Smoking Prevalence among Head of Household in Medan

Juanita, Maya Fitria

2018

Abstract

Background: Smoking is an important public health problem in Indonesia. Smoking prevalence among males and female is 66 % and 6,7 % (2013) increased from 53.4% and 1.7% (1995). Medan City has issued Regulation on Non Smoking Area No. 3/2014 which became effective since January 2014. Although Medan already has regulation but data on the number of smokers has not been available, especially related to smoking behavior of household heads. The aims of this study were to analyze and identify smoking prevalence in Medan. Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted using questioner among 400 head of household in Medan City.Results: The overall prevalence of smoking was 57,25 % (97,8 % among males and 2,2 % among females). About 47,2 % of smokers smoke 5–14 sticks per day, and 41,5 % smoke 15 or more sticks per day. Average age at smoking initiation is 19 years; 46,7 % smoker was Senior high school graduates, 20,5 % junior high school and 10,9 % Primary school compare to 21,4 % with university. About 75,5 % smokers are The National Health Insurance participant, age of initiation of smoking was 19 years. Conclusions: The prevalence of male smokers in Medan is higher than the national prevalence, while women smokers is lower than the national prevalence, this needs to be a concern. Most smokers are national health insurance participants, so this behavior is very risky to cause preventable diseases. Health centre should prioritize promotive and preventive services for smokers.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Juanita. and Fitria M. (2018). Smoking Prevalence among Head of Household in Medan.In Proceedings of the International Conference of Science, Technology, Engineering, Environmental and Ramification Researches - Volume 1: ICOSTEERR, ISBN 978-989-758-449-7, pages 679-683. DOI: 10.5220/0010083806790683

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icosteerr18,
author={Juanita and Maya Fitria},
title={Smoking Prevalence among Head of Household in Medan},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference of Science, Technology, Engineering, Environmental and Ramification Researches - Volume 1: ICOSTEERR,},
year={2018},
pages={679-683},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0010083806790683},
isbn={978-989-758-449-7},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the International Conference of Science, Technology, Engineering, Environmental and Ramification Researches - Volume 1: ICOSTEERR,
TI - Smoking Prevalence among Head of Household in Medan
SN - 978-989-758-449-7
AU - Juanita.
AU - Fitria M.
PY - 2018
SP - 679
EP - 683
DO - 10.5220/0010083806790683