Exposure to school-based tobacco prevention interventions in low-income and middle-income countries and its association with psychosocial predictors of smoking among adolescents: a pooled cross-sectional analysis of Global Youth Tobacco Survey data from 38 countries.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To describe the prevalence of school-based tobacco prevention programme exposure among adolescents in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) and its association with psychosocial predictors of smoking.

Design

Analysis of pooled cross-sectional data.

Setting

Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS), conducted in 38 LMICs.

Participants

This was a pooled analysis of data involving a total of 132 755 adolescent respondents to GYTS in 38 LMICs across Africa, Europe and Central/South America between 2014 and 2017.

Exposure and outcome measures

The primary independent variable for this study was self-reported exposure to school-based tobacco prevention programmes in the past year. Five psychosocial determinants of smoking were explored as outcomes:

SUBMITTER: Chido-Amajuoyi OG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10900417 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature