title: Correlates of participation and willingness to participate in anti-tobacco activities among 4th-7th graders.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to identify factors associated with participation and willingness to participate in anti-tobacco community activities in 4-7th grade students. A probability sample was drawn from seven regions in Florida (n = 1219). Telephone interviews assessed socioeconomic status, tobacco use, knowledge, and attitudes, and exposure to anti-tobacco school education and media campaigns. Factors related to both participation and willingness included: parental discussion of tobacco use, exposure to school courses with anti-tobacco curricula and a belief that youth could convince their friends to stop smoking. Additional participation correlates included: parental smoking status and student government activity participation. Additional willingness correlates included: exposure to anti-tobacco television campaigns, liking school, and several tobacco-related knowledge and attitudinal questions. These findings suggest that exposure to community-based tobacco control programs and family discussion of tobacco use is associated with regular participation and/or willingness of youth to participate in anti-tobacco activities.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology & Public Health, University of Miami School of Medicine, FL 33101, USA.
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Trapido
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Weatherby
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rodriguez
mesh_terms: D001294:Attitude to Health; D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D002669:Child Welfare / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D005431:Florida / Q000453:epidemiology; D006266:Health Education; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008402:Mass Media; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D012907:Smoking / Q000523:psychology*; D000074606:Smoking Prevention; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires