ArticleERJ open research2017
Is individual smoking behaviour influenced by area-level ethnic density? A cross-sectional electronic health database study of inner south-east London.
Article in ERJ open research, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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- Genetic and sociodemographic factors associated with trajectories of physical and mental health multimorbidity in a South Asian cohort in the UK: A multistate modelling analysis.PLoS medicine · 2026Article
- Using Health Information Systems to Support Behavioral Interventions in Local Contexts: Scoping Review.JMIR medical informatics · 2026Review
- Wider determinants of adverse birth outcomes in Birmingham and Solihull.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Social inequalities in pregnancy metabolic profile: findings from the multi-ethnic Born in Bradford cohort study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2024Article
- Ethnic density and area-deprivation effects on central obesity among ethnic minority people in England-A cross-sectional, multi-level analysis.Frontiers in epidemiology · 2022Article
- Roma Socioeconomic Status Has a Higher Impact on Smoking Behaviour than Genetic Susceptibility.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Associations between school and neighbourhood ethnic density and physical activity in adolescents: Evidence from the Olympic Regeneration in East London (ORiEL) study.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2019Article
- Depression and cause-specific mortality in an ethnically diverse cohort from the UK: 8-year prospective study.Psychological medicine · 2019Article
- Does the ethnic density effect extend to obesity? A cross-sectional study of 415 166 adults in east London.BMJ open · 2019Article
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Abstract
Tobacco smoking remains one of the greatest public health problems facing the UK today. It varies significantly by ethnic group. This study aimed to determine whether ethnic differences in smoking behaviour are related to neighbourhood-level, own-group ethnic density across south and east London. The association between ethnic density and individual smoking behaviour was assessed by multilevel logistic regression using the electronic health records of 688 397 general practitioner-registered patients. Restricted cubic splines were created to explore whether the effect of ethnic density on smoking behaviour was nonlinear. Increasing own-group ethnic density was found to be associated with a significant reduction in the odds of being a current smoker in all ethnic groups, except for Black Caribbean women. The relationship between ethnic density and current smoking was found to be nonlinear, with the strength of association varying significantly by sex and ethnic group. These novel findings point to a complex relationship between culture, neighbourhood-level experience of adversity or social support and smoking behaviour, and will allow us to target smoking cessation services differentially to individuals/groups living in relative ethnic isolation, who do not benefit from the potential cultural/social factors associated with reduced tobacco consumption.
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