Tobacco use associations with multi-dimensional adverse health outcomes among in-school adolescents in four Caribbean countries
Issued Date
2023-01-01
Resource Type
ISSN
17450128
eISSN
17450136
Scopus ID
2-s2.0-85142839213
Journal Title
Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies
Volume
18
Issue
1
Start Page
66
End Page
75
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SCOPUS
Bibliographic Citation
Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies Vol.18 No.1 (2023) , 66-75
Suggested Citation
Peltzer K., Pengpid S. Tobacco use associations with multi-dimensional adverse health outcomes among in-school adolescents in four Caribbean countries. Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies Vol.18 No.1 (2023) , 66-75. 75. doi:10.1080/17450128.2022.2151676 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/82268
Title
Tobacco use associations with multi-dimensional adverse health outcomes among in-school adolescents in four Caribbean countries
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Abstract
The aim of the study was to assess tobacco use associations with multi-dimensional adverse health outcomes among adolescents in four Caribbean countries. Cross-sectional national adolescent school survey data (N = 9,143, median age 15 years) from Suriname, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, and the Dominican Republic in 2016–2017 were analysed. Results show that 13.5% of participants were current tobacco users. Tobacco consumption increased the odds of multi-dimensional adverse health outcomes, including six inadequate mental health indicators, nine health risk behaviours, and five social-environmental outcomes. Tobacco use prevention should address the multi-dimensional adverse health outcomes.
