March 2013), checked reference lists of retrieved studies and contacted trial authors to locate additional unpublished data. SELECTION CRITERIA Randomised controlled trials, cluster-randomised trials, randomised cross-over trials, and quasi-randomised controlled trials (with allocation by maternal birth date or hospital record number) of psychosocial smoking cessation interventions during pregnancy. DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS Two review authors independently assessed trials for inclusion and trial quality, and extracted data. Direct comparisons were conducted in RevMan, and subgroup analyses and sensitivity analysis were conducted in SPSS. MAIN RESULTS Eighty-six trials were included in this updated review, with 77 trials (involving over 29,000 women) providing data on smoking abstinence in late pregnancy.In separate comparisons, counselling interventions demonstrated a significant effect compared with usual care (27 studies; average risk ratio (RR) 1.44, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.19 to 1.75), and a borderline effect compared with less intensive interventions (16 studies; average RR 1.35, 95% CI 1.00 to 1.82). However, a significant effect was only seen in subsets where counselling was provided in conjunction with other strategies. It was unclear whether any type of counselling strategy is more effective than others (one study; RR 1.15, 95% CI 0.86 to 1.53). In studies comparing counselling and usual care (the largest comparison), it was unclear whether interventions prevented smoking relapse among women who had stopped smoking spontaneously in early pregnancy (eight studies; average RR 1.06, 95% CI 0.93 to 1.21). However, a clear effect was seen in smoking abstinence at zero to five months postpartum (10 studies; average RR 1.76, 95% CI 1.05 to 2.95), a borderline effect at six to 11 months (six studies; average RR 1.33, 95% CI 1.00 to 1.77), and a significant effect at 12 to 17 months (two studies, average RR 2.20, 95% CI 1.23 to 3.96), but not in the longer term. In other comparisons, the effect was not significantly different from the null effect for most secondary outcomes, but sample sizes were small.Incentive-based interventions had the largest effect size compared with a less intensive intervention (one study; RR 3.64, 95% CI 1.84 to 7.23) and an alternative intervention (one study; RR 4.05, 95% CI 1.48 to 11.11).Feedback interventions demonstrated a significant effect only when compared with usual care and provided in conjunction with other strategies, such as counselling (two studies; average RR 4.39, 95% CI 1.89 to 10.21), but the effect was unclear when compared with a less intensive intervention (two studies; average RR 1.19, 95% CI 0.45 to 3.12).The effect of health education was unclear when compared with usual care (three studies; average RR 1.51, 95% CI 0.64 to 3.59) or less intensive interventions (two studies; average RR 1.50, 95% CI 0.97 to 2.31).Social support interventions appeared effective when provided by peers (five studies; average RR 1.49, 95% CI 1.01 to 2.19), but the effect was unclear in a single trial of support provided by partners.The effects were mixed where the smoking interventions were provided as part of broader interventions to improve maternal health, rather than targeted smoking cessation interventions.Subgroup analyses on primary outcome for all studies showed the intensity of interventions and comparisons has increased over time, with higher intensity interventions more likely to have higher intensity comparisons. While there was no significant difference, trials where the comparison group received usual care had the largest pooled effect size (37 studies; average RR 1.34, 95% CI 1.25 to 1.44), with lower effect sizes when the comparison group received less intensive interventions (30 studies; average RR 1.20, 95% CI 1.08 to 1.31), or alternative interventions (two studies; average RR 1.26, 95% CI 0.98 to 1.53). More recent studies included in this update had a lower effect size (20 studies; average RR 1.26, 95% CI 1.00 to 1.59), I(2)= 3%, compared to those in the previous version of the review (50 studies; average RR 1.50, 95% CI 1.30 to 1.73). There were similar effect sizes in trials with biochemically validated smoking abstinence (49 studies; average RR 1.43, 95% CI 1.22 to 1.67) and those with self-reported abstinence (20 studies; average RR 1.48, 95% CI 1.17 to 1.87). There was no significant difference between trials implemented by researchers (efficacy studies), and those implemented by routine pregnancy staff (effectiveness studies), however the effect was unclear in three dissemination trials of counselling interventions where the focus on the intervention was at an organisational level (average RR 0.96, 95% CI 0.37 to 2.50). The pooled effects were similar in interventions provided for women with predominantly low socio-economic status (44 studies; average RR 1.41, 95% CI 1.19 to 1.66), compared to other women (26 studies; average RR 1.47, 95% CI 1.21 to 1.79); though the effect was unclear in interventions among women from ethnic minority groups (five studies; average RR 1.08, 95% CI 0.83 to 1.40) and aboriginal women (two studies; average RR 0.40, 95% CI 0.06 to 2.67). Importantly, pooled results demonstrated that women who received psychosocial interventions had an 18% reduction in preterm births (14 studies; average RR 0.82, 95% CI 0.70 to 0.96), and infants born with low birthweight (14 studies; average RR 0.82, 95% CI 0.71 to 0.94). There did not appear to be any adverse effects from the psychosocial interventions, and three studies measured an improvement in women's psychological wellbeing. AUTHORS' CONCLUSIONS Psychosocial interventions to support women to stop smoking in pregnancy can increase the proportion of women who stop smoking in late pregnancy, and reduce low birthweight and preterm births.
