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2006, Number 3

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Pediatr Mex 2006; 9 (3)

Factores familiares, sociales y biológicos, asociados a tabaquismo, en niños y adolescentes

De la Rosa MV, Mauricio GJF, Garcia NI, Vasquez MEE, Rodríguez AJA

Language: Spanish
References: 32
Page: 17-26
PDF size: 387.40 Kb.


ABSTRACT

Objective: To identify the knowledge of children and adolescents about the risks of tobacco, the existence of family and social environment factors and association with tobacco consumption
Design: Cross-sectional communitarian survey in school settings
Frame of reference: school age and adolescent population
Participants: Students aged 6-18 years old, with school grade according to age Interventions: Tool exploring, family smocking, social environment, perspectives for use, knowledge of health risk factors, age of initiation
Results. 1033 students interviewed. Family smokers, 49.6% uncles and aunts, 28.9% cousins, 38.7% fathers y 11.1% mothers. 83.4% established 18 years old as the “proper” age to start smoking, 25.9% related smoking with “looking cool”, 37.0% with a feeling of importance, 92.9% affirms that tobacco is harmful, 54.8% that it causes brain disease. 83.4% watched TV publicity, 68.6% received information from the school about smoking, 9% had already started smoking, 4.7% experienced other substances. An association was found with smoker father and tobacco consumption RM 1.92 IC95%1.06-3.47, smoker mother and tobacco consumption RM 5.12 IC95% 2.45-10.62. smoker siblings RM 6.0 IC95%3.15-11.4, nervousness smocking, RM 2.50 IC95% 1,33-4.74, being happy RM 2.89 IC95%1.59-5.26. Respiratory disease RM 4.32 IC95%1.62-12.55, high blood pressure RM 2.40 IC95%1.26-4.61, are associated with smoking tobacco. The information provided by school or parents is not associated with tobacco smoking in adolescents.
Conclusions. There are family habits, addictions and mental concepts that may influence by association the use of tobacco in adolescents. The knowledge of the health risks related to tobacco use is important and very real. Based in these findings, the necessity to develop multi-disciplinary intervention projects to affect the tobacco smoking epidemic


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