Black versus white differences in rates of addressing parental tobacco use in the pediatric setting.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine racial differences in rates of screening parents for cigarette smoking during pediatric outpatient visits and to determine if a parental tobacco control intervention mitigates racial variation in whether cigarette smoking is addressed.

Methods

As part of the Clinical Effort Against Secondhand Smoke Exposure (CEASE) randomized controlled trial, exit interviews were conducted with parents at 10 control and 10 intervention pediatric practices nationally. Parents were asked to report if during the visit did anyone ask if they smoke cigarettes. A generalized linear mixed model was used to estimate the effect of black vs white race on asking parents about cigarette smoking.

Results

Among 17,692 parents screened at the exit interview, the proportion of b

SUBMITTER: Dempsey J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4273106 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jan-Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature