The aim of the study is to analyze the smoking attitudes of women in their working environment before and after a prevention campaign on the damage of smoking. 831 questionnaires were administered, before and after the educational intervention, with special attention to smoking habits and to the behaviours typical of the working circle. 26% of the interviewees is an active smoker, 14% is a former smoker, 56% started smoking around the age of 15-20, 42% of the women smokes at the presence of their children. 81% is conscious of the damage caused by smoke on the foetus, only 9% declared smoking during the pregnancy. Only 7% of the interviewees smoked during lactation. 44% of smokers do not consider preventing from smoking in the presence of non-smoking colleagues, 36% usually smokes in working hours, 21% do not ask for permission when smoking in the presence of colleagues. 48% claims that passive smoking can reason minor effects and 21% of smokers claims never tried to stop smoking. 96% of the women declared the necessity of prevention with public campaigns.
L’obiettivo del lavoro è stato quello di analizzare i comportamenti delle donne fumatrici in ambito lavorativo prima e dopo un intervento di educazione sanitaria volto alla dissuasione all’uso di tabacco. Sono stati somministrati 831 questionari pre e post-intervento preventivo con particolare riferimento all’abitudine al fumo ed agli atteggiamenti assunti in ambito lavorativo. Il 26% delle intervistate è fumatrice ed il 14% è ex fumatrice, il 56% ha iniziato a fumare tra i 15 ed i 20 anni, il 42% fuma in presenza dei propri figli. L’81% conosce i danni provocati dal fumo al feto, solo il 9% dichiara di aver fumato in gravidanza ed il 7% durante l’allattamento. Il 44% delle fumatrici non ha rispetto per il collega non fumatore, il 36% fuma durante le ore lavorative, il 21% non chiede il permesso di fumare in presenza di colleghi, il 48% sostiene che il fumo passivo può causare solo effetti trascurabili ed, infine, il 21% delle fumatrici non ha mai tentato di smettere. Il 96% delle donne ritiene necessari interventi di prevenzione. Parole chiave: Fumo, fattori di rischio sociale, percezione sociale, sanità pubblica, sociologia della salute, determinanti di salute.
Un progetto di educazione alla salute sul fumo di tabacco in un campione di donne in ambiente di lavoro. Un cross sectional study
GRECO, EMILIO;
2017-01-01
Abstract
The aim of the study is to analyze the smoking attitudes of women in their working environment before and after a prevention campaign on the damage of smoking. 831 questionnaires were administered, before and after the educational intervention, with special attention to smoking habits and to the behaviours typical of the working circle. 26% of the interviewees is an active smoker, 14% is a former smoker, 56% started smoking around the age of 15-20, 42% of the women smokes at the presence of their children. 81% is conscious of the damage caused by smoke on the foetus, only 9% declared smoking during the pregnancy. Only 7% of the interviewees smoked during lactation. 44% of smokers do not consider preventing from smoking in the presence of non-smoking colleagues, 36% usually smokes in working hours, 21% do not ask for permission when smoking in the presence of colleagues. 48% claims that passive smoking can reason minor effects and 21% of smokers claims never tried to stop smoking. 96% of the women declared the necessity of prevention with public campaigns.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
