Telephone Surveys Underestimate Cigarette Smoking among African-Americans

Landrine, Hope; Corral, Irma; Simms, Denise Adams; Roesch, Scott C.; Pichon, Latrice C.; Ake, Diane; Villodas, Feion

doi:10.3389/fpubh.2013.00036

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“…Some national surveys have traditionally used lists of landline phone numbers as their sampling frames. Landrine and colleagues questioned the use of random digit dialed telephone surveys among African Americans; as they found smoking prevalence was greater than 45% for African American men and women who were phoneless or cellphone only in their study conducted in California 43 . The BRFSS found including cellphone only households in their sample increased the number of people who were younger, of lower socioeconomic status, and belonged to a minority group, including African Americans 44 , 45 .…”

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National Surveys and Tobacco Use Among African Americans: A Review of Critical Factors

Rolle

Beasley

Kennedy

et al. 2016

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Introduction: Beginning in the 1970s, US national surveys showed African American youth having a lower prevalence of cigarette smoking than white youth. Yet, during adulthood, African Americans have a smoking prevalence comparable to white adults. Data sources chosen can contribute in different ways to understanding tobacco use behaviors among African American youth and adults; this article is a review of national and/or state-based health surveys to examine their methodology, racial and ethnic classifications, and tobacco-use related measures. Methods: Eleven national and/or state based surveys were selected for review. Eight surveys were multitopic and included questions on tobacco use and three surveys were tobacco specific. Survey methods included telephone (4), household (3), and school (4). Three major characteristics examined for each survey were: (1) survey design and methods, (2) racial and ethnic background classification, and (3) selected tobacco smoking questions. Within these three characteristics, 15 factors considered to be important for examining tobacco use behaviors by African Americans were identified a priori using previously published reviews and studies. Results: Within survey design and methods, the majority of surveys (≥7) oversampled African Americans and did not use proxy respondents for tobacco questions. All surveys used Office of Management and Budget standard classification for race/ethnicity classification. The majority of surveys (≥7) captured five of the seven tobacco-related smoking questions. Conclusions: Programmatic objectives and/or research questions should guide the selection of data sources for tobacco control programs and researchers examining African American tobacco use behaviors. Implications: This review of 11 national and state tobacco-related surveys shows that these surveys provide much needed estimates of tobacco use behaviors. However, as tobacco programs and researchers seek to examine tobacco use behaviors among African Americans, it is important to consider multiple surveys as each can contribute to informing the tobacco experience in African Americans. Most importantly, programmatic objectives and/or research questions should guide the selection of data sources for tobacco control programs and researchers examining African American tobacco use behaviors.

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National Surveys and Tobacco Use Among African Americans: A Review of Critical Factors

Rolle

Beasley

Kennedy

et al. 2016

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“…Of greatest concern is that REM RDDTS samples underestimate the contribution of SES to racial–ethnic health disparities by excluding the poorest and least educated REMs. For example, in a recent study ( 222 ), we compared the demographics and cigarette smoking of a random, statewide, California (CA) sample of black adults surveyed door to door in person ( N = 2218), to those of a random, statewide, CA RDDTS (i.e., CHIS) sample of blacks ( N = 2315) acquired simultaneously. Results revealed that the in-person black sample was significantly younger, poorer, and less-educated than the RDDTS sample, and had significantly higher smoking prevalence, 32.6% (in-person sample) vs. 19.1% (RDDTS sample), even when controlling for demographics.…”

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“…Other studies have revealed that REMs are more likely than whites to refuse to participate in RDDTS (with response rates ranging from 0.2 to 10%), and that REMs who reside in segregated areas are less likely to be phoned and less likely to participate if telephoned ( 202 , 222 , 223 ).…”

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Advancing Research on Racialâ€“Ethnic Health Disparities: Improving Measurement Equivalence in Studies with Diverse Samples

Landrine

Corral

2014

Front. Public Health

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To conduct meaningful, epidemiologic research on racial–ethnic health disparities, racial–ethnic samples must be rendered equivalent on other social status and contextual variables via statistical controls of those extraneous factors. The racial–ethnic groups must also be equally familiar with and have similar responses to the methods and measures used to collect health data, must have equal opportunity to participate in the research, and must be equally representative of their respective populations. In the absence of such measurement equivalence, studies of racial–ethnic health disparities are confounded by a plethora of unmeasured, uncontrolled correlates of race–ethnicity. Those correlates render the samples, methods, and measures incomparable across racial–ethnic groups, and diminish the ability to attribute health differences discovered to race–ethnicity vs. to its correlates. This paper reviews the non-equivalent yet normative samples, methodologies and measures used in epidemiologic studies of racial–ethnic health disparities, and provides concrete suggestions for improving sample, method, and scalar measurement equivalence.

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“…Cellular data has been added to the BRFSS since 2011. In addition, people in self‐reported phone surveys have a known bias to underreport negative behaviors . Finally, the BRFSS surveys adults over the age of 18 years.…”

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“…In addition, people in self-reported phone surveys have a known bias to underreport negative behaviors. 32 Finally, the BRFSS surveys adults over the age of 18 years. The HPV vaccine was recommended in 2007 for girls aged 11 to 12 years and recommended for boys in 2011.…”

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