TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2010//
TI  - Does proximity to retailers influence alcohol and tobacco use among Latino adolescents?
JO  - Journal of immigrant and minority health
A1  - Hovell, Melbourne Frank
A1  - Clapp, John D.
A1  - Ryan, Sherry
A1  - Schmitz, Katherine E.
A1  - Sipan, Carol L.
A1  - Hill, Linda L.
A1  - Kelley, Norma J.
A1  - Blumberg, Elaine J.
A1  - West, Joshua H.
SP  - 626
EP  - 633
VL  - 12
IS  - 5
N2  - Despite decades of research surrounding determinants of alcohol and tobacco (A&T) use among adolescents, built environment influences have only recently been explored. This study used ordinal regression on 205 Latino adolescents to explore the influence of the built environment (proximity to A&T retailers) on A&T use, while controlling for recognized social predictors. The sample was 45% foreign-born. A&T use was associated with distance from respondents' home to the nearest A&T retailer (-), acculturation (+), parents' consistent use of contingency management (-), peer use of A&T (+), skipping school (+), attending school in immediate proximity to the US/Mexico border (+), and the interaction between the distance to the nearest retailer and parents' consistent use of contingency management (+). The association between decreasing distance to the nearest A&T retailer and increased A&T use in Latino adolescents reveals an additional risk behavior determinant in the US-Mexico border region.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1557-1912
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10903-009-9303-2
ID  - ref1
ER  -