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- Catherine Chamberlain
- Global Health and Society Unit, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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- EPPI-Centre, Social Science Research Unit, Institute of Education, University of London, London, UK
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- EPPI-Centre, Social Science Research Unit, Institute of Education, University of London, London, UK
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- EPPI-Centre, Social Science Research Unit, Institute of Education, University of London, London, UK
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- Healthy Mothers Healthy Families Research Group, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia
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- School of Public Health, Sydney School of Medicine, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- EPPI-Centre, Social Science Research Unit, Institute of Education, University of London, London, UK
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Mao A. Space and power: young mothers' management of smoking in extended families in China. Health Place 2013; 21:102-9. [PMID: 23454731 DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2013.01.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2012] [Revised: 01/25/2013] [Accepted: 01/29/2013] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Multigenerational co-residence is a widespread phenomenon in China but there is little knowledge about the impact of power dynamics on smoking behaviors among extended family residents. Using a gender lens, this ethnographic study explored how young mothers in extended families in mainland China managed the smoking of their husbands and other family members. Analysis of data resulted in a model of 'two units-three domains' to reflect gendered relationships between young mothers and other family members, and young mothers' participation in family management. Exploration of the mothers' efforts to deal with household smoking using the model provided an explanation for why the young mothers had limited control over household space and could only impose partial restrictions on home smoking in the extended family.
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- Aimei Mao
- Faculty of Health and Social Development, University of British Columbia Okanagan, Kelowna, Canada V1V 1V7.
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Mao A, Bristow K, Robinson J. Caught in a dilemma: why do non-smoking women in China support the smoking behaviors of men in their families? HEALTH EDUCATION RESEARCH 2013; 28:153-164. [PMID: 22843329 DOI: 10.1093/her/cys078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Intimate relationships influence family members' health practices. Although cigarette smoking in China is predominantly a male behavior, (non-smoking) women's roles should be taken into account for the development of home-smoking interventions. Drawing on ethnographic interviews with 22 families in a rural area of China, this article explores non-smoking women's attitudes towards male smoking. The findings suggest that women's ability to influence male behavior is largely determined by culturally defined gender roles, underpinned by ideologies of familism and collectivism. Despite concerns about the adverse results of smoking to their family members and households, non-smoking women ultimately maintain the (male) smokers' argument that smoking plays an important role in construction and maintenance of intra- and extra-family relationships. By accepting male smoking and men's engagement in the social practice of smoking and cigarette exchanges, women maintain their identities as supportive wives, filial daughters/in-law and responsible family members who pursue family collective interests at the expense of their own personal beliefs. Future smoking control initiatives that target non-smoking women to influence male smoking should take into account the women's overarching need to maintain the status and harmony of their families.
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- Aimei Mao
- School of Law and Social Justice, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7WW, UK.
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Azab M, Khabour OF, Alzoubi KH, Anabtawi MM, Quttina M, Khader Y, Eissenberg T. Exposure of pregnant women to waterpipe and cigarette smoke. Nicotine Tob Res 2013; 15:231-7. [PMID: 22573726 PMCID: PMC3524068 DOI: 10.1093/ntr/nts119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2012] [Accepted: 03/27/2012] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Throughout the Eastern Mediterranean region, tobacco is used primarily in 2 forms: cigarette smoking and waterpipe smoking. Despite the fact that tobacco use is considered as a global public health threat, waterpipe smoking is reported to be growing in popularity, particularly among women. The objectives of this study are to determine the prevalence and patterns of cigarette, waterpipe, and passive smoking among pregnant women in Jordan, and to assess their perception of harmful effects of cigarette and waterpipe smoking. METHODS A total of 500 pregnant women were randomly recruited from maternity clinics in North and Middle of Jordan and surveyed regarding exposure to waterpipe tobacco and cigarette smoking. RESULTS The results showed that 7.9% of women were current cigarette smokers and 8.7% were current waterpipe smokers. About 82.4% of all women reported that they are exposed to cigarette smoke and 32.8% reported that they are exposed to waterpipe smoke. The most common place where women are exposed to cigarette and waterpipe smoke was their house (50.4% and 48.7%, respectively) followed by public places (31.4% and 21.4%, respectively). In addition, the husband was the main source for exposure to cigarette and waterpipe smoke (48.5% and 42.7%, respectively). Approximately, 74% of women believed that cigarette smoking is addictive, whereas only 55.1% reported that waterpipe smoking leads to addiction. CONCLUSIONS Exposure of pregnant women to tobacco smoke is a public health problem in Jordan that requires immediate action.
