Environmental Influences on Tobacco Use Among Asian American and Pacific Islander Youth

Environmental Influences on Tobacco Use Among Asian American and Pacific Islander Youth

There is growing interest in understanding individual and environmental influences on youth risk behaviors, including tobacco use. The purpose of this article is to describe the processes and findings from a study that sought to increase the capacity of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) com...

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Published in:Health promotion practice Vol. 14; no. 5_suppl; pp. 40S - 47S
Main Authors: Tanjasiri, Sora Park, Lew, Rod, Mouttapa, Michele, Lipton, Rob, Lew, Lillian, Has, Sovanna, Wong, Michelle
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01-09-2013
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Advertising as Topic
Asian Americans
California
Community-Institutional Relations
Environment
Female
Geographic Information Systems
Health Promotion
Health Surveys
Humans
Male
Oceanic Ancestry Group
Risk-Taking
Smoking - ethnology
Tobacco, Smokeless
Young Adult
California
Pacific Islander
advocacy
minority health
health research
tobacco prevention and control
Asian
community-based participatory research
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Summary:There is growing interest in understanding individual and environmental influences on youth risk behaviors, including tobacco use. The purpose of this article is to describe the processes and findings from a study that sought to increase the capacity of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community-based organizations to understand and address the environmental influences on tobacco use among AAPI youth. Using a multimethod approach to data collection that included GIS (geographic information system) mapping, Photovoice, and individual youth surveys, a team of community and university researchers conducted a 3-year study to assess and address the environmental influences of tobacco use among youth. Community-based participatory research principles guided the study and facilitated unique capacity building and analyses throughout the study period. Results in Long Beach from all three methods highlighted the associations between youth smoking and environmental factors: GIS mapping identified at least 77 separate locations of pro-tobacco influences, photographs captured many of these locations and provided youth leaders with opportunities to identify how other influences contributed to smoking risk, and surveys of youth indicated that perceived community safety and proximity to pro-tobacco influences were associated with smoking in the past 30 days. Subsequent community-based organization activities undertaken by study partners are also discussed, and lessons learned summarized.
ISSN:1524-8399
1552-6372
DOI:10.1177/1524839913484762