Family- and Peer-Related Risk and Protective Factors for Tobacco Use Among American Indian Adolescents in California

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ID15414803
AuthorsJennifer B Unger (0000-0001-9064-6603, Lourdes University, corresponding author), Lourdes Báezconde‐garbanati (0000-0003-2713-9435, Lourdes University), Claradina Soto (0000-0003-1939-4022, Lourdes University)
Year2005
Volume3
Issue4
Pages1-15
Publication date2005-06-13
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1533-2640 • E-ISSN: 1533-2659
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1300/j233v03n04_01
OpenAlexW3099343452
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited19

American Indian adolescents have the highest smoking prevalence of all ethnic groups in the U.S., yet few representative, population-based studies have examined their risk and protective factors for smoking. This study used combined data from statewide samples of California adolescents in 1999 and 2002. The prevalence of lifetime and past-month cigarette smoking was higher among American Indian adolescents than among non-Indians. American Indian adolescents were more likely than non-Indian adolescents to have friends or parents who smoke. They were less likely to say that their parents had expressed a desire for them not to smoke, to have a complete smoking ban in the home, to believe that occasional smoking is harmful, and to believe that smoking helps keep weight down. Among the American Indian adolescents, the risk factors for lifetime smoking were friends’ smoking, parents’ smoking, no smoking ban in the home, and the belief that occasional smoking is not harmful. The risk factors for past-month smoking were friends’ smoking and the belief that occasional smoking is not harmful. Continued health education efforts are needed throughout American Indian communities to prevent nicotine dcpcndcncc among adolescents. Some promising strategies include encouraging American Indian parents to implement home smoking bans, countering peer influences, and reinforcing the message that even occasional smoking is harmful. However, smoking prevention in American Indian communities should be conducted in a culturally appropriate manner, recognizing the important role of sacred tobacco in American Indian cultures. [Article copies available for a fee from The Haworth Document Delivery Service: 1-800-HAWORTH. E-mail address: Website: © 2004 by The Haworth Press, Inc. All rights reserved.]

Environmental health · Ethnic group · Geography · Peer pressure · Population · Smoke · Tobacco use · Demography · Medicine · Psychology · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research · School Health and Nursing Education · Smoking Behavior and Cessation · Social Psychology

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