Gendron Fidji
Department of Indigenous Science, Environment and Economic Development, First Nations University of Canada, 1 First Nations Way, Regina, SK, Canada.
Health Promot Int. 2018 Dec 1;33(6):1033-1041. doi: 10.1093/heapro/dax048.
Although tobacco has played an important role in Aboriginal culture for millennia, its more recent recreational use has resulted in serious health concerns among Aboriginal users. In Canada, First Nations youth have higher smoking rates than non-Aboriginal youth. The goals of this study were to examine Aboriginal youth's perceptions of traditional and commercial tobacco and to evaluate perception changes following workshops on traditional uses of tobacco by Elders and other community members, native plants used in ceremony and health impacts of cigarette smoking. The twenty-five Aboriginal youth participants ranged in age from 9 to 14 years old. Results show that workshops did not alter participants' knowledge about tobacco and ceremonies but those studied were more effective at articulating their knowledge through open-ended questionnaires after the workshops. These participants were able to identify more traditional tobacco uses and plants that could be used in ceremonies instead of commercial tobacco. Culturally appropriate education about traditional and commercial tobacco use may be effective in limiting its misuse by Aboriginal youth.
尽管烟草在原住民文化中已扮演重要角色达数千年之久，但其近期用于消遣的情况已在原住民使用者中引发了严重的健康问题。在加拿大，原住民青年的吸烟率高于非原住民青年。本研究的目的是考察原住民青年对传统烟草和商业烟草的认知，并评估在由长者及其他社区成员举办的关于烟草传统用途、仪式中使用的本土植物以及吸烟对健康影响的工作坊之后，他们的认知变化。二十五名参与研究的原住民青年年龄在9至14岁之间。结果显示，工作坊并未改变参与者对烟草和仪式的了解，但在工作坊之后，通过开放式问卷调查，他们能更有效地阐述自己的知识。这些参与者能够识别出更多传统烟草的用途以及可用于仪式而非商业烟草的植物。开展关于传统和商业烟草使用的文化适宜性教育，可能有助于限制原住民青年对烟草的滥用。