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- Mohammed Azab
- Department of Community Medicine and Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, The Hashemite University, Zarqa, Jordan. a
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Prenatal secondhand smoke exposure and infant birth weight in China. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2012. [PMID: 23202753 PMCID: PMC3509463 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph9103398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Epidemiologic evidence provides some support for a causal association between maternal secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure during pregnancy and reduction in infant birth weight. The purpose of this cross-sectional study is to examine the magnitude of this association in China, where both prevalence and dose of SHS exposure are thought to be higher than in U.S. populations. Women who gave birth in Beijing and Changchun September 2000–November 2001 were interviewed to quantify self-reported prenatal SHS exposure. Their medical records were reviewed for data on pregnancy complications and birth outcomes. Non-smoking women who delivered term babies (≥37 weeks gestation) were included in the study (N = 2,770). Nearly a quarter of the women (24%) reported daily SHS exposure, 47% reported no prenatal exposure, and 75% denied any SHS exposure from the husband smoking at home. Overall, no deficit in mean birth weight was observed with exposure from all sources of SHS combined (+11 grams, 95% CI: +2, +21). Infants had higher mean birth weights among the exposed than the unexposed for all measures of SHS exposure. Future studies on SHS exposure and infant birth weight in China should emphasize more objective measures of exposure to quantify and account for any exposure misclassification.
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Kazemi A, Ehsanpour S, Nekoei-Zahraei NS. A randomized trial to promote health belief and to reduce environmental tobacco smoke exposure in pregnant women. HEALTH EDUCATION RESEARCH 2012; 27:151-159. [PMID: 22052216 DOI: 10.1093/her/cyr102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) is widespread among women in Iran. This study aimed to explore the impact of education on health belief and environmental tobacco smoke exposure in pregnant women. This randomized trial was administrated to 130 pregnant women exposed to ETS. The face-to-face education was provided for the intervention group after completing the questionnaire compiled on the constructs of the health belief model and self-reports of weekly ETS exposure. The theoretical constructs and weekly ETS exposure were compared in the study groups at the intake, third, fourth and fifth sections. In the intervention group, perceived susceptibility/severity and perceived benefits increased and the weekly ETS exposure decreased on the third as opposed to the first section (P < 0.05). Perceived susceptibility/severity and benefits significantly correlated with weekly ETS exposure in the intervention group (P < 0.05). The findings of this study point to the fact that education about the impacts of ETS exposure of pregnant women is an effective way to increase the theoretical constructs according to the health belief model and is associated with a reduction of ETS exposure. But this is not sufficient for making smoke-free homes.
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- Ashraf Kazemi
- Maternal & Child Health Department, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Hezarjerib St. Isfahan, Iran.
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Kazemi A, Ehsanpour S, Zahraei NSN, Hasanzadeh A, Beigi NMA, Malverdi Z. Impact of health belief modification on intention to make smoke free home among pregnant women. JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN MEDICAL SCIENCES : THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES 2011; 16:724-32. [PMID: 22091300 PMCID: PMC3214389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2011] [Accepted: 05/21/2011] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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BACKGROUND This study examined the effects of health education on modification of health belief and intention among pregnant women to have smoke free home. METHODS In this randomized controlled study, 91 pregnant women completed the study in two groups. Intervention group was educated about the harms of environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) exposure. The Health Belief Model (HBM) was a framework for analyzing the beliefs. After 10-12 weeks, the HBM constructs and weekly ETS exposure at home were compared between the two groups. RESULTS After performing educational program, the subjects in intervention group perceived more susceptibility and severity and reported lower weekly ETS exposure at home than subjects in control group; but, the self efficacy and perceived barrier were not different. The relationships between HBM constructs and weekly ETS exposure were significant; but, there was no significant difference in point prevalence of having smoke free home. CONCLUSIONS This study indicated that the health education about ETS exposure can modify health belief and reduce EST exposure among pregnant women, but cannot affect the self efficacy and perceived barrier. To have smoke free home, they need to increase their self efficacy.
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- Ashraf Kazemi
- PhD candidate in Reproductive Health in Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Department of Midwifery, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.,
Corresponding Author: Ashraf Kazemi E-mail:
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- Department of Midwifery, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
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- Department of Midwifery, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
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- Department of Midwifery, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
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