Oceania Tobacco Control Conference

Presentation on the

2006 NZ Global Youth Tobacco Survey

Ingrid McDuff, MPH (Hons)Research & Evaluation Unit

HSC

Presentation outline

• GYTS background

• NZ GYTS administration

• Select NZ GYTS findings

• Brief discussion

Background to the GYTS

• WHO & CDC, est. 1998

• Global Tobacco Surveillance System:

‘to strengthen global tobacco control surveillance systems to monitor the global tobacco epidemic and advance research to promote effective tobacco control programs'

Framework Convention on Tobacco Control

• Globally, 142 countries have ratified• 100% (27 of 27) in Western Pacific Region• Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia,

China, Cook Islands, Fiji, Federated States of Micronesia, Japan, Kiribati, Korea, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Mongolia, Nauru, New Zealand, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Viet Nam

OCEANIA

ASH Year 10

HSC

Year 10

In-depth Survey

NZ Global Youth Tobacco

Survey

NZ Youth Tobacco Monitor

2006 NZ GYTS Questionnaire

Standardised CDC/WHO questions: • Tobacco smoking prevalence • Knowledge and attitudes• Cessation• Second-hand smoke exposure• School curriculum• Access and availability.

2006 NZ GYTS Administration

• 13 to 15-year-old school students• Two-stage cluster sample design• Surveyed by class group, in school • N = 1,310• Fieldwork Aug-Sept 2006• Trained staff

One or both parents who smoke

41.3 46.5 22.7 41.0 35.6 59.6 43.5 59.70

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NZ International AFR AMER EMR EUR SEA WPRRegion

Prevalence (%)

Exposure to smoking inside the home in past week

37.3 43.9 30.4 41.6 37.6 78.0 37.0 50.50

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Exposure to smoking in places outside the home in past week

64.6 55.8 46.3 63.0 46.3 84.8 49.4 53.60

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Limitations & Implications

• Variation in tobacco control action, social environment

• No measure of ethnicity in GYTS

• Focus on developing countries – USA and NZ only ‘developed’ nations to participate

Future NZ participation

• Repeat of NZ GYTS in 2008

• NZ participation in – Global School Personnel Survey ?– Global Health Professional Students Survey ?

• “Linking data to action”

Contact informationIngrid McDuff

Research & Evaluation Unit

Health Sponsorship Council, NZ

ingrid@hsc.org.nz

Additional information

• NZ Ministry of Health• www.moh.govt.nz • Health Sponsorship Council• www.hsc.org.nz • WHO Tobacco Free Initiative HQ:

www.who.int/tobacco/en/ • CDC• www.cdc.gov