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ArticleBMC medical education2018

Knowledge of health professional students on waterpipe tobacco smoking: curricula implications.

Randah Ribhi Hamadeh, Jamil Ahmed, Ghufran Ahmed Jassim, Sayed Mahmood Alqallaf, Khaldoon Al-Roomi

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Article in BMC medical education, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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Randah Ribhi HamadehDepartment of Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine and Medical Sciences Arabian Gulf University, P O Box 26671, Manama, Bahrain. randah@agu.edu.bh.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4205-1354
Jamil AhmedDepartment of Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine and Medical Sciences Arabian Gulf University, P O Box 26671, Manama, Bahrain.
Ghufran Ahmed JassimDepartment of Family Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons Ireland-Bahrain, Busaiteen, Bahrain.
Sayed Mahmood AlqallafCollege of Health Sciences, University of Bahrain, Zallaq, Bahrain.
Khaldoon Al-RoomiDepartment of Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine and Medical Sciences Arabian Gulf University, P O Box 26671, Manama, Bahrain.
Arabian Gulf University · BHRoyal College of Surgeons in Ireland - Bahrain · BHUniversity of Bahrain · BH

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International Development Research Centre (IDRC) under a grant implemented by the American University of Beirut (AUB) Award:102518 Project: 20946 Organization: 11510 Task: 50686
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundTobacco prevention research traditionally focuses upon cigarette smoking, but there is also a need to implement and evaluate the usefulness of waterpipe tobacco smoking (WTS) interventions since it is considered less harmful than cigarettes. This study aimed to assess the impact of an educational intervention on WTS knowledge of health professional students in three academic health institutions in Bahrain.

methodsA quasi-experimental design was used to include medical students from the Arabian Gulf University, medical and nursing students from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland-Bahrain and nursing students from the University of Bahrain. Two hundred fifty students participated in the three phases of the study during October 2015-June 2016 from an original sample of 335. The participants answered knowledge questions on WTS before and after an intervention, which included a lecture by an expert and a video on the awareness about the health hazards of WTS.

resultsThe mean age of starting cigarette and WTS was 16.8 ± 2.8 and 17.5 ± 1.7 years, respectively. The prevalence of ever smoking any type of tobacco among students was 22.4% (medical 25.8% and nursing 37.5%) and that of WTS, 17.7% (medical 20.0%, nursing 13.6%). The prevalence of current cigarette smoking was 9.6% among medical and nursing students combined with 10.3 and 8.5% for medical and nursing students, respectively. WTS was prevalent at a proportion of 6.8% among medical and nursing students combined with 6.5% in medical and 14.8% in nursing students. The university curriculum as the main source of knowledge on WTS increased from 14.2 to 33.3% after the intervention (p < 0.005). Knowledge about the hazards of WTS increased in 16 of the 20 statements. The difference in overall knowledge score was significant (p < 0.05) for nursing (77. 5 ± 1.5 vs 85.8 ± 2.2) compared to medical students (85.3 ± 1.0 vs 87.3 ± 0.9) after the intervention.

conclusionsOur educational intervention with health professional students improved their knowledge about the health effects of WTS. Medical and nursing institutions may consider using various methods such as informative videos and expert lectures to include in their teaching curricula as part of WTS prevention strategies.

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CurriculumStudents, MedicalStudents, NursingBahrainControlled Before-After StudiesFemaleHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHumansMaleSmoking CessationSocial EnvironmentTobacco, WaterpipeWater Pipe SmokingYoung AdultEducational interventionHealth effectsHealth professionalsKnowledgeMedical curriculumMedical educationWaterpipe tobacco smoking

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