Community health assessment: Knowledge, attitude and practice of women regarding water-pipe smoking in Bandar Abbas

• Published in: MethodsX 2019-01, Vol.6, p.442-446
• Main Authors: Faghir Ganji, Monireh, Asgari, Esrafil, Jabbari, Maryam, Nematollahi, Shahrzad, Hosseini, Mona, Ahmadi-Gharaei, Hassan, ArabAhmadi, Ali, Ostad Ghaderi, Mohsen, Holakouie-Naieni, Kourosh
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Attitude; Bandar Abbas; Community health assessment; Diagnosis; Educational models; Environmental Science; Knowledge; Practice; Smoking water-pipe
• ISSN: 2215-0161; 2215-0161
• DOI: 10.1016/j.mex.2019.02.026

[Display omitted] Based on the results of seventh round of community health assessment (CHA) in suburban areas of Bandar Abbas, "water-pipe smoking in women" was one of the major concerns of community members. Therefore, the present study designed to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice of women towards water-pipe smoking and related factors. High consumption of water-pipe among women was ranked as a prioritized health problem. To diagnose the problem, for creating action plan, the present cross - sectional study was conducted on 205 women aged over 18 randomly selected from Green-Tree region in suburb of Bandar Abbas city. All statistical analyses were performed using SPSS 24 software with 5% as the significant level. 205 women with a mean age of 36.9 (standard deviation:12.86) years, and a water-pipe prevalence of 15.1% were analyzed. The significant predictors of knowledge were educational level (β = 0.182, p-value = 0.037), and being water-pipe smoker (β = −0.251, p-value