Exposure to Messages on Risk Factors for Noncommunicable Diseases in a Rural Province of Vietnam

Table 3

Information sources for those exposed to NCD information in past month, by four lifestyle risk factors for NCDs, and by age group.

Information sources	Smoking						Drinking						Diet						Inactivity
	< 60 age (n = 1096)		>= 60 age (n= 359)		Total (n = 1455)		< 60 age (n = 1112)		>= 60 age (n= 374)		Total (n = 1486)		< 60 age (n = 940)		>= 60 age (n= 337)		Total (n = 1277)		< 60 age (n = 814)		>= 60 age (n= 324)		Total (n = 1138)
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Health workers	119	10.9	62	17.3	181	12.4	115	10.3	61	16.3	176	11.8	133	14.1	93	27.6	226	17.7	80	9.8	68	21.0	148	13.0
Family members	118	10.8	39	10.9	157	10.8	148	13.3	56	15.9	204	13.7	74	7.9	36	10.7	110	8.6	69	8.5	43	13.3	112	9.8
Friends/neighbor	218	19.9	66	18.4	284	19.5	259	23.3	88	23.5	347	23.4	161	17.1	71	21.1	232	18.2	140	17.2	85	26.2	225	19.8
Radio	222	20.3	81	22.6	303	20.8	227	20.4	86	23.0	313	21.1	136	14.5	52	15.4	188	14.7	126	15.5	50	15.4	176	15.5
TV	855	78.0	282	78.6	1137	78.1	841	75.6	289	77.3	1130	76.0	664	70.6	236	70.0	900	70.5	556	68.3	211	65.1	767	67.4
Internet	184	16.8	4	1.1	188	12.9	173	15.6	4	1.1	177	11.9	164	17.4	5	1.5	169	13.2	152	18.7	3	0.9	155	13.6
Others	134	12.2	30	8.3	164	10.6	93	8.4	26	6.9	119	8.0	100	10.6	23	6.8	123	9.6	85	10.4	26	8.0	111	9.7

newspaper, leaflet, poster, etc.