On-site evaluation of smoking, alcohol consumption and physical inactivity among commercial taxi drivers in Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality, South Africa

Adedokun, Aanuoluwa Odunayo; Ter Goon, Daniel; Owolabi, Eyitayo Omolara; Adeniyi, Oladele Vincent; Ajayi, Anthony Idowu

Title: On-site evaluation of smoking, alcohol consumption and physical inactivity among commercial taxi drivers in Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality, South Africa
Creator: Adedokun, Aanuoluwa Odunayo
Creator: Ter Goon, Daniel
Creator: Owolabi, Eyitayo Omolara
Creator: Adeniyi, Oladele Vincent
Creator: Ajayi, Anthony Idowu
Subject: Alcohol use
Subject: Substance use
Subject: Commercial drivers
Date Issued: 2019
Date: 2019
Type: article
Type: text
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/5086
Identifier: vital:44345
Identifier: https://doi.org/10.5539/gjhs.v11n2p110
Description: Commercial drivers have been identified as eliciting behaviours that promote non- communicable diseases and road traffic accidents. The aim of the study is to determine the prevalence and pattern of alcohol use, smoking and physical inactivity among commercial taxi drivers in Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality, South Africa. A cross-sectional study was conducted among 403 commercial drivers using the face-to-face interviews method. The WHO STEPwise questionnaire was used to obtain the demographic data, self-reported rate of alcohol consumption, tobacco use and physical inactivity. The participants’ mean age was 43.3 ± 12.5 years. About 30% of the participants were daily smokers, 37% consumed alcohol regularly and only 18% were physically active, whilst 82% were physically inactive. The prevalence of alcohol use, smoking and physical inactivity is high among commercial drivers in East London. Workplace health education on the health effects of these lifestyles’ risky behaviours on individuals and the general public should be given to the drivers.
Format: computer
Format: online resource
Format: application/pdf
Format: 1 online resource (8 pages)
Format: pdf
Language: English
Relation: Global Journal of Health Science
Relation: Global Journal of Health Science volume 11 number 2 2019
Rights: Canadian Center of Science and Education
Rights: Creative Commons Attribution License
Rights: Open Access https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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