American Indian Knowledge, Attitudes, and Beliefs About Smokeless Tobacco: A Comparison of Two Focus Group Studies
Issue Date
2017-12Author
Rollins, Kathryn L.
Lewis, Charley Sabe
Goeckner, Ryan
Pacheco, Joseph A.
Smith, Thomas Edward
Hale, Jason William
Daley, Sean Makosky
Choi, Won S.
Daley, Christine Makosky
Publisher
Springer Verlag
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Article
Article Version
Scholarly/refereed, author accepted manuscript
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Though smokeless tobacco (SLT) use has decreased in many communities, concern for American Indian (AI) SLT use remains, as this population continues to be disproportionally affected by SLT-related diseases. Tobacco has cultural significance to many AI tribes, therefore tobacco cessation messages portraying tobacco as entirely negative may be ineffective. As a part of our formative research for an SLT cessation intervention, we sought to gain a better understanding of the knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs about SLT among AI community members. We describe two independent focus group studies conducted in Montana (ten focus groups, 54 participants) and Kansas (six focus groups, 27 participants). Predominant themes emerged from three major topic areas (SLT use, program development, and recreational SLT use) during the discussions from both studies. The formative approach and data from these studies will allow us to more appropriately address SLT-related health disparities across multiple AI communities.
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The final publication is available at Springer via http://doi.org/10.1007/s10900-017-0362-3.
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Rollins, K., Lewis, C., Goeckner, R., Pacheco, J., Smith, T. E., Hale, J., ... & Daley, C. M. (2017). American Indian Knowledge, Attitudes, and Beliefs About Smokeless Tobacco: A Comparison of Two Focus Group Studies. Journal of community health, 42(6), 1133-1140.
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