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Changes in attitude and self-reported smoking behavior of youth with different social economic status pre-and-post implementation of WHO tobacco control policies in Ukraine during 2005-2011.

Volkova, Olga

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2016, Doctor of Philosophy, University of Akron, Public Administration.
This study examines an attitude to tobacco control policy and self-reported behavior of youth in reference to pre - post adaptation of WHO tobacco control policies in Ukraine during 2005-2011 with and without the consideration of their socioeconomic status. The study utilizes the data from Global Youth Tobacco survey (GYTS) which was gathered in Ukraine in 2005 and 2011. The results of study reveal a statistical significant difference in both attitude and self-reported behavior pre and post adaptation of WHO tobacco control policies. The difference, however, has a small size effect which implies of the need to more effectively implement the policies directed toward increasing taxes, tobacco products advertisement regulation, and smoke free environment law. There is a need of strengthening public health policy efforts in anti-smoking interventions, themes, and approaches. The findings also show that youth of different levels of socioeconomic status do not differ in their attitude toward tobacco control policies and do not differ in their self-reported observation of pro-smoking advertisements pre and post adaptation of WHO tobacco control polices. Youth of different levels of socioeconomic status, however, differ in their self-reported observation of anti-smoking advertisements and self-reported smoking behavior pre and post adaptation of WHO tobacco control policies which signals of a need for a targeted approach for different socioeconomic status groups to equally increase the positive outcome of policies for all socioeconomic status groups. Therefore, the consideration of socioeconomic status should be embedded into the preferred policy tools for the individuals with different socioeconomic status to bear the desired policy outcome. A future agenda, therefore, will be to find means for overcoming difficulties in identifying socioeconomic status groups in the Ukraine, obtaining behavioral data on the different socioeconomic groups, developing strong and simple approaches in reaching vulnerable socioeconomic groups, and implementing long-term strategies. This study, therefore, helps to address an important gap in the policy development literature and provides the recommendations on the effective tobacco control policies practical implementation.
Raymond Cox (Committee Chair)
191 p.

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  • Volkova, O. (2016). Changes in attitude and self-reported smoking behavior of youth with different social economic status pre-and-post implementation of WHO tobacco control policies in Ukraine during 2005-2011. [Doctoral dissertation, University of Akron]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1471539193

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Volkova, Olga. Changes in attitude and self-reported smoking behavior of youth with different social economic status pre-and-post implementation of WHO tobacco control policies in Ukraine during 2005-2011. 2016. University of Akron, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1471539193.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Volkova, Olga. "Changes in attitude and self-reported smoking behavior of youth with different social economic status pre-and-post implementation of WHO tobacco control policies in Ukraine during 2005-2011." Doctoral dissertation, University of Akron, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1471539193

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)