据报道，青少年非吸烟者愿意帮助父母、同龄人及其他人戒烟。
Reported willingness among adolescent nonsmokers to help parents, peers, and others to stop smoking.
作者信息
Patten Christi A, Lopez Keila, Thomas Janet L, Offord Kenneth P, Decker Paul A, Pingree Suzanne, Dornelas Ellen A, Ahluwalia Jasjit S
机构信息
Nicotine Dependence Center Research Program, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
出版信息
Prev Med. 2004 Dec;39(6):1099-106. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2004.04.020.
BACKGROUND
This study of 1025 adolescent nonsmokers aged 11-19 years examined level of interest and factors associated with reported willingness to help someone stop smoking.
METHODS
Data were collected from a survey distributed primarily in the schools at four geographic and ethnically diverse study sites.
RESULTS
A total of 692 adolescents identified someone close to them who smokes whom they thought should quit. Of these, 90% reported that they would be willing to help this person stop smoking. Multivariate predictors of willingness to help were female gender, less difficulty reading English, and greater level of comfort with talking to the smoker about their smoking. The smoker that the adolescents were willing to help was most often a parent or same age friend.
CONCLUSIONS
If this strong interest among adolescents could be tapped, engaging teens as support persons could be a novel public health approach to reaching parents, adolescents, and other smokers in the population.
背景
这项针对1025名11至19岁青少年非吸烟者的研究，调查了他们的兴趣程度以及与报告的帮助他人戒烟意愿相关的因素。
方法
数据主要通过在四个地理位置和种族多样化的研究地点的学校进行的一项调查收集。
结果
共有692名青少年指出他们身边有吸烟的人，他们认为这些人应该戒烟。其中，90%的人报告称愿意帮助这个人戒烟。帮助意愿的多变量预测因素包括女性性别、英语阅读难度较低以及与吸烟者谈论其吸烟问题时更自在。青少年愿意帮助的吸烟者通常是父母或同龄朋友。
结论
如果能够利用青少年的这种强烈兴趣，让青少年作为支持人员参与进来，可能是一种针对人群中的父母、青少年和其他吸烟者的新型公共卫生方法。
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