Acculturation and Tobacco Use Among Chinese Americans

Abstract

Acculturation was positively associated with never smoking among men but not with smoking cessation. However, knowledge of tobacco-related health risks was associated with both. Results indicate a need for language-specific educational interventions.

Body Weight and Length of Residence in the US Among Chinese Americans

“…The current study, on the contrary, showed an inverse association between BMI and acculturation. This may be due to the way acculturation was defined: two categorical variables regarding English language and media use [13]. The use of English language and media may be an indicator of higher educational attainment and socio-economic status (SES), both of which have been associated with a lower body weight [27][28][29].…”

“…A detailed description of the data source and sample selection methods is reported elsewhere [13,14]. Briefly, eligible households were obtained from the Flushing and Sunset Park white pages, using a list of 867 unique Chinese surname spellings identified in consultation with Chinese linguists.…”

Smoking prevalence and correlates among Chinese- and Filipino-American adults: Findings from the 2001 California Health Interview Survey

“…Smoking among Chinese-American females has ranged from 2.6% [2] to 4% [17] and is 6% in the CHIS sample. Our analysis presented here is the first to describe demographic and social determinants of smoking in Chinese-American adult females and it is interesting that there is a trend that is opposite of that seen among Chinese-American males: Smoking rates tend to be higher among U.S.-born Chinese-American females than among those who are foreign-born.…”

“…Several surveillance efforts have been conducted in various Chinese-American communities in New York City [17], Chicago's Chinatown [3], Philadelphia's Chinatown [7], Pennsylvania and New Jersey [18,19], and San Francisco [2]. Smoking prevalence among Chinese-American men has ranged in these studies from 34% [3] to 16% [2].…”

Correlates of household smoking bans among Chinese Americans

“…Regional surveys conducted in Asian languages indicate that Chinese males are at high risk for excess tobacco-related morbidity and mortality; smoking prevalence rates in this population range from 28% to 36% (Ma, Shive, Tan, & Toubbeh, 2002;Shelley et al, 2004;Yu, Chen, Kim, & Abdulrahim, 2002). These rates are higher than those reported in the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, which presents aggregated data for Asian Americans and therefore may underestimate risk for specific AAPI subgroups, such as Chinese Americans (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 1992[CDC], , 2004U.S.…”