Smokeless tobacco use: pattern of use, knowledge and perceptions among rural Bangladeshi adolescents.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The aim of the study was to investigate the practice and pattern of smokeless tobacco (SLT) use as well as the knowledge and perception about its ill effects among rural Bangladeshi adolescents.

Methods

A cross-sectional survey was conducted among students aged 13-18 years in two rural secondary schools in Bangladesh in August 2015. Data were collected through a self-administered questionnaire which consists of topics derived from the Social Cognitive Theory and Health Belief Model (personal characteristics, environmental factors, self-efficacy, outcome expectancies, perceived susceptibility, perceived severity, perceived benefits, perceived barriers, and cues to action). Data analysis was performed using SPSS version 24. A descriptive analysis was conducted to de

SUBMITTER: Ullah MZ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6108312 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature