Preventing Chronic Diseases: Investing Wisely in Health: Preventing Tobacco Use

Abstract The aims of the study were to assess the prevalence and analyze the associated factors of medication use among teachers. A cross-sectional study was carried out, involving 530 teachers from Londrina city, Paraná, Brazil. The dependent variable was prescribed medication use and the independent variables were sociodemographic, work-related, lifestyle, health disorders, and chronic diseases, all assessed through questionnaires. Prevalence of medication use was 59.1%. Chronic disease was associated with all medications analyzed. Variables positively associated with medication use according to health disorder type were: Cardiometabolic (Length of employment, overweight, not current tobacco use, and TV viewing); Psychological (Length of employment, common mental disorders, current tobacco use, and disability); Orthopedic (Length of employment, health insurance, overweight, musculoskeletal pain, low job support, and disability); Respiratory (TV viewing and problems related to dust or chalk powder); and Gastrointestinal (common mental disorders and physical activity [negative association]). Support for access, the appropriate use of medicines, and a reduction in medication use should consider work-related, lifestyle, and health disorders, as well as chronic diseases.

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Keeping Oregonians Healthy: Preventing Chronic Diseases by Reducing Tobacco Use, Improving Diet, and Promoting Physical Activity and Preventive Screenings

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e717372007-001 ◽

2007 ◽

Keyword(s):

Physical Activity ◽

Chronic Diseases ◽

Tobacco Use

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Perceived Importance of Health Concerns Among Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Adults in a National, Probability-Based Phone Survey, 2017

Health Promotion Practice ◽

10.1177/1524839920908226 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 21 (5) ◽

pp. 764-768 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Marcella H. Boynton ◽

Jeffrey Gilbert ◽

Bonnie E. Shook-Sa ◽

Joseph G. L. Lee

Keyword(s):

Alcohol Use ◽

Confidence Interval ◽

Chronic Diseases ◽

Tobacco Use ◽

Health Problem ◽

Health Problems ◽

Hate Crimes ◽

Health Differences ◽

Bisexual And Transgender ◽

Hiv Aids

Perceptions of the importance of health problems can drive advocacy, policy change, resource distribution, and individual behaviors. However, little is known about how lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT), that is, sexual and gender minority (SGM) adults view the health problems facing SGM populations. In a 2017 national, probability-based survey of U.S. SGM adults ( N = 453), we asked respondents to identify the most serious health problem facing SGM people today. Participants also rated the seriousness of five specific health problems (HIV/AIDS, suicide, hate crimes, harmful alcohol use, tobacco use). Analyses accounted for the complex sampling design and were stratified by gender identity. One quarter of U.S. SGM adults identified the most serious health problem facing SGM people to be HIV/AIDS (95% confidence interval [20.3, 31.2]). More respondents stated there were no serious LGBT health differences compared with straight/cisgender adults (4.2%, confidence interval [2.6, 5.9]) than identified tobacco use, hate crimes, chronic diseases, cancer, or suicide as the most serious. Importance ratings differed by gender and tobacco/alcohol use were perceived as less serious compared with HIV/AIDS, suicide, and hate crimes. Attention paid to HIV/AIDS by the SGM public, while important, may hinder efforts to address chronic diseases and other health issues affecting SGM people.

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