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

dc.contributor.author	Al-Kaf, Mohammed Saleh Ahmed
dc.date.accessioned	2020-10-26T01:01:10Z
dc.date.available	2020-10-26T01:01:10Z
dc.date.issued	2017-10
dc.description.abstract	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.	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/10593
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Universiti Sains Malaysia	en_US
dc.subject	Development And Effectiveness Of Mass Media Education Campaign	en_US
dc.subject	Knowledge, Beliefs, Attitudes And Behaviour Relating To Qat Chewing	en_US
dc.subject	Health Risk Among Secondary School Students In Aden, Yemen	en_US
dc.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	en_US
dc.type	Thesis	en_US