Development And Effectiveness Of Mass Media Education Campaign On The Knowledge, Beliefs, Attitudes And Behaviour Relating To Qat Chewing And Health Risk Among Secondary School Students In Aden, Yemen

Qat (Catha edulis) is a species belonging to the plant family Celastraceae. Qat is commonly chewed throughout East Africa and the Arabian Peninsula since the 11th centuryThe fresh leaves and buds of the plant contain cathinone and cathine as the active substances. Cathinone is an amphetamine like s...

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Main Author: Al-Kaf, Mohammed Saleh Ahmed
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Language:English
Published: 2017
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spelling my-usm-ep.477442020-10-28T06:56:57Z Development And Effectiveness Of Mass Media Education Campaign On The Knowledge, Beliefs, Attitudes And Behaviour Relating To Qat Chewing And Health Risk Among Secondary School Students In Aden, Yemen 2017-10 Al-Kaf, Mohammed Saleh Ahmed HV5800-5840 Drug habits. Drug abuse Qat (Catha edulis) is a species belonging to the plant family Celastraceae. Qat is commonly chewed throughout East Africa and the Arabian Peninsula since the 11th centuryThe fresh leaves and buds of the plant contain cathinone and cathine as the active substances. Cathinone is an amphetamine like stimulant responsible for most of its pharmacological action. Among them, is enhancing concentration, and this has been used as a reason for the students to consume qat. A cross-sectional study was carried out aimed at determining the prevalence of qat chewing among adolescents followed by a pre-test post-test experimental control design study aimed at evaluating the outcome of mass media educational campaign on the knowledge, beliefs, attitudes and behavior of qat chewing health risk among public secondary school students in Aden city, Yemen. 2017-10 Thesis http://eprints.usm.my/47744/ http://eprints.usm.my/47744/1/DEVELOPMENT%20AND%20EFFECTIVENESS%20OF.pdf application/pdf en public phd doctoral Universiti Sains Malaysia Pusat Racun Negara (National Poison Centre)
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Al-Kaf, Mohammed Saleh Ahmed
Development And Effectiveness Of Mass Media Education Campaign On The Knowledge, Beliefs, Attitudes And Behaviour Relating To Qat Chewing And Health Risk Among Secondary School Students In Aden, Yemen
description Qat (Catha edulis) is a species belonging to the plant family Celastraceae. Qat is commonly chewed throughout East Africa and the Arabian Peninsula since the 11th centuryThe fresh leaves and buds of the plant contain cathinone and cathine as the active substances. Cathinone is an amphetamine like stimulant responsible for most of its pharmacological action. Among them, is enhancing concentration, and this has been used as a reason for the students to consume qat. A cross-sectional study was carried out aimed at determining the prevalence of qat chewing among adolescents followed by a pre-test post-test experimental control design study aimed at evaluating the outcome of mass media educational campaign on the knowledge, beliefs, attitudes and behavior of qat chewing health risk among public secondary school students in Aden city, Yemen.
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author Al-Kaf, Mohammed Saleh Ahmed
author_facet Al-Kaf, Mohammed Saleh Ahmed
author_sort Al-Kaf, Mohammed Saleh Ahmed
title Development And Effectiveness Of Mass Media Education Campaign On The Knowledge, Beliefs, Attitudes And Behaviour Relating To Qat Chewing And Health Risk Among Secondary School Students In Aden, Yemen
title_short Development And Effectiveness Of Mass Media Education Campaign On The Knowledge, Beliefs, Attitudes And Behaviour Relating To Qat Chewing And Health Risk Among Secondary School Students In Aden, Yemen
title_full Development And Effectiveness Of Mass Media Education Campaign On The Knowledge, Beliefs, Attitudes And Behaviour Relating To Qat Chewing And Health Risk Among Secondary School Students In Aden, Yemen
title_fullStr Development And Effectiveness Of Mass Media Education Campaign On The Knowledge, Beliefs, Attitudes And Behaviour Relating To Qat Chewing And Health Risk Among Secondary School Students In Aden, Yemen
title_full_unstemmed Development And Effectiveness Of Mass Media Education Campaign On The Knowledge, Beliefs, Attitudes And Behaviour Relating To Qat Chewing And Health Risk Among Secondary School Students In Aden, Yemen
title_sort development and effectiveness of mass media education campaign on the knowledge, beliefs, attitudes and behaviour relating to qat chewing and health risk among secondary school students in aden, yemen
granting_institution Universiti Sains Malaysia
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publishDate 2017
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