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Attitudes of patients toward smoking by health professionals.
  • Published Date:
    1992 May-Jun
  • Source:
    Public Health Rep. 107(3):335-339
  • Language:
    English
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    Public Health Rep
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  • Description:
    Do the smoking behaviors of physicians and nurses affect patients' perceptions of the trust and effectiveness of these health professionals? In this exploratory study, a 40-item questionnaire was given to patients discharged from an Air Force hospital during a 4-week period. The survey resulted in 116 usable questionnaires from 40 patients who had never smoked, 44 who no longer smoked, and 32 who still smoked. Analyses of variance in the replies to the questionnaire indicated that nonsmokers felt strongly about health professionals not modeling unhealthy behaviors, while smokers indicated they had no opinion. Regarding the relationship between the smoking habits of physicians and nurses and patients' perceptions of trust and effectiveness, smokers felt strongly there was no relationship, whereas nonsmokers indicated no opinion. A review of the literature suggested that, on the average, health professionals who smoke may not be as effective in counseling patients to quit smoking as health professionals who do not smoke. Health professionals who smoke have the potential to affect unintentionally the smoking behaviors of others through modeling.

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  • Pubmed ID:
    1594744
  • Pubmed Central ID:
    PMCnull
  • Document Type:
    Journal Article
  • Place as Subject:
    Ohio
  • Collection(s):
    Public Health Reports
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      Published Date:
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      Source:
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      Description:
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      Personal Author:
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      Source:
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      Description:
      This paper considers the financial burden of parents caring for severely disabled children. A model to predict parents' out-of-pocket expenses and caregiving time demands is described. Discriminant analysis correctly classified high and low group mem...
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      Personal Author:
      Anderson, D M; Duffy, K; Hallett, C D; Marcus, A C;
      Published Date:
      1992 May-Jun
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 107(3):278-283
      Description:
      Since 1983, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) has collected data by means of its Cancer Information Service (CIS), a toll-free telephone helpline for health care professionals and members of the public who have questions about cancer treatment, dia...
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    4. Estimating the probability of spontaneous abortion in the presence of induced abortion and vice versa.
      Personal Author:
      Hammerslough, C R
      Published Date:
      1992 May-Jun
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 107(3):269-277
      Description:
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      Published Date:
      1992 May-Jun
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 107(3):361-367
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      Personal Author:
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      Published Date:
      1992 May-Jun
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 107(3):257-264
      Description:
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      Personal Author:
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      Published Date:
      1992 May-Jun
      Source:
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      File Type:
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      Published Date:
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      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 107(3)
      File Type:
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      Personal Author:
      Otis, J; Lesage, D; Godin, G; Brown, B; Farley, C; Lambert, J;
      Published Date:
      1992 May-Jun
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 107(3):283-289
      Description:
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      Personal Author:
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      Published Date:
      1992 May-Jun
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 107(3):264-268
      Description:
      A comparative analysis was made of day of the week variations in homicide and suicide deaths among 15-24-year-old white males, black males, white females, and black females in the 22 counties with the most black persons in the United States. Thirty-s...
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      Personal Author:
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      Published Date:
      1992 May-Jun
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 107(3):331-335
      Description:
      The researchers analyzed outcome data for 439 persons who had positive fecal occult blood tests in a 1984 statewide program for Connecticut residents. Among those with positive test results, colorectal cancer was diagnosed in 33 persons, 7.5 percent ...
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      Personal Author:
      Lando, H A; Johnson, K M; Graham-Tomasi, R P; McGovern, P G; Solberg, L;
      Published Date:
      1992 May-Jun
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 107(3):340-344
      Description:
      Little is known about smoking patterns of urban American Indians and their interest in quitting. Most published research has focused upon American Indians who live on rural reservations. In this study, personal interviews were conducted with a conven...
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      Personal Author:
      Harper, D C; Wadsworth, J S;
      Published Date:
      1992 May-Jun
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 107(3):297-302
      Description:
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      Personal Author:
      Hinds, M W
      Published Date:
      1992 May-Jun
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 107(3):355-358
      Description:
      Most addictions to tobacco begin when a person is younger than age 18. Although the sale of tobacco to minors is illegal in most jurisdictions, there is often little enforcement of these laws, and minors can usually purchase tobacco easily. The impac...
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      Published Date:
      May 1992
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 107(3):359-360
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      Personal Author:
      Leshner, A I
      Published Date:
      1992 May-Jun
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 107(3):352-355
      File Type:
      Filetype[PDF - 675.39 KB]
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      Personal Author:
      Polednak, A P
      Published Date:
      1992 May-Jun
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 107(3):345-351
      Description:
      Questions on awareness, use, and results of blood cholesterol tests were included in telephone surveys on cancer conducted in 1988 on random samples of persons 40-74 years of age in Long Island, NY (N = 440), and in Connecticut (N = 453). Educational...
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      Published Date:
      May-Jun 1992
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 107(3)
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      Personal Author:
      Drake, M A
      Published Date:
      1992 May-Jun
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 107(3):312-319
      Description:
      Data were collected on the nutrient intake and nutritional status of 96 single mothers and their 192 dependent children who had been displaced from their homes. The objective of the study was to provide information on the dietary adequacy of a newly ...
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      Published Date:
      May-Jun 1992
      Source:
      Public Health Rep 107 (3)
      File Type:
      Filetype[PDF - 545.04 KB]
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