Perception of health professions students of their role model status in Toombak cessation: A cross-sectional study from Sudan.

ABSTRACT: INTRODUCTION:Health professionals are to play an essential and effective role in tobacco control. Toombak is a popular form of smokeless tobacco, locally made and used among Sudanese. It is associated with oral and systemic health hazards, particularly oral cancer. This study was set out to assess health professions students' perception of their status as future role models for their patients and the public regarding Toombak use cessation and to explore socio-cognitive covariates of perceived role model status. MATERIALS AND METHODS:A cross-sectional study was conducted in 2013-2014 using a self-administered questionnaire among health professions students enrolled in Medicine, Pharmacy, Dentistry and Nursing colleges in Khartoum state, Sudan. A total of 1530 participants were recruited fro

SUBMITTER: Almahdi HM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6366877 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature