Journal article
Staying smoke-free: Factors associated with nonsmoking among urban Aboriginal adolescents in the Study of Environment on Aboriginal Resilience and Child Health (SEARCH)
C Heris, KA Thurber, D Wright, D Thomas, C Chamberlain, L Gubhaju, S Sherriff, B McNamara, E Banks, N Smith, S Eades
Health Promotion Journal of Australia | WILEY | Published : 2021
DOI: 10.1002/hpja.430
Abstract
Issue addressed: To examine the factors associated with preventing regular smoking among Aboriginal adolescents. Methods: Cross-sectional analysis of data from 106 Aboriginal adolescents aged 12-17 years, and their caregivers, from four Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services in urban New South Wales, 2008-2012. The relation of individual, social, environmental and cultural factors to having ‘never’ smoked tobacco regularly was examined using Poisson regression. Results: Overall, 83% of adolescents had never smoked regularly; 13 reported current and five past smoking. Most lived in smoke-free homes (60%) despite 75% reporting at least one current smoker caregiver. Participants were s..
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Funding Acknowledgements
Study of Environment on Aboriginal Resilience and Child Health (SEARCH) from the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia, Grant/Award Number: 358457, 512685, 1023998 and 1035378; NSW Ministry of Health, Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute (APHCRI), beyondblue and the Rio Tinto Aboriginal Fund.; Australian Prevention Partnership Centre funded through the NHMRC partnership centre grant scheme, Grant/Award Number: GNT9100001 and GNT9100003; NHMRC, Australian Government Department of Health, ACT Ministry of Health, South Australian Department for Health and Wellbeing, Tasmanian Department of Health, and VicHealth