Cancer Center 0905, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0905, USA.
Am J Public Health. 2010 May;100(5):846-52. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2009.168385. Epub 2010 Mar 18.
We examined state quitline utilization by smokers who called Chinese-, Vietnamese-, or Korean-language lines, and compared their usage rates to those of Asians and Whites calling the English-language line.
Using data from 15 years (1993-2008) of operation of the California quitline (which included data on 22 061 callers to Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese lines) and from multiple California Health Interview Surveys, we computed the call rates for Whites, English-speaking Asians, and the 3 Asian-language groups. We also examined callers' demographics and where they heard about the quitline.
Asian smokers who spoke English were significantly less likely than English-speaking White smokers to call the quitline (odds ratios range from 0.36 to 0.62). Smokers speaking 1 of the 3 Asian languages were no less likely than White smokers to call (odds ratios range from 0.82 to 3.25). More than 80% of those calling the Asian-language lines reported hearing about the quitline through mass media.
Contrary to general expectation, smokers speaking Asian languages were just as likely to call the quitline as English-speaking White smokers. State quitlines should consider adding Asian-language lines to help address disparities in access to cessation services.
我们调查了拨打中文、越南语或韩语戒烟热线的吸烟者的州戒烟热线使用情况，并将他们的使用率与拨打英语戒烟热线的亚洲人和白人进行了比较。
利用加利福尼亚戒烟热线 15 年（1993-2008 年）的运营数据（包括拨打中文、韩语和越南语热线的 22061 名来电者的数据）和多项加利福尼亚健康访谈调查的数据，我们计算了白种人、英语为母语的亚洲人和 3 个亚洲语言群体的来电率。我们还研究了来电者的人口统计学特征以及他们从哪里听说过戒烟热线。
讲英语的亚洲吸烟者拨打戒烟热线的可能性明显低于讲英语的白人吸烟者（比值比范围为 0.36 至 0.62）。讲 3 种亚洲语言之一的吸烟者拨打戒烟热线的可能性与白人吸烟者一样高（比值比范围为 0.82 至 3.25）。超过 80%拨打亚洲语言热线的人表示是通过大众媒体听说戒烟热线的。
与普遍预期相反，讲亚洲语言的吸烟者与讲英语的白人吸烟者一样有可能拨打戒烟热线。州戒烟热线应该考虑增加亚洲语言热线，以帮助解决获得戒烟服务方面的差异。
