Web-Based Tobacco Cessation Interventions and Digital Inequality across US Racial/Ethnic Groups
| Autor: | Erica E Salmon, Monica Webb Hooper, Kelly M. Carpenter |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Counseling Male Inequality Adolescent Epidemiology media_common.quotation_subject education Health Behavior Psychological intervention Ethnic group White People Race (biology) Young Adult Ethnicity Web application Humans Minority Groups media_common Internet business.industry Smoking General Medicine Hispanic or Latino Popularity Racial ethnic United States Black or African American Quitline Socioeconomic Factors Indians North American Female Smoking Cessation business Psychology Demography Original Report: Cancer |
| Zdroj: | Ethnicitydisease. 29(3) |
| ISSN: | 1945-0826 |
| Popis: | Introduction: Internet-based tobacco cessation programs have increased in use and popularity in recent years. To examine evidence for racial/ethnic digital inequality in web-only tobacco cessation services offered by US tobacco quitlines, we conducted an analysis of quitline enrollees in five states. We hypothesized that racial/ethnic minorities would demonstrate lower enrollment and utilization of a web-only tobacco cessation program.Methods: The sample includes enrollees into five state quitlines whose service options included a web-only program in 2015 (N=32,989). Outcomes included web-entry into the quitline, web-only enrollment, establishment of a web account, and the number of times users logged into the program. Regression models tested associations with race/ethnicity.Results: Compared with Whites, African Americans, Hispanics, American Indians/ Alaska Natives, and “others” were less likely to enter the quitline via the web (Ps |
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