TY - JOUR
T1 - Exposure to environmental tobacco smoke in relation to behavioral, emotional, social and health indicators of slovak school children
AU - Sevcikova, Ludmila
AU - Babjakova, Jana
AU - Jurkovicova, Jana
AU - Samohyl, Martin
AU - Stefanikova, Zuzana
AU - Machacova, Erika
AU - Vondrova, Diana
AU - Janekova, Etela
AU - Hirosova, Katarina
AU - Filova, Alexandra
AU - Weitzman, Michael
AU - Argalasova, Lubica
N1 - Funding Information:
Funding: This manuscript was partially supported by the grant Y.A.B.S. (Youth and Parents Behavioral Survey in Slovakia) O-15-101-/0001-00, by the ESFOPV project, MPH study programme development at Comenius University in Bratislava in English language (Master of Public Health) ITMS code of the project: 261402300093 and by KEGA project No 057UK-4/2017 Innovation of teaching by multimedia training program creation for the health protection and promotion of population.
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PY - 2018/7
Y1 - 2018/7
N2 - Environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) exposure has been shown in general as a major environmental risk factor and deserves attention in vulnerable population groups. The aim of the project is to analyze the relationships among the ETS and behavior and health in 6−15-year-old children in Slovakia. The status of physical and mental health of children in relation to exposure to tobacco smoke was examined in a representative group of 1478 school children. The methods used, included anonymous questionnaires filled in by parents, Columbia Impairment Scale (CIS), Behavior Problem Index (BPI) and anthropometry. The prevalence of ETS exposure is the highest in the capital (27%) and southern cities. A significant association was found between ETS and age, socio-economic status, incompleteness of the family, level of mother’s education and a higher prevalence of respiratory diseases (26.7%). The relationships of ETS with emotional (CIS scores ≥ 16) and behavioral functions (BPI score ≥ 14) were significant in children exposed to mother’s or father’s smoking at home. In the multivariate analysis these associations were not significant; the factors such as income and completeness of the family were dominant. The results showed mostly the predominant impact of social factors on the physical and mental health status of Slovak school children.
AB - Environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) exposure has been shown in general as a major environmental risk factor and deserves attention in vulnerable population groups. The aim of the project is to analyze the relationships among the ETS and behavior and health in 6−15-year-old children in Slovakia. The status of physical and mental health of children in relation to exposure to tobacco smoke was examined in a representative group of 1478 school children. The methods used, included anonymous questionnaires filled in by parents, Columbia Impairment Scale (CIS), Behavior Problem Index (BPI) and anthropometry. The prevalence of ETS exposure is the highest in the capital (27%) and southern cities. A significant association was found between ETS and age, socio-economic status, incompleteness of the family, level of mother’s education and a higher prevalence of respiratory diseases (26.7%). The relationships of ETS with emotional (CIS scores ≥ 16) and behavioral functions (BPI score ≥ 14) were significant in children exposed to mother’s or father’s smoking at home. In the multivariate analysis these associations were not significant; the factors such as income and completeness of the family were dominant. The results showed mostly the predominant impact of social factors on the physical and mental health status of Slovak school children.
KW - Behavioral Problem Index
KW - Columbia Impairment Scale
KW - Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS)
KW - Mental health
KW - Physical health
KW - Slovak school children
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U2 - 10.3390/ijerph15071374
DO - 10.3390/ijerph15071374
M3 - Article
C2 - 29966330
AN - SCOPUS:85049507067
SN - 1661-7827
VL - 15
JO - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
JF - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
IS - 7
M1 - 1374
ER -