A Qualitative Study on Unassisted Smoking Cessation Among Chinese Canadian Immigrants
A Qualitative Study on Unassisted Smoking Cessation Among Chinese Canadian Immigrants
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DOI：
10.1177/1557988315627140
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发表时间：
2017-11-01
影响因子：
2.3
通讯作者：
Bottorff, Joan L.
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作者：
Mao, Aimei;Bottorff, Joan L.
众所周知，世界上大多数吸烟者在没有任何帮助的情况下戒烟。这一点在中国吸烟者中更加明显。这项定性研究的目的是探索吸烟的加拿大华裔移民男性如何获得戒烟辅助工具和服务，以及他们如何使用任何形式的戒烟辅助工具来帮助他们戒烟。该研究是在加拿大不列颠哥伦比亚省进行的。22名中国移民是通过互联网广告和与当地华人社区的联系招募的。22名参与者中有10人目前吸烟，其余12人在过去5年内戒烟。数据是通过半结构化访谈收集的。尽管所有参与者，包括前吸烟者和现在吸烟者，都曾不止一次尝试戒烟，但即使在移民到加拿大后，他们也很少使用戒烟辅助工具或服务。寻求戒烟援助的障碍分为两类：实际障碍和文化障碍。实践障碍包括缺乏戒烟辅助知识和难以获得戒烟辅助，而文化障碍包括拒绝对尼古丁的生理依赖、不信任戒烟辅助的有效性、自力更生解决问题的倾向以及对使用戒烟辅助的隐私泄露的关注。调查结果显示，中国移民不愿使用戒烟援助，这是因为作为移民的脆弱性以及文化培养的自我控制和自力更生的男性气概。
It is well-known that majority of smokers worldwide quit smoking without any assistance. This is even more evident among Chinese smokers. The aim of this qualitative study was to explore how Chinese Canadian immigrant men who smoked cigarettes perceived smoking cessation aids and services and how they used any form of the smoking cessation assistance to help them quit smoking. The study was conducted in British Columbia, Canada. Twenty-two Chinese immigrants were recruited by internet advertisement and through connections with local Chinese communities. Ten of the 22 participants were current smokers and the other 12 had quit smoking in the past 5 years. Data were collected using semistructured interviews. Although all participants, including both the ex-smokers and current smokers, had made more than one quit attempt, they rarely used cessation aids or services even after they had immigrated to Canada. The barriers to seeking the cessation assistance were grouped into two categories: practical barriers and cultural barriers. The practical barriers included Lack of available information on smoking cessation assistance and Difficulty in accessing smoking cessation assistance, while cultural barriers included Denial of physiological addiction to nicotine, Mistrust in the effectiveness of smoking cessation assistance, Tendency of self-reliance in solving problems, and Concern of privacy revelation related to utilization of smoking cessation assistance. The findings revealed Chinese immigrants' unwillingness to use smoking cessation assistance as the result of vulnerability as immigrants and culturally cultivated masculinities of self-control and self-reliance.