Factors Influencing Women Smoking in Hull
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Factors Influencing Smoking in Hull: A study of women smokers and non-smokers (FISH)
IRAS ID
209444
Contact name
Helen Gibson
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Hull
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 5 months, 17 days
Research summary
Smoking is the main cause of preventable death in the UK and in Hull levels of smoking are particularly high among women (33.9% compared to 18% in England). Two thirds more 15 year old girls in Hull smoke (25%) compared with 15 year old boys (15%). Between 2009 and 2011 of approximately 800 women in Hull that died 22% did so as a result of a cause linked with smoking. Smoking is recognised to have gender specific uptake trends and patterns and is also associated with socio-economic deprivation. Therefore, in the absence of literature to offer us answers, we are interested in why women in Hull smoke (or choose not to smoke) and how this information might be used by health care practitioners to support women in either i) not adopting smoking/remaining a non-smoker and ii) cessation.
We intend to conduct focus groups and interviews with young women (age 16 and over) who live in deprived areas of Hull to explore the factors that determine their smoking, non-smoking, cessation, and access to cessation service/advice behaviours. We will recruit from the local community and smoking cessation services. The topic guide will include the following key areas of discussion:
• Participants’ reasons for/decisions to smoke; not smoke; quit smoking
• Participants’ knowledge and understanding of smoking-related risks/benefits
• Participants’ knowledge and experience of smoking cessation services
• Social, emotional and environmental understandings of women’s smoking behaviours
• Women’s strategies for coping with stressful situations
Focus groups and interviews will be recorded and transcribed verbatim and subject to content analysis to identify themes that address the areas of enquiry.REC name
East of England - Essex Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
16/EE/0347
Date of REC Opinion
12 Sep 2016
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion