Racial Disparities in Tobacco Use and Social Influences in a Rural Southern Middle School

Autor/inn/en	Muilenburg, Jessica L.; Johnson, William D.; Annang, Lucy; Strasser, Sheryl M.
Titel	Racial Disparities in Tobacco Use and Social Influences in a Rural Southern Middle School
Quelle	In: Journal of School Health, 76 (2006) 5, S.195-200 (6 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-4391
Schlagwörter	Smoking; Social Influences; Middle Schools; Rural Areas; Racial Differences; Middle School Students; Questionnaires; African Americans; White Students; Females; Student Attitudes; Mississippi + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Rauchen; Sozialer Einfluss; Middle school; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Rassenunterschied; Middle schools; Student; Students; Schüler; Schülerin; Fragebogen; Afroamerikaner; Weibliches Geschlecht; Schülerverhalten
Abstract	This study investigated racial differences of tobacco use and social exposure to tobacco products in a sample of middle school students. Questionnaires were administered in January 2005 to 290 students in a Mississippi Delta-area middle school. The participants were 51.0% female and 56.6% African American. Unadjusted odds ratios revealed that Caucasian students were statistically more likely than were African American students to (1) have ever tried smoking, (2) have ever been a daily smoker, (3) have smoked in the past 30 days, (4) live with someone who smokes, (5) have seen a parent or guardian smoke, and (6) have friends who smoke. In contrast, African Americans were more likely to report "no one is allowed to smoke" in their home. Caucasian females had the highest rates of smoking, as well as the highest exposure to social smoking behaviors. This study not only showed that Caucasians were indeed smoking more but also that African American adolescents do not have the same exposure to social smoking, particularly African American females. Of particular interest was why the differences eventually dissipate and smoking rates are virtually the same in adulthood. A greater understanding of the impact of exposure to tobacco use on an adolescent's own tobacco use is vital to prevention efforts, especially in regard to racial differences. Future research on youth tobacco prevention and cessation programs should focus on sociocultural and racial differences in the development of tobacco use in adolescents. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10