在马萨诸塞州社会经济地位较低的人群中,烟草控制政策得到了支持
Coralia Vázquez-Otero1, Mesfin A Bekalu2,3, Dhriti Dhawan2,3
1Department of Public Health, College for Health, Community and Policy, University of Texas at San Antonio, TX, USA.
Preventive medicine reports
|August 11, 2023
概括
针对低社会经济地位 (SEP) 的烟草控制政策,公共支持至关重要. 年轻人,男性和吸烟者对图形健康警告的支持较少. 需要有针对性的沟通策略,以提高政策的接受度,减少吸烟差异.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 卫生沟通健康沟通
- 健康差异 在健康上的差异
背景情况:
- 来自较低社会经济地位 (SEP) 的个人经历了更高的吸烟率,更大的戒烟障碍,以及减少获得健康信息的机会.
- 有效的烟草控制需要公众支持旨在改善健康结果的政策.
- 改变香烟包装标签是解决与烟草有关的健康不平等问题的潜在政策.
研究的目的:
- 评估与公众对烟草控制传播政策的支持相关的因素.
- 为了确定人口统计和吸烟状况预测因素,支持图形健康警告,戒烟号码和香烟包上的戒烟信息.
- 为制定有针对性的公共卫生战略提供信息,以增加对弱势群体的政策支持.
主要方法:
- 来自CLEAR项目的数据分析,这是马萨诸塞州进行的一项研究.
- 包括回答有关支持三个具体政策问题的参与者:图形健康警告 (GHW),戒烟号码和香烟包上的戒烟信息 (n=357).
- 双项逻辑回归建模用于分析独立变量 (人口统计,吸烟状态) 与政策支持之间的关联.
主要成果:
- 年轻人,男性和目前的吸烟者不太可能支持图形健康警告 (GHW).
- 教育程度较低的参与者不太可能支持戒烟线号和烟盒上的戒烟信息.
- 年轻人,男性和受教育程度较低的人不太可能支持要求在香烟包上提供戒烟信息的法律.
结论:
- 调查结果表明,特定的人口群体,包括年轻人,男性和受教育程度较低的人,对关键的烟草控制政策的支持较少.
- 有针对性的,基于理论的公共卫生和沟通策略是必要的,以提高对旨在减少低SEP人口中吸烟的政策的认识和支持.
- 解决与烟草有关的健康不平等问题需要公众越来越多地接受可以帮助减少吸烟的政策.
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