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Cigarette Smoking Trends Among Korean Woman in California

142nd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition (November 15 - November 19, 2014): http://www.apha.org/events-and-meetings/annual
Sunday, November 16, 2014

Marie Boman-Davis, MPH, PhD, MCHES , Community Health Department, School of Health and Human Services, National University, San Diego, CA
In the 2010 US Census Korean's were the third largest Asian alone group in the United States and California had the largest population of Koreans. Cigarette smoking among Korean women is typically lower in Korea than in California. Evidence suggests that home smoking bans may be an important modifiable risk factor for smoking behaviors. To date there has been a paucity of research on smoking correlates and trends among Korean Women in California. Annual statewide surveys collect that health data of Californians, including Korean women, provide an opportunity to investigate the relationship between current smoking status and lack of home smoking bans among using consecutive years of survey data. Results and implications of the investigation will be reviewed and discussed.

Learning Areas:

Advocacy for health and health education
Epidemiology
Program planning
Provision of health care to the public
Public health or related research
Social and behavioral sciences

Learning Objectives:
Name the public use data sets used for trend analysis. List two correlates of smoking among Korean Women in California. Discuss modifiable risk factors for smoking among Korean Women in California.

Keyword(s): Tobacco Use, Asian Americans

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I have more than 20 years experience working in tobacco prevention and control in California. I earned a BS in Health Science with and Emphasis in Community Health Education, a MPH in Health Promotion, and a PhD in Public Health - Health Behavior. During the last five years I been a faculty member at National University teaching undergraduate and graduate public health courses including public health informatics. I am experienced with analyzing public use data.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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