Tobacco Smoking Among First Nations Youth Living on Reserve and in Northern Communities: A Mixed Methods Study
The prevalence of tobacco smoking among First Nations youth living on reserve and in Northern communities is significantly higher than off-reserve Indigenous youth in Southern communities and non-Indigenous youth, although the majority do not smoke. Using a mixed-methods approach, we examine factors...
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fterudit:oai:erudit.org:1075357ar 2023-05-15T16:14:00+02:00 Tobacco Smoking Among First Nations Youth Living on Reserve and in Northern Communities: A Mixed Methods Study Wright, Laura Dell, Colleen A. First Nations Information Governance Centre 2020 http://id.erudit.org/iderudit/1075357ar https://doi.org/10.18584/iipj.2020.11.4.13369 en eng Scholarship@Western (Western University) Érudit The International Indigenous Policy Journal vol. 11 no. 4 (2020) http://id.erudit.org/iderudit/1075357ar doi:10.18584/iipj.2020.11.4.13369 Copyright ©, 2020LauraWright, Colleen A.Dell, First Nations Information Governance Centre on-reserve smoking health behaviours First Nations youth text 2020 fterudit https://doi.org/10.18584/iipj.2020.11.4.13369 2021-09-18T23:36:44Z The prevalence of tobacco smoking among First Nations youth living on reserve and in Northern communities is significantly higher than off-reserve Indigenous youth in Southern communities and non-Indigenous youth, although the majority do not smoke. Using a mixed-methods approach, we examine factors that support on-reserve First Nations youth’s resilience to smoking. Logistic regression analyses using data from the nationally representative First Nations Regional Early Childhood, Education, and Employment Survey suggest that not using other substances, having friends who do not smoke or use other substances, and having good mental health is associated with not smoking. A review of select community initiatives and in-depth interviews with First Nations anti-tobacco initiative managers and frontline workers about the initiatives also revealed the need for gender- and community-specific programming, recognition of Indigenous social determinants of health, and addressing the normalization of smoking in some community contexts. Text First Nations Érudit.org (Université Montréal) International Indigenous Policy Journal 11 4 1 30 |
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The prevalence of tobacco smoking among First Nations youth living on reserve and in Northern communities is significantly higher than off-reserve Indigenous youth in Southern communities and non-Indigenous youth, although the majority do not smoke. Using a mixed-methods approach, we examine factors that support on-reserve First Nations youth’s resilience to smoking. Logistic regression analyses using data from the nationally representative First Nations Regional Early Childhood, Education, and Employment Survey suggest that not using other substances, having friends who do not smoke or use other substances, and having good mental health is associated with not smoking. A review of select community initiatives and in-depth interviews with First Nations anti-tobacco initiative managers and frontline workers about the initiatives also revealed the need for gender- and community-specific programming, recognition of Indigenous social determinants of health, and addressing the normalization of smoking in some community contexts. |
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Tobacco Smoking Among First Nations Youth Living on Reserve and in Northern Communities: A Mixed Methods Study |
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Tobacco Smoking Among First Nations Youth Living on Reserve and in Northern Communities: A Mixed Methods Study |
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Tobacco Smoking Among First Nations Youth Living on Reserve and in Northern Communities: A Mixed Methods Study |
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Tobacco Smoking Among First Nations Youth Living on Reserve and in Northern Communities: A Mixed Methods Study |
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tobacco smoking among first nations youth living on reserve and in northern communities: a mixed methods study |
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Copyright ©, 2020LauraWright, Colleen A.Dell, First Nations Information Governance Centre |
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