Hudson, Lee; White, Andrew; Roseby, Rob

Author(s)

Hudson, Lee

White, Andrew

Roseby, Rob

Publication Date

2009-04

Abstract

Child exposure to tobacco smoke is detrimental to health. Australian Aboriginal people have a higher rate of cigarette smoking compared with the national average. Thus, we aim to measure the proportion of children admitted to Alice Springs Hospital who are exposed to tobacco smoke at home, to correlate this with prevalence of regular cough and gauge smokers' interest in quitting. A questionnaire was administered verbally to carers of children admitted to Alice Springs Hospital, November 2006 to January 2007. Main outcome measures were presence of a smoker at home and presence of a regular cough. We measured the interest of carers and speculated interest of other smokers in quitting. Eighty-two questionnaires were completed (60% of children admitted during the study period). Eighty-nine per cent of children were Aboriginal. As so few non-Aboriginal children were included in the study, their results were not included in analysis. Sixty-four per cent of children lived with at least one smoker. Seventy per cent of children exposed to smoke at home lived with more than one smoker. Point prevalence of reported regular cough was 33%. Forty-three per cent of children who lived with at least one smoker had regular cough compared with 13% in those who did not (P= 0.035). The rate ratio for regular cough when living with a smoker versus when not living with a smoker was 2.77 (95% confidence interval: 1.06-7.23). Forty-two per cent of the smokers expressed interest in quitting. It is concerning that the majority of hospitalised children were exposed to tobacco smoke at home, while fewer than half of smokers were interested in quitting.

Citation

Journal of paediatrics and child health 2009-04; 45(4): 224-7

Pubmed ID

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19426379/?otool=iaurydwlib

Link

https://hdl.handle.net/10137/5740

MESH subject

Australia

Caregivers

Child

Child, Hospitalized

Child, Preschool

Cough

Environmental Exposure

Humans

Infant

Oceanic Ancestry Group

Parents

Smoking

Smoking Cessation

Surveys and Questionnaires

Tobacco Smoke Pollution

Title

Tobacco smoke exposure in hospitalised Aboriginal children in Central Australia.

Type of document

Journal Article

Entity Type

Publication

Author(s)	Hudson, Lee White, Andrew Roseby, Rob
Publication Date	2009-04
Abstract	Child exposure to tobacco smoke is detrimental to health. Australian Aboriginal people have a higher rate of cigarette smoking compared with the national average. Thus, we aim to measure the proportion of children admitted to Alice Springs Hospital who are exposed to tobacco smoke at home, to correlate this with prevalence of regular cough and gauge smokers' interest in quitting. A questionnaire was administered verbally to carers of children admitted to Alice Springs Hospital, November 2006 to January 2007. Main outcome measures were presence of a smoker at home and presence of a regular cough. We measured the interest of carers and speculated interest of other smokers in quitting. Eighty-two questionnaires were completed (60% of children admitted during the study period). Eighty-nine per cent of children were Aboriginal. As so few non-Aboriginal children were included in the study, their results were not included in analysis. Sixty-four per cent of children lived with at least one smoker. Seventy per cent of children exposed to smoke at home lived with more than one smoker. Point prevalence of reported regular cough was 33%. Forty-three per cent of children who lived with at least one smoker had regular cough compared with 13% in those who did not (P= 0.035). The rate ratio for regular cough when living with a smoker versus when not living with a smoker was 2.77 (95% confidence interval: 1.06-7.23). Forty-two per cent of the smokers expressed interest in quitting. It is concerning that the majority of hospitalised children were exposed to tobacco smoke at home, while fewer than half of smokers were interested in quitting.
Citation	Journal of paediatrics and child health 2009-04; 45(4): 224-7
Pubmed ID	https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19426379/?otool=iaurydwlib
Link	https://hdl.handle.net/10137/5740
MESH subject	Australia Caregivers Child Child, Hospitalized Child, Preschool Cough Environmental Exposure Humans Infant Oceanic Ancestry Group Parents Smoking Smoking Cessation Surveys and Questionnaires Tobacco Smoke Pollution
Title	Tobacco smoke exposure in hospitalised Aboriginal children in Central Australia.
Type of document	Journal Article
Entity Type	Publication

Tobacco smoke exposure in hospitalised Aboriginal children in Central Australia.

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