This study investigates adolescents' attitudes and behaviors toward cigarette smoking in Ecuador. Using social cognitive theory as a basis, the cross-sectional survey focuses attention on such social influences as the smoking habits of family members and peers, as well as on the role of cigarette advertisements. Data on prevalence of actual use, access to cigarettes, and knowledge and attitudes...

UNLABELLED AIM Knowledge of the existence of a prolonged action of cardiovascular risk factors since childhood is extremely important in a country with one of the highest cardiovascular mortality in Europe. The purpose of this survey was to study the prevalence of arterial hypertension (AH) and cardiovascular risk factors in Romanian paediatric population. METHODS Children and adolescents ...

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) treatment is rapidly changing but little is known about patients' attitudes and knowledge about HCV. This study used a cross-sectional survey to examine the relationship between HCV knowledge and attitudes towards HCV in patients with HCV mono-infection and HIV/HCV co-infection. Subsequently, an education intervention was developed with an abridged version of the cross-s...

From a statistical viewpoint, a panel survey has the definite advantage that it offers more accurate estimates of changes than would repeated cross—sectional surveys with the sample size (Cochran, 1977, p.345). For example, suppose one wishes to monitor changes in bus use that may follow an introduction of a new line, and a sample of 1,000 households is drawn for a survey prior to the introduct...

We thank the Ministry of Social Welfare and Health, the National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health, Statistics Finland, and the Data Protection Authority for giving permission to link the registers. Contributors: MK designed and coordinated the study and wrote the paper, THP analysed the data and wrote the paper. JM did the data linkage and produced the data. JS interpreted...

BACKGROUND The negative impact of work has been the traditional focus of GP surveys. We know little about GP positive mental health and psychological resources. AIM To profile and contextualise GP positive mental health and personal psychological resources. DESIGN AND SETTING Cross-sectional survey of GPs working in Northern Ireland (NI). METHOD A questionnaire comprising the Warwick Edin...