Adriana Villasenor¹, Esmeralda Iniguez², Susan I Woodruff, PhD², Jeanette Candelaria, MPH², and John Elder, PhD³. (1) Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, 9245 Sky Park Court, Ste. 221, San Diego, CA 92123, (619) 594-7919, avillasenor@projects.sdsu.edu, (2) Center for Behavioral and Community Health Studies, San Diego State University, 9245 Sky Park Court, Ste 221, San Diego, CA 92123, (3) Center for Behavioral and Community Health Studies, San Diego State University, Graduate School of Public Health, 9245 Sky Park Court, Suite 221, San Diego, CA 92123

This study examines the associations of family support/conflict and acculturation on smoking susceptibility and uptake among Latino Middle School Students participating in a tobacco prevention project. This randomized cohort study utilized trained high school students to deliver a six-lesson, tobacco use prevention intervention focusing on communication, parental support, self-esteem, media and peer influences to 254 middle school students and their parents in the home. Measures were conducted at baseline, 4 and 12 months. Baseline measures included items such as demographics, tobacco use and susceptibility, family support/conflict, and acculturation. At baseline, intervention participants (n = 125) and control participants (n = 129) were not significantly different regarding smoking related characteristics, with 6% of intervention and 2% of control participants reporting ever having smoked, and 8.8% and 7% reporting ever having tried smoking, respectively. There were no significant differences in susceptibility to smoke, with 23.2% of intervention and 20.9% of controls susceptible based on self-reported responses. In regard to living with a parent who smoked, 21% of those in the intervention group and 24% of controls reported living with a parent who smoked. An initial look at follow-up results showed that susceptibility in the intervention group was 31.7% and 30.4% among the control group at the 12-month measures, while smoking uptake was 4.8% and 2.9%, respectively. This presentation will elaborate on these outcomes and explain the possible impact of family support/conflict and acculturation on study results.

Learning Objectives:

• At the conclusion of the session, the participant (learner) in this session will be able to assess how tobacco use and susceptibility may be affected by family support/conflict, and acculturation (ARSMA II) among middle school children participating in a smoking prevention intervention.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.