Gender Identity, Ethnic Identity, and Smoking among First Nations Adolescents

• Main Authors: Greaves, Lorraine, Johnson, Joy, Qu, Annie, Okoli, Chizimuzo T.C., Hemsing, Natalie, Barney, Lucy
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: UKnowledge 2012
• Subjects: Gender; Ethnicity; Identity; Tobacco use; First Nations; Adolescents; Smoking; Métis; Nursing; Public Health; Race and Ethnicity; Canada; British Columbia
• Online Access: https://uknowledge.uky.edu/nursing_facpub/12; https://uknowledge.uky.edu/context/nursing_facpub/article/1011/viewcontent/Gender_Identity__Ethnic_Identity__and_Smoking.pdf

Smoking rates among Aboriginal adolescents are the highest of any population group in British Columbia, Canada. Recent studies suggest that substance use is affected by gender and ethnic identity among youth. The purpose of our study was to explore the association of gender and ethnic identity with...