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- Title
Patterns of Tobacco Use and Related Protective Factors Among Somali Youth in the United States.
- Authors
Wilhelm, April K.; Parks, Michael J.; Eisenberg, Marla E.; Allen, Michele L.
- Abstract
Anti-smoking norms and educational aspirations are established tobacco prevention targets for general United States (U.S.) adolescent populations but protective factors remain poorly characterized for Somali-American youth. Here we describe patterns of past 30-day tobacco use and associated protective factors among eighth, ninth, and eleventh grade Somali adolescent respondents (n = 2009) to the 2016 Minnesota Student Survey using multivariate logistic regressions. E-cigarette (5.7%) and hookah (5.0%) use were most prevalent. Male youth reported higher levels of tobacco use across products. Adjusted odds ratios showed that internal developmental assets (e.g., e-cigarettes aOR 0.37, 95% CI 0.37, 0.79) and parental anti-smoking norms (e.g., e-cigarettes aOR 0.19, 95% CI 0.09, 0.38) protected against use of all tobacco products. E-cigarettes and hookah are prevalent among U.S. Somali youth, highlighting the need for prevention efforts that address emerging tobacco products and leverage protective factors such as internal assets and parental anti-smoking norms.
- Subjects
SOMALIA; UNITED States; MINNESOTA; SMOKING prevention; ANALYSIS of variance; CHI-squared test; CONFIDENCE intervals; IMMIGRANTS; REFUGEES; RESEARCH funding; SEX distribution; FOREIGN students; SURVEYS; TEENAGERS' conduct of life; SMOKING cessation products; MULTIPLE regression analysis; PSYCHOSOCIAL factors; TOBACCO products; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; ODDS ratio; ADOLESCENCE
- Publication
Journal of Immigrant & Minority Health, 2021, Vol 23, Issue 1, p103
- ISSN
1557-1912
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10903-020-01013-6