McCleary-Sills Jennifer D, Villanti Andrea, Rosario Evelyn, Bone Lee, Stillman Frances
The Johns Hoplins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of Health, Behavior and Society, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Prog Community Health Partnersh. 2010 Winter;4(4):289-97. doi: 10.1353/cpr.2010.0017.
Among Hispanics, lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death for men and the second leading cause of cancer death for women in the United States. Despite recent growth in Baltimore City's Hispanic population, few data exist on tobacco use behaviors in this group.
The present research sought to explore the social and environmental influences and norms that encourage or discourage tobacco use among Hispanic young adults in Baltimore.
In collaboration with several community stakeholders, we conducted focus groups with Hispanic young adults 18 to 24 years old. Participants were recruited from a community-based service organization and invited to take part in one of four focus groups segregated by gender.
A total of 13 young men and 11 young women participated. Data from these focus groups indicate that cultural identity and gender norms leverage substantial influence in young adults' decision about whether, where, and with whom to smoke. The data also suggest multiple social and familial influences on their smoking and nonsmoking behaviors. Participants identified smoking practices and clear brand preferences that they feel distinguish Hispanics from other racial and ethnic groups. Despite acknowledging the high price of cigarettes, cost was not mentioned as a factor influential in their smoking decisions.
These results provide essential guidance for the development of appropriate tobacco prevention and cessation intervention strategies and policy recommendations to eliminate tobacco use among Hispanic young adults in Baltimore.
在美国，肺癌是西班牙裔男性癌症相关死亡的首要原因，是西班牙裔女性癌症死亡的第二大原因。尽管巴尔的摩市的西班牙裔人口最近有所增长，但关于该群体烟草使用行为的数据却很少。
本研究旨在探讨鼓励或抑制巴尔的摩西班牙裔年轻人吸烟的社会和环境影响及规范。
我们与几个社区利益相关者合作，对18至24岁的西班牙裔年轻人进行了焦点小组访谈。参与者从一个社区服务组织招募，并被邀请参加按性别划分的四个焦点小组之一。
共有13名年轻男性和11名年轻女性参与。这些焦点小组的数据表明，文化认同和性别规范在年轻人关于是否吸烟、在哪里吸烟以及与谁一起吸烟的决定中具有重大影响。数据还表明了多种社会和家庭对他们吸烟和不吸烟行为的影响。参与者指出了他们认为能将西班牙裔与其他种族和族裔群体区分开来的吸烟习惯和明确的品牌偏好。尽管承认香烟价格高昂，但成本并未被提及为影响他们吸烟决定的一个因素。
这些结果为制定适当的烟草预防和戒烟干预策略以及政策建议提供了重要指导，以消除巴尔的摩西班牙裔年轻人中的烟草使用。
