Key Question |
KQ1. What is the relationship between acculturation and cigarette smoking in Hispanic women?
What factors moderate the effect of acculturation on cigarette smoking?What factors moderate
Is acculturation more closely related to certain patterns of smoking?
Does the reported effect of acculturation vary by conceptualization or measure?
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Populations |
Hispanic Women |
Intervention |
Acculturation. Measures of acculturation may include proxy variables (e.g., nativity, length of time in the U.S., language), unidimensional scales (e.g., Acculturation Rating Scale for Mexican Americans [ARSMA]), or bidimensional scales (e.g., Acculturation Rating Scale for Mexican Americans-II [ARSMA-II]). |
Comparator |
Other Hispanic women |
Outcomes |
Cigarette smoking (current – 30 day, 90 days, 1 year; lifetime) |
Timing |
Short and long term outcomes |
Study design |
All study designs will be considered. Studies must be quantitative and provide data from which an effect size can be calculated. |