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Published in: International Journal of Public Health 1/2014

01-02-2014 | Original Article

The association of recreational space with youth smoking in low-socioeconomic status neighborhoods in Santiago, Chile

Authors: Wonhyung Lee, Andrew Grogan-Kaylor, Guillermo Sanhueza, Fernando Andrade, Jorge Delva

Published in: International Journal of Public Health | Issue 1/2014

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Abstract

Objectives

This study examines the relationship of neighborhood recreational space with youth smoking in mid- to low-income areas in the capital of Chile, Santiago.

Methods

A unique data set of adolescents (n = 779, mean age = 14, 51 % male) provided home addresses of study participants which were geocoded and mapped. Satellite maps of neighborhoods were used to identify open spaces for recreational use (e.g., soccer fields and plazas). Thiessen polygons were generated to associate study participants with the nearest available open space using ArcGIS. Regression models, with smoking as a dependent variable, were estimated in which age, sex, family socioeconomic status, peer substance usage, neighborhood crime, and accessibility of open space were covariates.

Results

The results show that residential proximity to recreational space was significantly and inversely associated with tobacco consumption among female, but not male, adolescents. Age and neighborhood crime were both positively associated with tobacco consumption among both male and female adolescents.

Conclusions

This study suggests that recreational spaces in proximity to residences may have a positive impact on reducing adolescents’ inclination to consume tobacco. The relationship of the accessibility to such spaces with smoking appears to vary by adolescents’ sex.
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Metadata
Title
The association of recreational space with youth smoking in low-socioeconomic status neighborhoods in Santiago, Chile
Authors
Wonhyung Lee
Andrew Grogan-Kaylor
Guillermo Sanhueza
Fernando Andrade
Jorge Delva
Publication date
01-02-2014
Publisher
Springer Basel
Published in
International Journal of Public Health / Issue 1/2014
Print ISSN: 1661-8556
Electronic ISSN: 1661-8564
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-013-0477-y

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