The Dynamic Role of Urban Neighborhood Effects in a Text-Messaging Adolescent Smoking Intervention.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Neighborhood features such as the density of tobacco outlets relative to one's home and evaluations of safety of one's activity space (routine locations), are known to influence health behaviors. Understanding the time-varying nature of these aspects of the urban ecology provides unique insights into the dynamic interactions of individuals and their environments.

Methods

The present study tested the time-varying effects of tobacco outlets and perceived safety within a randomized controlled trial of an adolescent text-messaging smoking intervention. We used ecological momentary assessment data (EMA) from an automated text-messaging smoking cessation randomized trial with 197 primarily African American urban adolescents. We employed a time-varying effect model to

SUBMITTER: Mason MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6596452 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature