Factors associated with smokefree rules in the homes of Black/African American women smokers residing in low-resource rural communities.

ABSTRACT: Little is known about the implementation of voluntary policies in the homes of Black/African American women smokers who live in rural areas where health care access is limited. This paper examines 1) the sample's prevalence of comprehensive smoke-free rules; 2) sociodemographic, social, and smoking characteristics of women by home rule type; and 3) the association of social indicators with the outcome complete ban on smoked tobacco use in the home (n = 191). Families Rising to Enforce Smokefree Homes collected baseline data from 2019 to 2021 prior to randomization to an intervention that aimed to increase comprehensive smokefree policies in the homes African American women living in the rural Delta region of Arkansas. The primary outcome was implementation of a complete ban on all smoked t

SUBMITTER: Jones DM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9727706 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature