Title | Parental smoking behaviour, knowledge and beliefs about second hand smoke (SHS) in children’s health: a study among parents in the prefecture of Serres in Greece | |
Authors | Evangelia-Maria Birmpili¹, Fragiski Anthouli-Anagnostopoulou², Maria Parava³, Elissavet Vaga⁴, Aggeliki Bora⁵, Melpomeni Stoikidou⁴ and Helen Plessa6
1. Health Visitor MSc, Social Insurance Institution of Greece, Serres, Greece 2. General Department of Essential Medical Subjects, Technological Educational Institution of Athens, Athens, Greece 3. House officer in Neurology, Theagenio Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece 4. Department of Health Visiting, Technological Educational Institution of Athens, Athens, Greece 5. National School of Public Health, Athens, Greece 6. Administration and Economics, Technological Educational Institution of Athens, Athens, Greece |
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Citation | Birmpili, Ε.-Μ., Anthouli-Anagnostopoulou, F., Parava, M., Vaga, E., Bora, A. et al.: Parental smoking behaviour, knowledge and beliefs about second hand smoke (SHS) in children’s health: a study among parents in the prefecture of Serres in Greece, Epitheorese Klin. Farmakol. Farmakokinet. 21(2.1): 179-188 (2007) | |
Publication Date | Accepted for publication (Final version): June 1, 2007 | |
Full Text Language | English | |
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Keywords | Passive smoking, second-hand smoking (SHS), environmental tobacco smoke (ETS), childhood, child/children, health effects, parents, caregivers/carers, knowledge, attitudes and beliefs. | |
Other Terms | review article | |
Summary | The majority of exposure to second hand smoke (SHS) occurs within the home environment and internationally parental smoking is a common source of children’s SHS exposure. This study examined the smoking status of parents, their smoking behaviour inside the house and the car in the presence of children and their knowledge and beliefs about the effects of SHS exposure on their children’s health. A quantitative approach was developed to examine a sample of parents/caregivers (n=60) through the use of a self-administered questionnaire. Absolute smoking bans inside the house found to be quite low (26.7%). Although a high percentage of parents (78.3%) agreed that passive smoking is as dangerous as active smoking, 40 per cent of the children in the study were exposed to SHS within the household. Additionally, parents found to be less aware about the poor health outcomes associated with parental smoking behaviour and the presence or absence of smoking bans in households with children is central to the development of future interventions that aim to reduce SHS related problems. | |
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