Knowledge, attitudes and preventive efforts of Malaysian medical students regarding exposure to environmental tobacco and cigarette smoking

A longitudinal study was conducted to determine changes in knowledge, attitudes and preventive efforts of Malaysian medical students concerning cigarette smoking and environmental exposure to tobacco smoke from their first pre-clinical year in medical school until their final clinical year. There we...

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Published in:Journal of adolescence (London, England.) England.), 1999-10, Vol.22 (5), p.627-634
Main Authors: FRISCH, ANN STIRLING, KURTZ, MARGOT, SHAMSUDDIN, KHADIJAH
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Attitudes
College students
Environment
Environmental Tobacco Smoke
Exposure
Female
Foreign Countries
Health Education
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Higher Education
Humans
Malaysia
Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur)
Male
Medical schools
Medical Students
Peer Group
Preventive strategies
Relationship
Smoking
Smoking - epidemiology
Student Attitudes
Students, Medical
Tobacco smoke
Tobacco Smoke Pollution
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Summary:A longitudinal study was conducted to determine changes in knowledge, attitudes and preventive efforts of Malaysian medical students concerning cigarette smoking and environmental exposure to tobacco smoke from their first pre-clinical year in medical school until their final clinical year. There were significant improvements in knowledge about cigarette smoking and in knowledge, attitudes and efforts concerning environmental exposure to tobacco smoke. Overall attitudes concerning cigarette smoking did not change over this period. The same pattern was found for male non-smokers. Women improved on all five scales; male smokers improved on none over the 3-year period. Male non-smokers had better scores on these scales than male smokers in both beginning and ending years. Women excelled in comparison to male non-smokers on smoking attitudes in the pre-clinical year and on all scales except preventive efforts in the final clinical year. Although medical students experienced no changes in the amount of pressures not to smoke from family and friends, there was a significant increase in the amount of prohibition on smoking from their teachers. Male non-smokers alone accounted for this increase. Women experienced more pressure than men not to smoke from their teachers in both years, but the male smokers and non-smokers did not differ in teacher pressure for either year.
ISSN:0140-1971
1095-9254
DOI:10.1006/jado.1999.0258