English language proficiency and smoking prevalence among California's Asian Americans

Abstract

The authors documented California's tobacco control initiatives for Asian Ameri-

A Multistate Asian-Language Tobacco Quitline: Addressing a Disparity in Access to Care

“…These linguistic groups were chosen because they have high numbers of immigrants with low English proficiency. 33,34 However, other linguistic groups not included here would likely benefit from similar services. The original randomized controlled study was set up to test the efficacy of a single protocol which was translated into three languages, with the intent of showing that that the findings could be broadly applicable.…”

Infant-Feeding Practices of Low-Income Vietnamese American Women

“…2 Achieving these goals are especially challenging for new immigrants whose adjustment to a new environment is often stressful 23,24,25 due to language barriers, limited employment and formal education, environmental challenges, financial status, and lack of a sense of control 18,23,24 In addition, conflicts in cultural practices, inability to follow traditions and beliefs, and lack of social support may negatively affect breastfeeding rates. 12,13,14,16,25,26 However, the present study suggests educational intervention and having positive subjective norms from WIC breastfeeding and nutrition counselors, health care professionals, family and friends may overcome some of these barriers, resulting in breastfeeding rates that meet or exceed Healthy People 2010 goals.…”

Light and intermittent smoking among California's Asian Americans

“…Characterizing Asian American smoking behavior accurately on a population level, however, requires oversampling groups of different national origin and including non -English-speaking participants ( Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2004 ;Tang, Shimizu, & Chen, 2005 ).…”

“…The National Latino and Asian American Study reported a median of 9 cigarettes/day ( Chae, Gavin, & Takeuchi, 2006 ), and the California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) reported a mean of 10 cigarettes/ day for men and 7.8 cigarettes/day for women ( Maxwell, Bernaards, & McCarthy, 2005 ;Tang et al, 2005 ). It is not known whether variables associated with Asian American smoking prevalence, gender, Asian national origin, birthplace, and English proficiency ( Chae et al, 2006 ;Kim, Ziedonis, & Chen, 2007 ;Maxwell et al, 2005 ;Tang et al, 2005 ) are similarly associated with Asian American light and intermittent smoking behavior.…”