Educational strategy to reduce smoking the latterhead. San juan and Martinez

Duarte Hernández, Estévez Mitjans, Morejón Alonso, Ajete Martínez and Dueñas Fragoso

Health Leadership and Quality of Life, 2024, vol. 3, .509

Abstract: Smoking is an important challenge faced by health professionals in their care practice around the world. Objective: To design an educational strategy to reduce smoking in the Punta de Cartas Medical Office in San Juan y Martínez during 2022. Material and method: applied, descriptive, retrospective and cross-sectional study. The universe was represented by patients who were classified as smokers with a total of 127 people. The variables to be studied were: sex, age groups, occupation, situations for which they started smoking, distribution according to risk factors, among others. The information was presented in tables and figures for better understanding and ethical aspects were taken into account. The statistical analysis used was the percentage value. Results: There was a predominance of white males over 66 years of age with a secondary education level, 70.1% started smoking before the age of 20, retired people and housewives together, exceed the peasants with 27.5%. An educational strategy was designed for the prevention and control of smoking. Conclusions: There was a predominance of white males over 66 years of age, with a secondary education level, where 70.1% started smoking before the age of 20. Retired people and housewives together, exceed the peasants with 27.5%. Television and radio were the media through which they received information about smoking. Due to this situation, an educational strategy was designed for the prevention and control of this addiction

Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.56294/hl2024.509

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