ArticlePloS one2017
Smoking prevalence differs by location of residence among Ghanaians in Africa and Europe: The RODAM study.
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- Aetiological research on the health of migrants living in Germany: a systematic literature review.BMJ open · 2022Pooled it
- Health Risk Behaviours by Immigrants' Duration of Residence: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of public health · 2022Pooled it
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- Is duration of residence a proxy for acculturation? The case of health risk behaviors among international immigrants.Scandinavian journal of public health · 2024Article
- Impact of Smoking Status and Nicotine Dependence on Academic Performance of Health Sciences Students.Substance abuse and rehabilitation · 2023Article
- [Prevalence and factors associated with smoking among adults living in the Moungali district of Brazzaville in 2021].The Pan African medical journal · 2022Article
- Rural and urban migration to Europe in relation to cardiovascular disease risk: does it matter where you migrate from?Public health · 2021Article
- Multimorbidity Among Migrant and Non-Migrant Ghanaians: The RODAM Study.International journal of public health · 2021Article
- A situational analysis of tobacco control in Ghana: progress, opportunities and challenges.Journal of global health reports · 2020Article
- The prevalence of metabolic syndrome among Ghanaian migrants and their homeland counterparts: the Research on Obesity and type 2 Diabetes among African Migrants (RODAM) study.European journal of public health · 2019Article
- The UCL-Lancet Commission on Migration and Health: the health of a world on the move.Lancet (London, England) · 2018Review
- Ideal cardiovascular health among Ghanaian populations in three European countries and rural and urban Ghana: the RODAM study.Internal and emergency medicine · 2018Article
- The prevalence of substance use among Russian, Somali and Kurdish migrants in Finland: a population-based study.BMC public health · 2018Article
- Epidemiology and Clinical Features of Thyroid-associated Orbitopathy in Accra.Middle East African journal of ophthalmologyArticle
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Abstract
backgroundAlthough the prevalence of smoking is low in Ghana, little is known about the effect of migration on smoking. Comparing Ghanaians living in their country of origin to those living in Europe offers an opportunity to investigate smoking by location of residence and the associations between smoking behaviours and migration-related factors.
methodsData on a relatively homogenous group of Ghanaians living in London (n = 949), Amsterdam (n = 1400), Berlin (n = 543), rural Ghana (n = 973) and urban Ghana (n = 1400) from the cross-sectional RODAM (Research on Obesity & Diabetes in African Migrants) study were used. Age-standardized prevalence rates of smoking by location of residence and factors associated with smoking among Ghanaian men were estimated using prevalence ratios (PR: 95% CIs).
resultsCurrent smoking was non-existent among women in rural and urban Ghana and London but was 3.2% and 3.3% in women in Amsterdam and Berlin, respectively. Smoking prevalence was higher in men in Europe (7.8%) than in both rural and urban Ghana (4.8%): PR 1.91: 95% CI 1.27, 2.88, adjusted for age, marital status, education and employment. Factors associated with a higher prevalence of smoking among Ghanaian men included European residence, being divorced or widowed, living alone, Islam religion, infrequent attendance at religious services, assimilation (cultural orientation), and low education.
conclusionGhanaians living in Europe are more likely to smoke than their counterparts in Ghana, suggesting convergence to European populations, although prevalence rates are still far below those in the host populations.
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