Trends in socioeconomic inequalities among adult male hardcore smokers in Vietnam: 2010-2015.

Autor: Kien VD; Center for Population Health Sciences, Hanoi School of Public Health, Hanoi, Vietnam. vuduykien@gmail.com., Jat TR; HelpAge International, Yangon, Myanmar., Giang KB; Institute for Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Hanoi Medical University, Hanoi, Vietnam., Hai PT; Vietnam Steering Committee on Smoking and Health (VINACOSH), Hanoi, Vietnam., Huyen DTT; Vietnam Steering Committee on Smoking and Health (VINACOSH), Hanoi, Vietnam., Khue LN; Vietnam Steering Committee on Smoking and Health (VINACOSH), Hanoi, Vietnam., Lam NT; World Health Organization Office in Viet Nam, Hanoi, Vietnam., Nga PTQ; World Health Organization Office in Viet Nam, Hanoi, Vietnam., Quan NT; General Statistics Office, Hanoi, Vietnam., Van Minh H; Center for Population Health Sciences, Hanoi School of Public Health, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: International journal for equity in health [Int J Equity Health] 2017 Jul 14; Vol. 16 (1), pp. 126. Date of Electronic Publication: 2017 Jul 14.
DOI: 10.1186/s12939-017-0623-x
Abstrakt: Background: Despite male smokers being dominant in Vietnam, scarce evidence on trends in socioeconomics inequalities among the hardcore male smokers is available in the country. In this study, we aimed at assessing the trends in socioeconomics inequalities among the hardcore smokers in adult male population in Vietnam over a five-year period from 2010 to 2015.
Methods: We used data from two rounds of the Vietnam Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) conducted in 2010 and 2015. We included only men aged 25 years and above in the analysis. We measured socioeconomic inequalities among hardcore smokers by calculating the concentration index. We conducted multiple logistic regression analysis to identify factors associated with hardcore smoking among men aged 25 years and above.
Results: The results of this study showed that the prevalence of male hardcore smokers aged 25 years and above in Vietnam was 9.5% in 2010 which increased to 13.1% in 2015. The prevalence of male hardcore smokers declined in the richest group from the 2010 level whereas it increased in the middle, poor and poorest groups. All values of weighted concentration indices indicated that the prevalence of male hardcore smokers occurred more among the poor men in Vietnam in both 2010 and 2015. The socioeconomic inequalities in hardcore smokers increased during 2010 and 2015. Residence in urban areas was significantly associated with higher adult male hardcore smoking in our study. Belonging to the age groups between 40 and 59 years, attaining primary and lower education, being self-employed, belonging to the poorest household group, smoking being allowed at home and no rule for smoking at home were associated with higher risk of being hardcore smoker among adult males in Vietnam.
Conclusions: We found increased trends in socioeconomic inequalities in hardcore smoking among the study population. Our study results indicate that existing smoking secession and tobacco control policy and interventions need to be modified or new policies and interventions should be introduced with the perspective of addressing socioeconomic inequalities to have the desired impact. We recommend implementing specific targeted interventions for vulnerable population groups for better results.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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