How does individual smoking behaviour among hospital staff influence their knowledge of the health consequences of smoking?

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 149-155

  Willaing, Ingrid ^a   Jørgensen, Torben ^a   Iversen, Lars ^b  

^a GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

cognitive dissonance; hospital staff; smoking behaviour; smoking related knowledge

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COGNITION; DENMARK; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; CALCULATION; CHI SQUARE TEST; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EMPLOYEE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; MEASUREMENT; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PASSIVE SMOKING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SMOKING HABIT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COGNITIVE DISSONANCE; DENMARK; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

ALCOHOL;

EID: 0141501492     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14034940210164876     Document Type: Article

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