Tobacco Using Pattern and Health Status of Street Vendors in Dhaka City, Bangladesh
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS) - Year 2018, Vol 17, Issue 8
Abstract
Background: Street vending is a dominant occupation in urban areas of developing countries as well as very popular and customized in urban areas of Bangladesh. It offers goods or services for sale to the public without having a permanent built-up structure (head-load). Tobacco use is an important risk factor for noncommunicable diseases (NCD). In Bangladesh 43.3% adults use tobacco on regular basis. Objective: Present study was conducted to assess the pattern of tobacco using and health condition of street vendors in Dhaka city. Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted among the street venders in Mirpur area of Dhaka city. Face to face interview was conducted using pre-tested semi-structured questionnaire for data collection. Data was analyzed using SPSS version 16.0. Results: Information about tobacco use and health status was collected from 190 street vendors. The mean age ± SD of the respondents were 34.85±10.71 years. Among the respondents 94% were male. Overall 26.2% respondents were tobacco user (Smoker 23.7%, smokeless tobacco (SLT) user 8.9%, and duel tobacco user 6.4%). Among the age group of less than 40 years tobacco user was 35.2% (smoking 32.3%, SLT 10.7%, duel user 7.8%) and age group of 40 years or above, 24.7% (smoking 20.9%, 8.6%, duel user 4.8%) was tobacco user. The mean ± SD of smoking sticks per day were 9.45±7.1. Among the currently smokeless tobacco users 33.4% used Sadapata and/or Jorda with battle leaves, 40.7% used Gul and 25.9% others. Before starting vending 20% and 13.3% respondent were with excellent and poor in health respectively. After six months of vending health condition had changed into better 51.7%, worse 41.7%, and unchanged 6.7%. Majority of them (63.3%) assumed that car fume and other environmental pollutions were highly linked with this job as health risks and 43.33% thanked road traffic accidents. The behavior of 73.3% respondent had changed and among them 33.3% got depression, 30% easily angered and 25% anxiety. Conclusion: Tobacco use among street vendors is highly prevalent. Special cessation programs and health awareness programs need to be taken among that group of population.
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Md. Lutfor Rahman, Md. Maruf Hossain, Md. Shariful Islam, Maruf Rahman, Md. Adol Insan, Subal Chandra Roy, Muhammad Al- Amin, Md. Abul Hossain
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