Support for smoke-free multi-unit housing policies among racially and ethnically diverse, low-income seniors in South Florida.
Support for smoke-free multi-unit housing policies among racially and ethnically diverse, low-income seniors in South Florida.
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DOI：
10.1007/s10823-014-9247-4
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发表时间：
2014-12
影响因子：
2
通讯作者：
Corrales, Lindsay
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作者：
Cook, Nicole J;Hollar, Lucas;Chavez, Summer;Quinn, David L;Phillips, Teina;DeLucca, Michael;Corrales, Lindsay
以前的研究已经衡量了在美国实施无烟多单元住房（MUH）政策的支持，但没有一项研究专门研究了生活在低收入MUH中的种族和民族多样性老年人的态度。我们调查了佛罗里达布劳沃德县24个低收入住房物业中62岁及以上老年人（n = 807）的便利样本，以评估居民的吸烟行为，二手烟暴露和对无烟政策的支持。研究样本在种族和种族上是多样化的，西班牙裔占人口的61%以上，22%被确定为黑人或其他种族。虽然接近22%的样本是以前的吸烟者，但只有9%的居民报告说现在是吸烟者。大部分受访居民支持禁烟政策：75%支持个别单位禁烟; 77%支持公共地方禁烟; 68%支持户外禁烟。超过29%的受访居民报告说，他们暴露在从大楼其他地方进入他们单位的二手烟中。报告有家庭吸烟规则的居民支持室内政策的可能性是允许在家中任何地方吸烟的居民的两倍多（OR = 2.36; 95%CI 1.25-4.43; p ≤ 0.01），非吸烟居民支持室内政策的可能性是吸烟者的近三倍（OR = 2.89; 95%CI 1.44-5.79; p ≤ 0.01）。对室内政策的支持不受年龄、性别、民族或种族的影响。.这项研究表明，老年人生活在低收入MUH物业压倒性地支持无烟政策的实施。
Previous studies have gauged support for implementing smoke-free multi-unit housing (MUH) policies in the United States, but none have specifically examined attitudes among racially and ethnically diverse elders living in low-income MUH. We surveyed a convenience sample of elders 62 years of age and older (n = 807) across 24 low-income housing properties in Broward County, Florida in order to assess residents’ smoking behaviors, exposure to second-hand smoke, and support for smoke-free policies. The study sample was ethnically and racially diverse with Hispanics comprising more than 61 % of the population, and 22 % identifying as Black or other races. Although close to 22 % of the sample were former smokers, only 9 % of residents reported being current smokers. The majority of residents surveyed supported no-smoking policies: 75 % support no-smoking policies for individual units; 77 % supported no-smoking policies in common areas; and, 68 % supported no-smoking policies in outdoor areas. Over 29 % of residents surveyed reported being exposed to secondhand smoke entering their units from elsewhere in their building. Residents who reported having a home smoking rule were more than twice as likely to support an indoor policy compared to residents who allowed smoking anywhere in their home (OR = 2.36; 95%CI 1.25–4.43; p ≤ 0.01), and nonsmoking residents were nearly three times as likely to support an indoor policy compared to smokers (OR = 2.89; 95%CI 1.44–5.79; p ≤ 0.01). Support for an indoor policy was not modified by age, gender, ethnicity or race. . This study demonstrates that elders living in low-income MUH properties overwhelmingly supported the implementation of smoke-free policies.