Knowledge of smoking and influencing factors among school-going adolescents in Timor-Leste.
Int J Adolesc Med Health
; 36(1): 95-103, 2024 Feb 01.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
Knowledge of smoking is a protective factor for adolescent smoking. This study is the first to examine sociodemographic and lifestyle factors associated with adolescents' knowledge of smoking in Timor-Leste. It is also a pioneering investigation into the ways in which exposure to anti-tobacco messages and health warnings on cigarette packages, and involvement in smoking-related education at schools and home mediate the relationship between school grade levels and smoking knowledge.METHODS:
Data were obtained from the Global Youth Tobacco Survey Timor-Leste. Ordered logistic regressions were used to examine the associations between knowledge of smoking and sociodemographic, and lifestyle factors. Structural equation modelling was utilized to explore the mediating effects.RESULTS:
Adolescents were less likely to have high knowledge of smoking if they were lower-secondary students, were males, had unemployed parents and had no closest friends who smoked. The relationship between grade levels and smoking knowledge was partly mediated by awareness of anti-tobacco messages on mass media, school education about the dangers of smoking and family discussion about smoking.CONCLUSIONS:
Sociodemographic and lifestyle factors play an important role in determining knowledge of smoking among adolescents. To some extent, awareness-, education- and family-related variables explain how grade levels affect smoking knowledge.Palabras clave
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Fumar
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Productos de Tabaco
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
Límite:
Adolescent
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Región como asunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Int J Adolesc Med Health
Asunto de la revista:
PEDIATRIA
Año:
2024
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Malasia
Pais de publicación:
Alemania