Thesis (MPH.) -- University of Limpopo, 2016. / Introduction: Annually, hundred thousands of people worldwide die as a result of second hand smoke (SHS) exposure. There is no safe exposure level to SHS yet in Bulawayo, smokers have been observed smoking without restraint thus exposing non-smokers to SHS. The purpose of this study was to establish the prevalence and contributing factors of SHS exposure among adults in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.
Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted and participants were randomly selected from residents who visited the 13 municipal revenue halls. A structured questionnaire was used to collect data from respondents. Descriptive and multivariate logistic regression analyses were performed.
Results: Home SHS exposure prevalence was 22% and females were 2.11 times more likely than males to be exposed at home. Prevalence of SHS exposure in public transportation, health facilities, educational and food premises was 40.9%, 26.3%, 42,9% and 36.8% respectively.
Conclusion: SHS exposure in Bulawayo was high and there is need to reduce SHS exposure to non-smoking adults.
Keywords: Second hand smoke (SHS), Bulawayo, Prevalence, Exposure, Adult
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:ul/oai:ulspace.ul.ac.za:10386/1498 |
| Date | January 2016 |
| Creators | Ndlovu, Nkanyiso |
| Contributors | Kekana, M. P., Matlala, S. F. |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | xi, 80 leaves |
| Relation | Adobe Acrobat Reader |
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