Cell phone RDD sampling to reach young adults for tobacco control surveillance

描述（由申请人提供）：数据表明，虽然在20世纪90年代中期，所有其他年龄组的吸烟率都在下降，但年轻人的吸烟率却在上升，并且仍然是所有年龄组中吸烟率最高的。此外，没有大学学位的年轻人吸烟率是受过大学教育的同龄人的两倍。因此，烟草使用可能仍然是下一代年轻成年吸烟者过早死亡和残疾的头号原因。鉴于他们的高流动率和相当大的比例上大学，还没有一个有效的机制来抽样年轻人进行烟草监测。然而，无线替代对传统的随机数字拨号调查造成了挑战，这种调查产生了固定电话家庭电话号码的样本，实际上可能会最大限度地减少甚至消除与年轻人有关的研究中以前的方法问题。截至2008年，年轻人的手机拥有率接近90%。关于加强将年轻人纳入烟草监测的战略的研究很少。拟议的研究回应了NIH PAR-08-212：行为和社会科学的方法和测量，并描述了一项计划，通过开发和实施针对这一人群的新的创新样本设计，改善年轻人在烟草控制监测和研究中的参与。因此，我们将：1）开发和实施创新的样本设计，以覆盖年轻人，并为这一代表性不足的群体生成具有全国代表性的烟草控制数据，2）检查并比较我们的抽样方法与传统方法的可行性，如行为风险因素监测调查，州一级RDD调查;国家健康访谈调查，使用区域概率样本;和哈佛大学酒精调查，一个基于大学的样本，3）通过管理两波数据收集来检查手机RDD抽样方法随时间的稳定性，以及4）通过分析我们关于使用其他烟草产品的烟草特定调查数据来更新年轻人的烟草控制知识库，戒烟、对烟草控制政策的态度以及参与烟草业营销做法。这项拟议研究的意义在于，它有可能提高所收集的关于年轻人烟草使用行为的数据的质量和科学能力，这对于为烟草控制计划和政策提供信息至关重要。 公共卫生相关性：年轻人的吸烟率仍然是所有年龄组中最高的。然而，研究和监测活动在接触这一多样化和高度移动的人口群体方面面临许多挑战。无线替代在许多家庭中的快速增长给传统的电话调查带来了重大问题，传统的电话调查依赖于对固定电话号码进行抽样，但实际上可能会最大限度地减少对年轻人进行抽样的挑战。拟议的手机采样研究将提高收集的年轻人烟草使用行为数据的质量和科学能力，并有助于为烟草控制计划和政策提供信息。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Data indicate that while smoking prevalence was decreasing for all other age groups in the mid 1990s, smoking prevalence increased for young adults and remains among the highest of all age groups. Moreover, young adults without a college degree smoke at twice the rate of their college-educated counterparts. Thus, tobacco use is likely to remain the number one cause of premature death and disability into the next generation of young adult smokers. Given their high mobility rate and the sizeable proportion attending college, there has not been an effective mechanism by which to sample young adults for tobacco surveillance. However, wireless substitution, which is creating a challenge for traditional random-digit-dialed surveys that generate a sample of landline household telephone numbers, may actually minimize or even eliminate prior methodological issues in research related to young adults. As of 2008, cell phone ownership approached 90 percent among young adults. Little research exists on strategies to enhance the inclusion of young adults in tobacco surveillance. The proposed research responds to NIH PAR-08-212: Methodology and Measurement in the Behavioral and Social Sciences and describes a plan to improve the inclusion of young adults in tobacco control surveillance and research via the development and implementation of a new innovative sample design specific to this population. Accordingly, we will: 1) develop and implement an innovative sample design to reach young adults and generate nationally representative tobacco control data for this underrepresented group, 2) examine and compare the viability of our sampling approach with traditional methods such as the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey, a state level RDD survey; the National Health Interview Survey, which utilizes an area probability sample; and the Harvard College Alcohol Survey, a college-based sample, 3) examine the stability of a cell phone RDD sampling approach over time by administering two waves of data collection, and 4) update the tobacco control knowledge base on young adults by analyzing our tobacco-specific survey data with respect to the use of other tobacco products, cessation of tobacco, attitudes towards tobacco control policies, and participation in tobacco industry marketing practices. The significance of this proposed research is its potential to improve the quality and scientific power of data collected on tobacco use behavior among young adults, which is critical to informing tobacco control programs and policies. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: Smoking prevalence among young adults remains among the highest of all age groups. However, research and surveillance activities face many challenges in reaching this diverse and highly mobile population group. The rapid growth of wireless substitution in many households introduces significant problems for traditional telephone surveys that rely on sampling landline telephone numbers but may actually minimize prior challenges to sampling young adults. The proposed research on cell phone sampling will improve the quality and scientific power of data collected on tobacco use behavior among young adults and helps to inform tobacco control programs and policies.