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Table 4 Ever Toombak use and knowledge about health related hazard regressed upon age, attitude of school workers towards their role in Toombak control and enforcement of the policy among students, preventive practices and Teaching health issues

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

Characteristics

Ever use OR (95% CI)

Knowledge about related health hazard

Age group

  ≤ 40 years

1

 

  > 40 years

4.43 (1.45–13.54)**

 

Attitude towards their role in Toombak control

 Negative attitude

1

 

 Positive attitude

0.26(0.08–0.80)*

 

Policy enforced among students

 No policy

1

 

 Completely enforced

1.41 (0.41–4.80)

 

 Partially enforced

3.35 (0.58–19.34)

 

 Not all enforced

0.41 (0.07–2.40)

 

Teaching health issues

 No

 

1

 Yes

 

1.50 (0.85–2.65)

Preventive practices

 Poor practice

 

1

 Good practice

 

1.93 (1.09–3.43)*

  1. * P < 0.05, ** P < 0.001