The article describes a value-based approach to smoking prevention. This approach was implemented in a program with immigrants from Latin America in Canada. The approach is based on the values of praticipatory community planning and sensitivity to cultural diversity, and on a comprehensive philosophy of health. The prorgam had six specific objectives: (a) to expand knowledge on the effects of smoking, (b) to help teens resist the pressure to smoke, (c) to increase family communication and parental input regarding smoking, (d) to engage children and parents in community activism to prevent the use of tobacco, (e) to reduce intentions to smoke, and (f) to disseminate the program to other ethno-cultural communities. The article shows how the m...
Despite of the accumulation of scientific evidence confirming the health consequences of smoking and...
Leading causes of death among Latinos in the U.S include cancer (of which, lung cancer is the most f...
Introduction: Latin America has the highest prevalence of tobacco use by youth. Higher media literac...
The article describes a value-based approach to smoking prevention. This approach was implemented in...
Para determinar ciertas creencias y componentes culturales de fumadores hispanos que pudieran influi...
Purpose: Hispanic residents of multiunit housing (MUH) are disproportionately exposed to secondhand ...
Smoking prevention among adolescents is a public health challenge that is even more significant in l...
Background: The burden of disease attributable to tobacco use in Latin America is very high. The obj...
Immigrant family skills-building to prevent tobacco use in Latino youth: study protocol for a patory...
Introduction: Smokers have two more possibilities to die than non smokers. A great list of diseases ...
Cigarette smoking has widely received the attention of international and local health bodies. Effort...
Uruguay has some of the strictest tobacco-control laws in Latin America. Despite this, youth smoking...
Resumen El incremento en el índice del uso del tabaco y sus derivados entre los jóvenes colombianos...
Purpose. Despite a high prevalence of voluntary home smoking bans and laws protecting Californians f...
This article focuses on the strategies implement government institutions to control the consumption ...
Despite of the accumulation of scientific evidence confirming the health consequences of smoking and...
Leading causes of death among Latinos in the U.S include cancer (of which, lung cancer is the most f...
Introduction: Latin America has the highest prevalence of tobacco use by youth. Higher media literac...
The article describes a value-based approach to smoking prevention. This approach was implemented in...
Para determinar ciertas creencias y componentes culturales de fumadores hispanos que pudieran influi...
Purpose: Hispanic residents of multiunit housing (MUH) are disproportionately exposed to secondhand ...
Smoking prevention among adolescents is a public health challenge that is even more significant in l...
Background: The burden of disease attributable to tobacco use in Latin America is very high. The obj...
Immigrant family skills-building to prevent tobacco use in Latino youth: study protocol for a patory...
Introduction: Smokers have two more possibilities to die than non smokers. A great list of diseases ...
Cigarette smoking has widely received the attention of international and local health bodies. Effort...
Uruguay has some of the strictest tobacco-control laws in Latin America. Despite this, youth smoking...
Resumen El incremento en el índice del uso del tabaco y sus derivados entre los jóvenes colombianos...
Purpose. Despite a high prevalence of voluntary home smoking bans and laws protecting Californians f...
This article focuses on the strategies implement government institutions to control the consumption ...
Despite of the accumulation of scientific evidence confirming the health consequences of smoking and...
Leading causes of death among Latinos in the U.S include cancer (of which, lung cancer is the most f...
Introduction: Latin America has the highest prevalence of tobacco use by youth. Higher media literac...