Title |
Tobacco smoking in Mongolia: findings of a national knowledge, attitudes and practices study
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Published in |
BMC Public Health, February 2014
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DOI | 10.1186/1471-2458-14-213 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Alessandro R Demaio, Jessica Nehme, Dugee Otgontuya, Dan Wolf Meyrowitsch, Palam Enkhtuya |
Abstract |
In 2009, 48% of males aged 15 or over in Mongolia consumed tobacco, placing Mongolia among the countries with the highest prevalence of male smokers in the world. Importantly, tobacco use is one of the four major risk factors contributing to the global burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) - the leading cause of mortality in Mongolia. However, the knowledge, attitudes and practices of the Mongolian population with regards to smoking are largely unmeasured. In this context, a national NCDs knowledge, attitudes and practices survey focusing, among other things, on NCD risk factors was implemented in Mongolia in late 2010 to complement the previous WHO STEPwise approach to Surveillance Survey (STEPS) findings from 2009. This publication explores the smoking-related findings of the Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices Survey (KAPS). |
X Demographics
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Mongolia | 1 | 50% |
Unknown | 1 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Members of the public | 2 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Mongolia | 1 | 1% |
Unknown | 80 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Researcher | 14 | 17% |
Student > Master | 9 | 11% |
Other | 7 | 9% |
Student > Postgraduate | 6 | 7% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 4 | 5% |
Other | 12 | 15% |
Unknown | 29 | 36% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Medicine and Dentistry | 18 | 22% |
Unspecified | 6 | 7% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 5 | 6% |
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 4 | 5% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 2 | 2% |
Other | 12 | 15% |
Unknown | 34 | 42% |