Support for Smoke-Free Multi-Unit Housing Policies among Racially and Ethnically Diverse, low-Income Seniors in South Florida

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• Alternative Title:
  J Cross Cult Gerontol
• Personal Author:
  Cook, Nicole J. ; Hollar, Lucas ; Chavez, Summer ; Quinn, David L. ; Phillips, Teina ; DeLucca, Michael ; Corrales, Lindsay
• Description:
  Previous studies have gauged support for implementing smoke-free multi-unit housing (MUH) policies in the United States, but none have specifically examined attitudes among racially and ethnically diverse elders living in low-income MUH. We surveyed a convenience sample of elders 62 years of age and older (n = 807) across 24 low-income housing properties in Broward County, Florida in order to assess residents' smoking behaviors, exposure to second-hand smoke, and support for smoke-free policies. The study sample was ethnically and racially diverse with Hispanics comprising more than 61 % of the population, and 22 % identifying as Black or other races. Although close to 22 % of the sample were former smokers, only 9 % of residents reported being current smokers. The majority of residents surveyed supported no-smoking policies: 75 % support no-smoking policies for individual units; 77 % supported no-smoking policies in common areas; and, 68 % supported no-smoking policies in outdoor areas. Over 29 % of residents surveyed reported being exposed to secondhand smoke entering their units from elsewhere in their building. Residents who reported having a home smoking rule were more than twice as likely to support an indoor policy compared to residents who allowed smoking anywhere in their home (OR = 2.36; 95%CI 1.25-4.43; p ≤ 0.01), and nonsmoking residents were nearly three times as likely to support an indoor policy compared to smokers (OR = 2.89; 95%CI 1.44-5.79; p ≤ 0.01). Support for an indoor policy was not modified by age, gender, ethnicity or race. . This study demonstrates that elders living in low-income MUH properties overwhelmingly supported the implementation of smoke-free policies.
• Subjects:
  Aged Aged, 80 And Over Attitude To Health Ethnicity Female Health Surveys Housing Humans Male Middle Aged Poverty Public Housing Questionnaires Smoke-Free Policy

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• Source:
  J Cross Cult Gerontol. 29(4):405-415.
• Pubmed ID:
  25349018
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4228194
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  U58DP003661/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHS/United States
• Place as Subject:
  Florida
• Volume:
  29
• Issue:
  4
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:9fe198be3c2a223ba14695ea0f75fb921fb1cd9bc2e42251a289fe6c05176f5f
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/32137/cdc_32137_DS1.pdf
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