The effects of social networks on tobacco use among high-school adolescents in Mexico Efectos de redes sociales sobre el uso de tabaco en adolescentes de preparatoria en México

The effects of social networks on tobacco use among high-school adolescents in Mexico Efectos de redes sociales sobre el uso de tabaco en adolescentes de preparatoria en México

OBJECTIVE: To identify the effect of centrality in social network positions on tobacco-use among high-school adolescents in Tonala, Jalisco, Mexico. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Longitudinal sociometric social network data were collected among 486 high-school adolescents in 2003 and 399 in 2004. The surve...

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Main Authors: Guadalupe Ramírez-Ortiz, Ramiro Caballero-Hoyos, Guadalupe Ramírez-López, Thomas W Valente
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública 2012-08-01
Series:Salud Pública de México
Subjects:
redes sociales
uso de tabaco
adolescentes
centralidad
amistad
presión de pares
social networks
tobacco use
adolescents
centrality
friendship
peer pressure
Online Access:http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-36342012000400014

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