Prevalence, knowledge and factors associated with e-cigarette use among parents of secondary school children.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Identify prevalence rates and attitudes towards e-cigarette use among parents to inform prevention strategies designed to reduce uptake in young people.

Study design

A mixed methods sequential study guided by the Theory of Planned Behaviour.

Methods

This research involved two phases. Phase one was an elicitation study using focus groups, interviews and open-ended questionnaires (N = 17) to elicit parental behavioural, normative, and control beliefs around e-cigarette use. Findings from phase 1 were used to inform a questionnaire administered to a sample of 612 parents in phase 2. The aim of phase 2 was to identify and explain factors that influence parental attitudes and motivations towards e-cigarette use. Parents were recruited through post-primary school

SUBMITTER: Doherty J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9664552 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature