Smoking behavior among nurses in rural Greece

Evidence suggests that rural health care providers may be at increased risk for tobacco addiction. Few researchers have studied the habitual use of tobacco in rural Greece and no published studies have examined sustained tobacco use by nurses working in these areas or their knowledge and attitudes t...

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Published in:AAOHN journal 2014-04, Vol.62 (4), p.132-134
Main Authors: Stamatopoulou, Eleni, Stamatiou, Konstantinos, Voulioti, Stefania, Christopoulos, George, Pantza, Eleni, Stamatopoulou, Athanasia, Giannopoulos, Dimitris
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Age groups
Attitude to Health
Attitudes
Cancer
Cardiovascular disease
Consultants
Counseling
Data Collection
Drug therapy
Education
Family physicians
Female
Greece - epidemiology
Health behavior
Hospitals
Humans
Medical personnel
Mortality
Nurses
Nurses - psychology
Nurses - statistics & numerical data
Nursing
Occupational health
Prevalence
Primary care
Professionals
Questionnaires
Risk Factors
Rural areas
Rural Population - statistics & numerical data
Smoking
Smoking - epidemiology
Smoking - psychology
Smoking cessation
Smoking Cessation - statistics & numerical data
Success
Tobacco
Urban areas
Workers
Young Adult
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Summary:Evidence suggests that rural health care providers may be at increased risk for tobacco addiction. Few researchers have studied the habitual use of tobacco in rural Greece and no published studies have examined sustained tobacco use by nurses working in these areas or their knowledge and attitudes toward smoking cessation. To explore the above, the authors conducted a questionnaire-based study in 40 health centers in rural mainland and island Greece. Two hundred twenty nurses were surveyed (65% response rate). Thirty-two percent of the nurse respondents were smokers, 54% were non-smokers, and 14% were former smokers. Only 8% of respondents had been trained to assist clients with smoking cessation.
ISSN:2165-0799
2165-0969
DOI:10.3928/21650799-20140305-05