Asthma is not Enough: Continuation of Smoking Among Parents with an Asthmatic Child
| dc.contributor.author | Liem, Joel L. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Kozyrskyj, Anita L. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Benoit, Cecilia | |
| dc.contributor.author | Allan B. Becker | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-10-31T19:42:49Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-10-31T19:42:49Z | |
| dc.date.copyright | 2007 | en_US |
| dc.date.issued | 2007-09 | |
| dc.description.abstract | BACKGROUND: Ideally, on diagnosis of asthma in a child, parents are counselled to decrease environmental tobacco smoke exposure to their children. OBJECTIVE: To determine whether a diagnosis of asthma in children altered parental smoking behaviour toward a reduction in environmental tobacco smoke exposure. METHODS: In 2002/2003, a survey was sent to 12,556 households with children born in 1995 in Manitoba. Parents were asked whether their seven-year-old child had asthma, and whether smokers were present in the home in 1995 and/or currently. The likelihood (OR) of a change in parental smoking behaviour was determined according to the presence of asthma in their child, a family history of asthma, the location of residence (rural or urban) and their socioeconomic status. RESULTS: A total of 3580 surveys (28.5%) were returned. The overall prevalence of parental smoking in 1995 and 2002/2003 was 32.2% and 23.4%, respectively (31.9%/23.2% and 32.3%/23.6% in rural and urban environments, respectively). In 2002/2003, the prevalence of parental smoking in homes with asthmatic children was 29.8%. Parents were not more likely to quit smoking (OR=1.01, 95% CI 0.66 to 1.54) or smoke outside (OR=1.02, 95% CI 0.56 to 1.83) if their child developed asthma. Parental smoking behaviour (quit smoking or smoked outside) did not change if there was a positive family history of asthma (OR=1.04, 95% CI 0.78 to 1.37), if they lived in a rural or urban location (OR=0.94, 95% CI 0.71 to 1.23), or if they were from a low- or high-income household (OR=1.12, 95% CI 0.85 to 1.47). CONCLUSIONS: The likelihood of altering parental smoking behaviour occurred independently of a diagnosis of asthma in their child, a family history of asthma, the location of residence and their socioeconomic status. | en_US |
| dc.description.reviewstatus | Reviewed | en_US |
| dc.description.scholarlevel | Faculty | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | This study was funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research; the Canadian Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Foundation; the Manitoba Institute of Child Health, Biology of Breathing Theme; and the National Training Program in Allergy and Asthma. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Liem, J.J., Kozyrskyj, A.L., Benoit, C.M. & Becker, A.B. (2007). Asthma is not Enough: Continuation of Smoking Among Parents with an Asthmatic Child. Canadian Respiratory Journal, 14(6), 349-353. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2007/178789 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2007/178789 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1828/8754 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Canadian Respiratory Journal | en_US |
| dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial 2.5 Canada | * |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ca/ | * |
| dc.subject.department | Department of Sociology | |
| dc.title | Asthma is not Enough: Continuation of Smoking Among Parents with an Asthmatic Child | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |