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Smoking differences among African American, Hispanic, and White middle school students in an urban setting.
Full Abstract
INTRODUCTION:
Cross-sectional studies have repeatedly observed that African American adolescents are less likely to smoke when compared to White and Hispanic adolescents. Although much is known among high school samples, few scientifically based studies have reported these race and ethnic differences in cigarette smoking among younger samples.
METHODS:
This study employed a secondary analysis of data from a 3-year middle school violence prevention project. The study design was a 3-year serial cross-sectional survey, out of which a cohort of students from sixth to eighth grade was formed. Smoking measurers were taken yearly.
RESULTS:
8865 students responded in 1994, 9115 in 1995, and 9364 in 1996; 1589 students are in the 3-year cohort. Smoking prevalence rates from both measurement periods confirm the disparity between African Americans, Whites, and Hispanic youth. Although weak in sixth grade, by eighth grade, White and Hispanic students are smoking at two to four times the rate of their African American classmates.
CONCLUSIONS:
Clearly, more etiological research needs to be conducted to understand the social, cultural, and intrapersonal forces that operate to inhibit the onset of smoking in African American youth and promote the onset of smoking in White and Hispanic youth.
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Author information
Author/s: Kelder, Steven H (SH); Prokhorov, Alexander (A); Barroso, Cristina S (CS); Murray, Nancy (N); Orpinas, Pamela (P); McCormick, Laura (L);
Affiliation: School of Public Health, Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, P.O. Box 20186, Houston, TX 77225, USA. Steven.H.Kelder(-atsign-)uth.tmc.edu
Grants: U48CCU609653 (Agency:United States CDC) ; U81/CCU609953-02 (Agency:United States CDC)
Journal and publication information
Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
Journal: Addictive behaviors (Addict Behav), published in England. (Language: eng)
Reference: 2003-Apr; vol 28 (issue 3) : pp 513-22
Dates: Created 2003/03/11; Completed 2003/06/04; Revised 2007/11/14;
PMID: 12628623, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)
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