Community health assessment: Knowledge, attitude and practice of women regarding water-pipe smoking in Bandar Abbas

Abstract

Based on the results of seventh round of community health assessment (CHA) in suburban areas of Bandar Abbas, "water-pipe smoking in women" was one of the major concerns of community members. Therefore, the present study designed to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice of women towards water-pipe smoking and related factors. High consumption of water-pipe among women was ranked as a prioritized health problem. To diagnose the problem, for creating action plan, the present cross - sectional study was conducted on 205 women aged over 18 randomly selected from Green-Tree region in suburb of Bandar Abbas city. All statistical analyses were performed using SPSS 24 software with 5 as the significant level. 205 women with a mean age of 36.9 (standard deviation:12.86) years, and a water-pipe prevalence of 15.1 were analyzed. The significant predictors of knowledge were educational level (beta = 0.182, p-value = 0.037), and being water-pipe smoker (beta = -0.251, p-value < 0.001); while for attitude they were educational level (beta = 0.221, p-value = 0.002), family size(beta = 0.152, p-value = 0.023), and subjective social status(beta = 0.149; p-value = 0.035); and for practice they was smoking waterpipe in parents (beta = -0.276, p-value < 0.001).The development action plans based on "CHA" could improve public health and enhance the performance of the community through improved education, policies and health interventions.