Prevalence Of Tobacco Consumption Among Adolescents From Rural Area Of Wardha District

dc.contributor.authorKumar, Vishnoi Ravindraen_US
dc.contributor.authorWagh, Vasanten_US
dc.contributor.authorGaidhane, Abhayen_US
dc.contributor.authorPramita, Muntodeen_US
dc.contributor.authorPrajapati, Kshatrapalen_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-05T07:06:38Z
dc.date.available2020-05-05T07:06:38Z
dc.date.issued2019-01
dc.description.abstractBackground-Globally adolescent population is around 1200 million and out of six person, every one person is in ado-lescence (aged10 to 19 years) period. Yet most of them are healthy, but premature death, illness and injury among them can hinder ability to grow and develop to their full potential. It is estimated that 1.2 million adolescents died in 2015 and mostly from preventable or treatable causes. Tobacco consumption is world’s leading cause of preventable morbidity and mortality. National Family Health Survey conducted in year 2016-17 reported tobacco consumption prevalence 38.9% in urban area and 48% in rural area of India. Method-It was a community based cross-sectional study conducted in eight villages of Wardha district adopted under Community Health Care program run by depart-ment of community medicine. Data was collected by interview from 485 adolescent in the age group of 10-19 years by domiciliary visits using pre-designed pre-tested questionnaire. Results:Prevalence of tobacco use (all forms), smoke-less tobacco use and smoking in rural adolescents were 20.82%, 20.41%, and 2.68%, respectively. Prevalence of to-bacco use in boys (30.29%) was more than girls (4.49%). Higher Prevalence was found in late adolescent period. Bidi was commonly used form of smoke tobacco while Kharra was the preferred smokeless tobacco. Almost all smokers were male but few exceptions were there. Conclusion: The prevalence of tobacco use among rural adolescents was very high (20.82%) as compared to national prevalence of 14.6% according to the global youth tobacco survey India 2009. There is a need of early intervention for tobacco cessation as overall mean age of 1st experienced to tobacco consumption was 12.02 years and in male and female users it was 12.25 years and 10.88 years respectively. 42.10 % adolescents 1st time experienced any type of tobacco products when they were in the 12-14 years age and only 0.66% adolescents experienced at the age of 17 -19 years. Maximum male (42.19%) and female (41.67%) ever user experi-enced their 1st tobacco consumption when they were 12-14 years old.en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Community Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, DMIMSU, Sawangi, Wardha.en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Community Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, DMIMSU, Sawangi, Wardha.en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Community Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, DMIMSU, Sawangi, Wardha.en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Community Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, DMIMSU, Sawangi, Wardha.en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Community Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, DMIMSU, Sawangi, Wardha.en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Community Medicine, Govt Medical College, Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.citationKumar Vishnoi Ravindra, Wagh Vasant, Gaidhane Abhay, Pramita Muntode, Prajapati Kshatrapal. Prevalence Of Tobacco Consumption Among Adolescents From Rural Area Of Wardha District. International Journal of Clinical and Biomedical Research. 2019 Jan; 5(1): 29-36en_US
dc.identifier.issn2395-0471
dc.identifier.issn2521-0394
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/200877
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherSumathi Publicationsen_US
dc.relation.issuenumber1en_US
dc.relation.volume5en_US
dc.source.urihttps://www.doi.org/10.31878/ijcbr.2018.51.09en_US
dc.subjectAdolescenten_US
dc.subjectPrevalenceen_US
dc.subjectSmokeless Tobaccoen_US
dc.subjectSmoking Tobacco producten_US
dc.subjectTobacco useen_US
dc.subjectRural Areaen_US
dc.titlePrevalence Of Tobacco Consumption Among Adolescents From Rural Area Of Wardha Districten_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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