A longitudinal study exploring Liverpool primary schoolchildren's perspectives on smoking

Porcellato, L; Dugdill, L; Springett, J

Abstract

A cohort study was designed to explore over 200 primary schoolchildren's (ages 4–7) perspectives on smoking in the context of their own lives and subsequently, to assess any changes in these perspectives over time. Results showed that, in general, the children had a negative disposition about the habit, which did not dissipate over the 3-year study period. They had a fairly substantive understanding of smoking, in particular of the consequences to health, which increased in breadth and depth over time and they acknowledged the central role that the family played within the 'culture' of smoking. Such results have implications for the development of effective school-based smoking prevention strategies.

Citation

Porcellato, L., Dugdill, L., & Springett, J. (2005). A longitudinal study exploring Liverpool primary schoolchildren's perspectives on smoking. Childhood, 12(4), 425-443. https://doi.org/10.1177/0907568205058601

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2005
• Deposit Date: Aug 2, 2007
• Journal: Childhood
• Print ISSN: 0907-5682
• Publisher: SAGE Publications
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 12
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 425-443
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0907568205058601
• Keywords: Children, longitudinal study, perspectives, smoking
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0907568205058601