Dietary Sodium Intake: Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices in Shandong Province, China, 2011

Objective To identify the main sources of sodium in the Ecuadorian diet and determine knowledge, attitudes and practices related to the use of salt/sodium.Materials and Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted by taking a convenience sample of 177 adults. Socio-demographic, anthropometric and clinical data were collected. Frequency of consumption of food items high in sodium and knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding salt intake were evaluated.Results Meat products, sugary drinks, sausages, canned fish and seasonings are the food items with the highest consumption and sodium content. Nearly 97% of participants had a misperception about their sodium intake. While 99% know that a diet high in salt causes health problems, only 38.4% take a systematic action to regulate their salt intake.Conclusions There were a common misperception about sodium consumption. Only a small number of people take an action to reduce their consumption, although these actions was ineffective.

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Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Regarding Dietary Sodium in College Students

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior ◽

10.1016/j.jneb.2020.09.005 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 52 (12) ◽

pp. 1139-1147

Author(s):

Alison Webster ◽

Jinan Banna ◽

Eunjung Lim ◽

Cheryl L.K. Gibby ◽

Angela M. Rose ◽

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Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

Dietary Sodium ◽

Attitudes And Practices ◽

Knowledge Attitudes And Practices

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Doctors’ smoking control knowledge, attitudes and practices: a cross-sectional study conducted in Shandong Province, China

BMC Public Health ◽

10.1186/s12889-020-10076-x ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 21 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Qiang Wang ◽

Xueli Zhang ◽

Zengwu Wang ◽

Shangang Feng ◽

Yang Li ◽

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Keyword(s):

Smoking Cessation ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Shandong Province ◽

Smoking History ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Attitudes And Practices ◽

Smoking Control ◽

Control Knowledge ◽

Knowledge Attitudes And Practices

Abstract Background Doctors play an important role in smoking control. This study aimed to assess doctors’ smoking control knowledge, attitudes and practices to help doctors raise awareness of smoking control assistance. Methods This cross-sectional study recruited 1046 doctors from Shandong Province, China, by using multistage sampling. Participants’ information was collected by questionnaire. Pearson’s χ2 test and Fisher’s exact probability method were used to compare the distributions of categorical variables between/among groups. Results Among the participants, 14.7% were current smokers. Approximately 50.3% of participants had heard of smoking cessation drugs and 59.2% of participants thought that low-tar and low-nicotine cigarettes were as harmful to health as common cigarettes. Approximately 98.2 and 60.9% of participants agreed that smoking was related to lung cancer and male sexual dysfunction, respectively. Although 72.0% of participants believed that doctors should actively provide smoking cessation assistance, only 58.1% of participants considered that doctors should be responsible for providing smoking cessation assistance. Similarly, 85.2% of participants often asked about the smoking history of patients or their family members, while only 4.9% of participants had prescribed smoking cessation drugs for patients. Pediatricians had a higher proportion of “Agree” responses to the assessment items than doctors in other departments. Conclusions The results showed that doctors in Shandong Province did not have sufficient knowledge of smoking control. Slightly more than half of doctors thought that providing smoking cessation assistance was their responsibility. Only a few participants had prescribed smoking cessation drugs.

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