Acculturation and Cigarette Smoking Among Pregnant Hispanic Women Residing in the United States

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dc.contributor.authorDetjen, M. Gabrielle
dc.contributor.authorNieto, F. Javier
dc.contributor.authorTrentham-Dietz, Amy
dc.contributor.authorFleming, Michael
dc.contributor.authorChasan-Taber, Lisa
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-14T15:02:05Z
dc.date.available2019-08-14T15:02:05Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.description.abstractObjectives. We explored whether higher levels of acculturation were associated with higher rates of cigarette smoking among pregnant Hispanic women residing in the United States. Methods. We evaluated data from the Latina Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Study, a prospective study of 1231 Hispanic prenatal care patients conducted from 2000 to 2004 in Massachusetts. Self-reported data on acculturation, cigarette smoking, and covariates were collected by bilingual interviewers using a questionnaire. We conducted logistic regression multivariate analyses to examine the impact of acculturation level on the odds of smoking. Results. Overall, 21% of women reported smoking during pregnancy. Acculturation was associated with elevated smoking rates in pregnant Hispanic women. US-born Hispanic women who preferred English had more than twice the odds of smoking compared with Puerto Rican or foreign-born Hispanic women who preferred Spanish (odds ratio [OR]=2.76, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.36, 5.63). Conclusions. Our findings suggest that higher-acculturated Hispanic women living in the United States are more likely to smoke cigarettes during pregnancy than are less-acculturated Hispanic women. These results will inform interventions aimed at reducing cigarette smoking during pregnancy among US Hispanic women.
dc.description.urihttps://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/full/10.2105/AJPH.2006.095505
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/am4d-vocy
dc.identifier.citationDetjen, M. Gabrielle and Nieto, F. Javier and Trentham-Dietz, Amy and Fleming, Michael and Chasan-Taber, Lisa (2007) Acculturation and Cigarette Smoking Among Pregnant Hispanic Women Residing in the United States. American Journal of Public Health, 97 (11). pp. 2040-2047.
dc.identifier.issn0090-0036
dc.identifier.otherEprint ID 2439
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/23148
dc.subjectPrenatal & Pediatric Health
dc.subjectSmoking & Tobacco Use
dc.subjectResearch
dc.subjectprenatal care
dc.subjectcigarette smoking
dc.subjectHispanic women
dc.subjectacculturation
dc.subjectpregnancy
dc.titleAcculturation and Cigarette Smoking Among Pregnant Hispanic Women Residing in the United States
dc.typeArticle

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