Educational intervention on the smoking consequences in adolescents from Nuevitas
<p><strong>Background:</strong> smoking is a social phenomenon that affects all the population sectors indistinctly and represents one of the biggest problems for health authorities. It is considered a universal epidemic and is a heavy burden for the individual, the family and soci...
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| author | Moraima Martell Martínez Norki Betancourt Sánchez Rosabel Lozada Bazain Edwin Echemendía Reyes Leydis Suárez Ramos Bismar Reyes Hernández |
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| description | <p><strong>Background:</strong> smoking is a social phenomenon that affects all the population sectors indistinctly and represents one of the biggest problems for health authorities. It is considered a universal epidemic and is a heavy burden for the individual, the family and society.<br /><strong>Objective:</strong> to carry out educational intervention to modify the adolescents’ knowledge about the smoking consequences.<br /><strong>Methods:</strong> an intervention study was carried out in the doctor´s office 21 of the Francisco Peña Peña Polyclinic, in Nuevitas, on 81 adolescents who met the inclusion criteria. Descriptive statistic was used to analyze the results obtained by applying the survey before and after the educational intervention, which contained the following variables: age group, sex, educational level, associated diseases, and knowledge about smoking.<br /><strong>Results:</strong> male sex and ages 18 to 19 predominated, an age group that also showed the greatest knowledge about the effects of smoking. The pre-university educational level prevailed. The level of knowledge evaluated as good rose from the 49.38% before the intervention to the 80% after it; that of regular fell from the 45.67% to only the 19%; At the end of the intervention, no adolescent was placed in the category of bad.<br /><strong>Conclusions:</strong> it was possible to modify the knowledge level about the harmful effects of smoking in adolescents, through educational intervention.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj-art-87a46f8c2bea4eebae54f166af2e734d2025-01-30T21:28:57ZspaCentro Provincial de Información de Ciencias Médicas. CienfuegosMedisur1727-897X2021-04-011922602671990Educational intervention on the smoking consequences in adolescents from NuevitasMoraima Martell Martínez0Norki Betancourt Sánchez1Rosabel Lozada Bazain2Edwin Echemendía Reyes3Leydis Suárez Ramos4Bismar Reyes Hernández5Filial Ciencias Médicas de Nuevitas. Camagüey. Cuba.Filial Ciencias Médicas de Nuevitas. Camagüey. Cuba.Hospital Martín Chang Puga. Nuevitas. Camagüey. Cuba.Hospital Martín Chang Puga. Nuevitas. Camagüey. Cuba.Hospital Martín Chang Puga. Nuevitas. Camagüey. Cuba.Filial Ciencias Médicas de Nuevitas. Camagüey. Cuba.<p><strong>Background:</strong> smoking is a social phenomenon that affects all the population sectors indistinctly and represents one of the biggest problems for health authorities. It is considered a universal epidemic and is a heavy burden for the individual, the family and society.<br /><strong>Objective:</strong> to carry out educational intervention to modify the adolescents’ knowledge about the smoking consequences.<br /><strong>Methods:</strong> an intervention study was carried out in the doctor´s office 21 of the Francisco Peña Peña Polyclinic, in Nuevitas, on 81 adolescents who met the inclusion criteria. Descriptive statistic was used to analyze the results obtained by applying the survey before and after the educational intervention, which contained the following variables: age group, sex, educational level, associated diseases, and knowledge about smoking.<br /><strong>Results:</strong> male sex and ages 18 to 19 predominated, an age group that also showed the greatest knowledge about the effects of smoking. The pre-university educational level prevailed. The level of knowledge evaluated as good rose from the 49.38% before the intervention to the 80% after it; that of regular fell from the 45.67% to only the 19%; At the end of the intervention, no adolescent was placed in the category of bad.<br /><strong>Conclusions:</strong> it was possible to modify the knowledge level about the harmful effects of smoking in adolescents, through educational intervention.</p>http://medisur.sld.cu/index.php/medisur/article/view/4941intervención médica tempranaeducación en saludprevención del hábito de fumarconocimientos, actitudes y práctica en saludtabaquismoadolescente |
| spellingShingle | Moraima Martell Martínez Norki Betancourt Sánchez Rosabel Lozada Bazain Edwin Echemendía Reyes Leydis Suárez Ramos Bismar Reyes Hernández Educational intervention on the smoking consequences in adolescents from Nuevitas Medisur intervención médica temprana educación en salud prevención del hábito de fumar conocimientos, actitudes y práctica en salud tabaquismo adolescente |
| title | Educational intervention on the smoking consequences in adolescents from Nuevitas |
| title_full | Educational intervention on the smoking consequences in adolescents from Nuevitas |
| title_fullStr | Educational intervention on the smoking consequences in adolescents from Nuevitas |
| title_full_unstemmed | Educational intervention on the smoking consequences in adolescents from Nuevitas |
| title_short | Educational intervention on the smoking consequences in adolescents from Nuevitas |
| title_sort | educational intervention on the smoking consequences in adolescents from nuevitas |
| topic | intervención médica temprana educación en salud prevención del hábito de fumar conocimientos, actitudes y práctica en salud tabaquismo adolescente |
| url | http://medisur.sld.cu/index.php/medisur/article/view/4941 |
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