title: Acceptability of testing children for tobacco-smoke exposure: a national parent survey.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Tests are available to measure children's exposure to tobacco smoke. One potential barrier to testing children for tobacco-smoke exposure is the belief that parents who smoke would not want their child tested. No previous surveys have assessed whether testing children for exposure to tobacco smoke in the context of their child's primary care visit is acceptable to parents.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To assess whether testing children for tobacco-smoke exposure is acceptable to parents.
  
  
  METHODS
  We conducted a national random-digit-dial telephone survey of households from September to November 2006. The sample was weighted by race and gender, based on the 2005 US Census, to be representative of the US population.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of 2070 eligible respondents contacted, 1803 (87.1%) completed the surveys. Among 477 parents in the sample, 60.1% thought that children should be tested for tobacco-smoke exposure at their child's doctor visit. Among the parental smokers sampled, 62.0% thought that children should be tested for tobacco-smoke exposure at the child's doctor visit. In bivariate analysis, lower parental education level, allowing smoking in the home, nonwhite race, and female gender were each associated (P < .05) with wanting the child tested for tobacco-smoke exposure.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The majority of nonsmoking and smoking parents want their children tested for tobacco-smoke exposure during the child's health care visit.
authors.affiliation: Center for Child and Adolescent Health Policy, 50 Staniford St, Suite 901, Boston, MA 02114, USA. jwinickoff@partners.org
authors.forename: Jonathan P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Winickoff
authors.forename: Susanne E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Tanski
authors.forename: Robert C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: McMillen
authors.forename: Kaile M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Ross
authors.forename: Ellen A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Lipstein
authors.forename: Bethany J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Hipple
authors.forename: Joan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Friebely
authors.forename: Jonathan D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Klein
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003367:Cotinine / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012307:Risk Factors; D012931:Social Environment; D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution; D003367:Cotinine