Center for Community-Based Research, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.
Cancer Causes Control. 2013 Apr;24(4):805-11. doi: 10.1007/s10552-013-0149-5. Epub 2013 Jan 20.
To assess the association between intention to quit smoking and perceptions of household environmental risks among racially/ethnically diverse residents of low-income housing.
Baseline data were collected from 2007 to 2009 for the Health in Common Study, which assessed social and physical determinants of cancer risk-related behaviors among residents of 20 low-income housing developments in the Greater Boston metropolitan area. Participants were surveyed about their tobacco use and concerns about household exposures. Household environmental inspections were also conducted to identify conditions associated with increased risk of exposure to indoor environmental agents, including pesticides, mold, and cleaning products.
Intention to quit smoking was associated with a greater degree of concern about exposures in the home, yet not with the actual presence of household hazards, as identified by home inspections and survey findings.
An ecological approach targeting multiple levels of influence may help to highlight the importance of both quitting tobacco and reducing potential household environmental exposures as part of comprehensive efforts to promote individual and household health.
评估不同种族/族裔的低收入住房居民戒烟意愿与家庭环境风险认知之间的关系。
本研究于 2007 年至 2009 年期间收集了“共同健康研究”的基线数据,该研究评估了大波士顿都会区 20 个低收入住房开发项目中居民的癌症风险相关行为的社会和物理决定因素。参与者接受了关于他们的烟草使用情况和对家庭暴露的担忧的调查。还进行了家庭环境检查,以确定与增加接触室内环境因素(包括杀虫剂、霉菌和清洁产品)风险相关的条件。
戒烟意愿与对家庭中暴露的更大程度的关注有关,但与家庭检查和调查结果确定的实际家庭危害的存在无关。
针对多个影响层面的生态方法可能有助于强调戒烟和减少潜在家庭环境暴露的重要性,这是促进个人和家庭健康的综合努力的一部分。