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OhAiseadha, Coilin and Killeen, M and Howell, Fenton and Saunders, Jean (2014) An audit of smoking prevalence and awareness of HSE smoking cessation services among HSE Staff. Irish Medical Journal, 107, (4),

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This audit estimated smoking prevalence and awareness of quit services among Health Service Executive (HSE) staff. A questionnaire posted to a random sample of 1,064 staff received a 71% response rate. Staff smoking prevalence was 15.0% overall, and 4.4% among Medical/Dental staff. Front-line healthcare staff were less likely to smoke than other staff categories (adjusted OR 0.38, p<0.001). Only 63.6% of staff were aware of HSE quit services. Targeted interventions are required to help staff to quit smoking and to boost awareness of quit services.


Item Type
Article
Publication Type
Irish-related, Open Access, Article
Drug Type
Tobacco / Nicotine
Intervention Type
General / Comprehensive
Date
2014
Publisher
Irish Medical Organisation
Volume
107
Number
4
EndNote
Accession Number
HRB (Electronic Only)

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