Characteristics and Prevalence of Tobacco Use Among Somali Youth in Minnesota
Characteristics and Prevalence of Tobacco Use Among Somali Youth in Minnesota
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DOI：
10.1016/j.amepre.2010.09.009
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发表时间：
2010-12-01
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5.5
通讯作者：
DuBois, Diana K.
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作者：
Giuliani, Kristin K. W.;Mire, Osman;DuBois, Diana K.
背景：索马里人构成了美国最大的非洲难民群体，自2000年以来，已有超过55000名主要难民抵达美国。明尼苏达州是美国索马里人口最多的州。尽管明尼苏达州面积很大，但几乎没有人进行研究来确定索马里青年的烟草使用程度。目的：本文报告了一项知识、态度和行为(KAP)调查的结果，该调查旨在探索与预防、开始和戒烟相关的因素，并可靠地估计明尼苏达州9至12年级索马里青年的烟草使用流行率。方法：AKAP调查以经过验证的州和全国青年烟草使用调查为基础，于2008年适用于索马里青年，并对明尼苏达州7所高中的302名索马里少数民族青年进行了调查。采用概率比例多阶段随机抽样方法对调查对象进行抽样调查。结果：索马里高中生“经常吸烟”的估计患病率为12.8%，当前吸烟率为4.7%。这是明尼苏达州高中生全州吸烟流行率(19.1%)的四分之一，是全国黑人/非裔美国人吸烟流行率(11.6%)的一半。曾经吸烟者更有可能有亲密的朋友或与吸烟者同居(p
Background: Somalis compose the largest African refugee group in the U.S., with more than 55,000 primary arrivals since 2000. Minnesota has the largest Somali population in the U.S. Despite its size, little research has been conducted to determine the extent of tobacco use among Somali youth.Purpose: This paper reports the results from a knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) survey designed to explore factors related to tobacco-use prevention, initiation, and cessation, and to reliably estimate tobacco-use prevalence among Somali youth in grades 9 through 12 in Minnesota.Methods: AKAP survey, modeled after validated state and national youth tobacco-use surveys, was adapted for Somali youth and administered to ethnically Somali youth (N=302) from seven high schools in Minnesota in 2008. Participants were chosen through probability-proportional-to-size and multi-stage random sampling methods, and the results were analyzed in 2009.Results: Somali high school students' estimated prevalence for "ever-users" of cigarettes was 12.8%, and current use was 4.7%. This is one quarter of the reported statewide smoking prevalence for Minnesota high school students (19.1%) and half of the nationwide prevalence for blacks/African Americans (11.6%). Ever-users were more likely to have close friends or live with someone who smoked cigarettes (p