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Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this presentation attendees will be able to:
- Attendees will be able to describe the latest data on tobacco use among various groups of Latino youth high school students (Mexican, Central and South American) and follow their tobacco use patterns longitudinally into emerging adulthood. This novel and valuable information will be used to describe the most effective strategies for implementation in practice settings that engage youth and young emerging adults in tobacco control programs. Program strategies designed to curtail the trajectory into addiction and help eliminate tobacco related disparities in this vulnerable population group will be presented.
Key Points:
Funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) with a grant to Dr. Jennifer Unger (PI)/(Baezconde-Garbanati, Co-PI/Daniel Soto, Project Manager), we present promising strategies for the elimination of tobacco disparities based on 821 participants in Project RED, a longitudinal cohort study designed to explore the effects of acculturation on decision making regarding tobacco use behaviors of Latino/as from Mexico, Central America, and South America living in Los Angeles. Teens followed from high school into emerging adulthood provide opinions regarding the impact friends, family, and culture have on decisions about whether or not to use tobacco. Programmatic strategies devised from these data by the National Latino Tobacco Control Network (NLTCN) to prevent adolescent smoking and curtail the trajectory into addiction will be presented. Patterns of intermittent and low frequency smoking have emerged which require special attention in program planning and development.
Educational Experience:
Audience will learn key points through a presentation and discussion of sample strategies and promising practices devised by the National Latino Tobacco Control Network using these data for curtailing adolescent and young adult smoking.
Benefits:
Audience will learn about the most recent and significant data on Latino adolescents and emerging adult smokers and prevention strategies to eliminate tobacco disparities in these vulnerable segments of the population.