Tobacco Control Policy Advocacy Attitudes and Self-Efficacy Among Ethnically Diverse High School Students

Ramirez, Amelie G.; Vélez, Luís Fernando; Chalela, Patricia; Grussendorf, Jeannie; McAlister, Alfred L.

doi:10.1177/1090198106287694

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“…The items are summed to form a total selfefficacy score ranging from 0 to 60, with higher scores indicating greater self-efficacy to take policy advocacy actions. Reliability of 0.89 has been reported [46]. Cronbach's alpha in this study was 0.89.…”

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confidence: 61%

'It's about the smoke, not the smoker': messages that motivate rural communities to support smoke-free policies

Kostygina

Hahn

Rayens

2013

Health Education Research

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Rural residents are exposed to sophisticated tobacco advertising and tobacco growing represents an economic mainstay in many rural communities. There is a need for effective health messages to counter the pro-tobacco culture in these communities. To determine relevant cultural themes and key message features that affect receptivity to pro-health advertisements among rural residents, 11 exploratory focus groups and surveys with community advocates (N = 82) in three rural Kentucky counties were conducted. Participants reviewed and rated a collection of print media advertisements and branding materials used by rural communities to promote smoke-free policies. Findings reveal that negative emotional tone, loss framing, appeals to religiosity, and shifting focus away from smokers are effective strategies with rural audiences. Potential pitfalls were identified. Attacks on smokers may not be a useful strategy. Health risk messages reinforced beliefs of secondhand smoke harm but some argued that the messages needed to appeal to smokers and emphasize health hazards to smokers, rather than to non-smokers only. Messages describing ineffectiveness of smoking sections were understood but participants felt they were only relevant for restaurants and not all public spaces. Emphasis on religiosity and social norms shows promise as a culturally sensitive approach to promoting smoke-free environments in rural communities.

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'It's about the smoke, not the smoker': messages that motivate rural communities to support smoke-free policies

Kostygina

Hahn

Rayens

2013

Health Education Research

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“…Self-efficacy has been shown to be a predictor of motivation and persistence in health behavior. Using Self-efficacy Theory, Ramirez and colleagues examined youth empowerment in advocacy for tobacco control policy (Ramirez et al 2006). In their study of Latino adolescents, non-smoking and low levels of cigarette use were associated with greater self-efficacy as measured by (a) self-efficacy for tobacco policy advocacy, (b) positive attitudes towards anti-tobacco policies, and (c) positive expectations towards policy advocacy.…”

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Ethnic Pride, Traditional Family Values, and Acculturation in Early Cigarette and Alcohol Use Among Latino Adolescents

2009

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A structural equations model examined the influence of three cultural variables of ethnic pride, traditional family values and acculturation, along with the mediating variables of avoidance self-efficacy and perceptions of the “benefits” of cigarette smoking, on cigarette and alcohol use in a sample of Latino middle school students in the Southwest. Girls (N = 585) and boys (N = 360) were analyzed separately. In both groups, higher ethnic pride and traditional family values exerted indirect effects on less cigarette smoking and alcohol use when mediated through greater self-efficacy and less endorsement of the “benefits” of cigarette smoking. Among the girls, greater ethnic pride also had a direct effect on less cigarette and alcohol use. Also, greater acculturation directly predicted more cigarette and alcohol use among the girls, but not among the boys. However, differences between the boys and girls were generally nonsignificant as revealed by multiple group latent variable models. These results offer implications for incorporating cultural variables into the design of culturally relevant prevention interventions that discourage cigarette and alcohol use among Latino adolescents.

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“…For community psychology, empowerment is an active process where individuals, organizations and communities can act to shape the environments they inhabit, to gain control of their lives and to work for social justice (Peterson and Zimmerman 2004;Rappaport 1987). Similarly, public health views empowerment as a process through which people may become prepared to redress social or material inequities that lead to poor health or health disparities (LeRoy et al 2004;Minkler et al 2001;Ramirez et al 2006). Drawing on its roots in community organizing, social work understands empowerment as a process of increasing power, whether personal, interpersonal, or political, which enables people to take action to improve their life situation (Gutierrez 1990).…”

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The Influence of Participation, Gender and Organizational Sense of Community on Psychological Empowerment: The Moderating Effects of Income

Speer

Peterson

Armstead

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American J of Comm Psychol

107

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This study explored the influence of participation, gender and organizational sense of community (SOC) on both the intrapersonal and interactional components of psychological empowerment (PE). Participants were residents (n = 562) involved in community organizing efforts in five U.S. communities. Measures of participation and SOC were tailored to community organization contexts. SOC assessed three dimensions: (1) connection of members to the organization; (2) perceptions about the organization as a bridge to other groups and organizations in the broader community; and (3) bond or attachment to the community at large. Income (low, middle and high-income) was tested as a moderator of these relationships. Results showed significant moderating effects of income on the relationship between participation, gender and SOC on both components of PE. Participation was positively related with intrapersonal empowerment across income levels, but positively related with interactional empowerment only for low-income individuals. Gender was only associated with intrapersonal empowerment, and only for low-income individuals. SOC, as expressed through bridging to the broader community, was positively related with interactional PE for all income levels, but with intrapersonal PE for only low and middle-income individuals. In contrast, member connection to the organization was not related to interactional empowerment and significantly related to intrapersonal empowerment only for individuals with higher income. The importance of participation, gender and SOC for different types of empowerment and the impact of income on the SOC-empowerment relationship are discussed.

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Tobacco Control Policy Advocacy Attitudes and Self-Efficacy Among Ethnically Diverse High School Students

Cited by 8 publications

References 30 publications

'It's about the smoke, not the smoker': messages that motivate rural communities to support smoke-free policies

'It's about the smoke, not the smoker': messages that motivate rural communities to support smoke-free policies

Ethnic Pride, Traditional Family Values, and Acculturation in Early Cigarette and Alcohol Use Among Latino Adolescents

The Influence of Participation, Gender and Organizational Sense of Community on Psychological Empowerment: The Moderating Effects of Income

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