Objective and perceived neighborhood characteristics and tobacco use among young adults

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• 作者：Qiana L. Brown ; Adam J. Milam ; Mieka J. Smart ; Renee M. Johnson ; Sabriya L. Linton ; C. Debra M. Furr-Holden ; Nicholas S. Ialongo
• 关键词：Tobacco ; Neighborhood disorder ; Young adults ; NES ; NIfETy ; African American
• 刊名：Drug and Alcohol Dependence
• 出版年：1 January, 2014
• 年：2014
• 卷：134
• 期：Complete
• 页码：370-375
• 全文大小：566 K

文摘

Background

In the US, past month tobacco use is higher among young adults aged 18-25 years than among any other age group. Neighborhood disorder may be a malleable environmental determinant of tobacco use among young adults; its correlation with tobacco use is understudied. The purpose of this study is to examine whether perceived and objectively measured neighborhood factors are associated with tobacco use among young adults in Baltimore City.

Methods

This cross-sectional study of predominately African American young adults (n = 359) used logistic regression models via generalized estimating equations (GEE) to estimate the association of perceived and objective neighborhood disorder with past month tobacco use, adjusting for race, age, sex, income, and other substance use. Two measures of perceived neighborhood environment - neighborhood drug involvement, and neighborhood social cohesion - were derived from the Neighborhood Environment Scale (NES). Objective neighborhood disorder was measured via trained field raters using the Neighborhood Inventory for Environmental Typology (NIfETy) instrument.

Results

Sex modified the relationship between perceived neighborhood drug involvement and past month tobacco use, and the association was significant among women only (aOR = 1.49; 95% CI = 1.19-1.88). Perceptions of neighborhood social cohesion (aOR = 0.97; 95% CI = 0.83-1.13), and objective neighborhood disorder (aOR = 1.17; 95% CI = 0.98-1.38) were not significantly associated with past month tobacco use.

Conclusion

Understanding the correlation between perceived and objective neighborhood disorder, and their independent association with tobacco use can potentially lead to environmentally based interventions aimed at reducing tobacco use among young adults who live in urban environments.