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| Title |
School workers’ knowledge, attitude and behaviour related to use of Toombak: a cross sectional study from Khartoum state, Sudan
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| Published in |
BMC Oral Health, December 2017
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12903-017-0460-8 |
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| Authors |
Hatim Mohammed Almahdi, Anne Nordrehaug Åstrøm, Raouf Wahab Ali, Elwalid Fadul Nasir |
| Abstract |
Toombak is a form of smokeless tobacco (SLT) that is locally made and consumed in Sudan and contains several carcinogenic elements. Use of Toombak has been etiologically linked to various oral diseases including oral cancer. This study aimed to obtain baseline information about the Toombak use among Sudanese school workers, as well as their knowledge about Toombak related health hazards and attitude towards their role in Toombak control. In addition, this study assessed the availability and effectiveness of control policies and preventive practices in the schools. A cross-sectional school-based study using one-stage stratified random sampling procedure; four schools were selected randomly from each of seven localities. A total of 239 school workers' were recruited (census) from the selected schools in Khartoum State, Sudan. Of the school workers, 63% (147) were ≤40 years, half were females and 79.2% (187) were teachers. A total of 9.6% (22) school workers confirmed ever use of Toombak and the percentage of daily users amounted to 64.7% (11). Moreover, 76.2% (16) of ever Toombak users were ≥40 years and all of them were males (p < 0.001). Most of the school workers reported good knowledge, positive attitude towards their role in Toombak control and good preventive practice. Female school workers were more likely to report positive attitude towards their role in Toombak control (p < 05), and to report good knowledge. Those reporting good preventive practice in schools reported good knowledge more than two times than their counterpart (p < 0.001). Age was the strongest predictor of ever Toombak use among school workers (p < .001). The use of Toombak among school workers was associated with poor knowledge, negative attitude towards their role in Toombak control and poor preventive practice, Therefore, school workers use of Toombak may reduce their motivation and use of their potential in the prevention of a major health problem caused by Toombak use and affects their role model behaviour. On the other hand, school workers engagement with preventive practices in schools' was associated with good knowledge which in turn empowers their positive attitude towards their role in Toombak control. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Sudan | 3 | 75% |
| Unknown | 1 | 25% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 3 | 75% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 25% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 52 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 8 | 15% |
| Other | 6 | 12% |
| Researcher | 6 | 12% |
| Student > Bachelor | 4 | 8% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 3 | 6% |
| Other | 9 | 17% |
| Unknown | 16 | 31% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 17 | 33% |
| Psychology | 3 | 6% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 3 | 6% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 2 | 4% |
| Social Sciences | 2 | 4% |
| Other | 5 | 10% |
| Unknown | 20 | 38% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. 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 23 December 2017.
All research outputs
#7,181,718
of 23,493,900 outputs
Outputs from BMC Oral Health
#411
of 1,538 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#142,057
of 443,137 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Oral Health
#11
of 28 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 23,493,900 research outputs across all sources so far. This one has received more attention than most of these and is in the 69th percentile.
So far Altmetric has tracked 1,538 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a little more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 5.2. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 73% of its peers.
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