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Table 2 Percentage distribution of school workers good knowledge about health hazards and positive attitude by demographic characteristics, availability of school policies, preventive practices in schools and Toombak use

From: School workers’ knowledge, attitude and behaviour related to use of Toombak: a cross sectional study from Khartoum state, Sudan

Characteristic

Good knowledge

Positive attitude

Age group

% (n)

% (n)

  < 40 years

55. (77)

88.9 (120)

  ≥ 40 years

54.9 (45)

81.9 (68)

Gender

 Male

52.3 (57)

81.3 (87)

 Female

58.5 (62)

92.5 (98)*

Position

 Others

66.7 (20)

75.9 (22)

 Teachers

54.1 (105)

88 (169)

Teaching health issues

 No

47.2 (51)

86.5 (96)

 Yes

62.5 (75)*

85 (91)

Knowledge about Toombak related health hazards

 Poor knowledge

 

84.2 (80)

 Good knowledge

 

86.7 (104)

Availability of the policy

 No

51.3 (40)

80.8 (63)

 Yes

57.1 (80)

88.3 (121)

Effectiveness of schools’ policy prohibit Toombak

 Not effective policy

53.4 (39)

84.4 (65)

 Yes effective policy

58.4 (73)

85.7 (102)

Preventive practices

 Poor practice

43.3 (39)

85.9 (79)

 Good practice

62.7 (79)**

85.8 (103)

Ever Toombak use

 Non-users

54.4 (106)

88.1 (170)

 Ever user

63.6 (14)

63.6 (14)**

  1. * P < 0.05, ** P < 0.001