Deciding protection or provocation: helping young Siddi women translating knowledge into action
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Independent Educationalist and Consultant, Research, India
Publication date: 2018-03-01
Tob. Induc. Dis. 2018;16(Suppl 1):A914
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Background:
Tobacco consumption in nonsmoking forms is
culturally accepted even among scheduled tribal women. Hence, smokeless forms
of tobacco use by women are widely prevalent.
Methods:
A cross-sectional study was conducted in six tribal villages of Gujarat, India. Data was collected by interview from 240 Siddi women by home visits. A quasi-experimental study design with two measurements at baseline and 6 months post-intervention to investigate an intervention in 15-25-year-olds. The intervention programme consists of three 1 hour interactive modules and control group. The study questionnaire measured tobacco smoking and consumers, tobacco related cognitions, and gender, social and environmental aspects was designed and pre-tested in advance. The study compared prevalence of smokers and consumers in the two study arms at 6 months after the intervention.
Results:
Prevalence of tobacco use (all forms), smokeless tobacco use and smoking
were 54.45%, 53.41%, and 23.14%, respectively. Prevalence of tobacco use was
more in late adolescent period. Education showed significant protective effect
on tobacco use. Bidi was commonly used for smoking, while pan masala and gutka
were preferred smokeless tobacco. Almost all smokers were also using smokeless
tobacco. Around 69% women have heard of tobacco prevention message, but only twenty
could interpret it correctly. 79% of the study participants
successful stopped using tobacco along with significant reduction in frequency
or quantity of tobacco consumption observed in all the study participants. The key
barriers to quitting were identified as social norms followed by workload and stress.
Conclusions:
Anti-tobacco activities need to scale up for
tribal people, with more emphasis on behavior change through group or personal
approach. School programs may have some limitation in tribal area due to high
school dropout, and low enrolment. Prevention activities need more focus on smokeless
tobacco use and bidi smoking.
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