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| Title |
The odd man out in Sub-Saharan Africa: understanding the tobacco use prevalence in Madagascar
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Public Health, September 2013
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2458-13-856 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Hadii M Mamudu, Rijo M John, Sreenivas P Veeranki, Ahmed E Ogwell Ouma |
| Abstract |
The tobacco industry has globalized and tobacco use continues to increase in low- and middle-income countries. Yet, the data and research to inform policy initiatives for addressing this phenomenon is sparse. This study aims to estimate the prevalence of adult tobacco use in 17 Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) countries, and to identify key factors associated with adult tobacco consumption choices (smoked, smokeless tobacco and dual use) in Madagascar. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 1 | 33% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 33% |
| Unknown | 1 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 33% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 33% |
| Members of the public | 1 | 33% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 94 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 2% |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1% |
| Tanzania, United Republic of | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 90 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 13 | 14% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 11 | 12% |
| Researcher | 9 | 10% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 9 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 7 | 7% |
| Other | 22 | 23% |
| Unknown | 23 | 24% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 20 | 21% |
| Social Sciences | 12 | 13% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 9 | 10% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 5 | 5% |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 5 | 5% |
| Other | 15 | 16% |
| Unknown | 28 | 30% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 25 September 2013.
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#14,638,545
of 23,881,329 outputs
Outputs from BMC Public Health
#10,446
of 15,466 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#113,045
of 204,713 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Public Health
#209
of 289 outputs
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