1. Social and Environmental Factors Related to Smoking Cessation among Mothers: Findings from the Geographic Research on Wellbeing (GROW) Study.
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Castro Y, Heck K, Forster JL, Widome R, and Cubbin C
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- Adult, Black or African American psychology, California epidemiology, California ethnology, Cross-Sectional Studies, Emigrants and Immigrants statistics & numerical data, Female, Friends psychology, Hispanic or Latino ethnology, Hispanic or Latino statistics & numerical data, Humans, Prevalence, Smoking ethnology, Socioeconomic Factors, White People statistics & numerical data, Young Adult, Mothers statistics & numerical data, Smoking epidemiology, Smoking Cessation statistics & numerical data, Social Support
- Abstract
Objectives: The current study examined associations between race/ethnicity and psychosocial/environmental factors with current smoking status, and whether psychosocial/environmental factors accounted for racial differences in smoking status in a population-based sample of mothers in California., Methods: Cross-sectional data from 542 women with a history of smoking were used. Analyses adjusted for age, partner status, and educational attainment., Results: In models adjusted for sociodemographics, black women had significantly lower odds, and Latina immigrants had significantly higher odds of being a former smoker compared to white women. Persons smoking in the home, having a majority of friends who smoke, having perceptions of their neighborhood as being somewhat or very unsafe, and experiencing food insecurity were associated with decreased odds of being a former smoker. When these variables were entered into a single model, only being a Latina immigrant and having a majority of friends who smoke were significantly associated with smoking status., Conclusions: Black women demonstrated a notable disparity compared with white women in smoking status, accounted for by psychosocial/environmental factors. Immigrant Latinas demonstrated notable success in ever quitting smoking. Social networks may be important barriers to smoking cessation among women.
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- 2015
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