Adult Electronic Nicotine Delivery System Use in the USA: a Scoping Review Through a Health Equity Lens.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose of review

The objective of this scoping review is to use a health equity lens to understand the extent and type of evidence that exists about the use of electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) based on socioecological understandings of health influences (i.e., the US National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities' (NIMHD) Research Framework). The research question guiding the review was as follows: What is the range and scope of research that exists to help characterize health disparities related to ENDS use?

Recent findings

Ninety-eight articles published between 2019 and 2022 often examined racial/ethnic differences in ENDS use; however, other demographic characteristics, domains of influence across the life course, and levels of influence beyond

SUBMITTER: Suttiratana SC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11452013 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature