Youth Assets, Neighborhood Factors, Parental Income, and Tobacco Use

A Longitudinal Study of Health Disparities

Bibliographic Data

ID15465761
AuthorsEleni L Tolma (0000-0002-7317-0559, European University Cyprus, corresponding author), Sara K Vesely (0000-0003-3448-0156, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center), Lindsay Boeckman (0000-0002-2622-9853, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center), Roy F Oman (0000-0001-7733-4832, University of Nevada, Reno), Cheryl B Aspy (University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center)
Year2022
Volume19
Issue19
Pages12330-12330
Publication date2022-09-28
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
PublisherMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph191912330
PMID36231631
OpenAlexW4297486029
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited36

This study aimed to assess how the relationship between youth assets and future no-tobacco use among youth might differ according to race/ethnicity, neighborhood factors and socio-economic status. Five waves of annual data were collected from 1111 youth/parent pairs living in Oklahoma, USA who were randomly selected to participate in the Youth Asset Study (YAS). A marginal logistic regression model using all five waves of no-tobacco use, demographics, and their interaction was used to compare the change in tobacco use over time. Among 1111 youth, (Mean age = 14.3; 53% female; 39% White, 28% Hispanic, 24% Black, and 9% other), the percentage of youth tobacco use increased significantly from baseline to wave 5 (4 years after baseline) for all racial/ethnic groups and all parental income groups. Assets were prospectively associated with no tobacco use in the past 30 days for Black, White and Hispanic youth and for youth in all income categories (adjusted odds ratio range = 1.9-2.7). There was one statistically significant association between the neighborhood environment and future no tobacco use. To conclude, the protective effects of youth assets in terms of prevention of tobacco use among youth do not differ by youth race/ethnicity or parental income in the presence of neighborhood environmental factors

Demographics · Developmental psychology · Environmental health · Ethnic group · Geography · Household income · Logistic regression · Longitudinal study · Odds · Political science · Population · Positive Youth Development · Sociology · Tobacco use · Climate Change and Health Impacts · Demography · Health disparities and outcomes · Homelessness and Social Issues · Medicine · Psychology · Gerontology

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