Paternal smoking and increased risk of infant and under-5 child mortality in Indonesia.

• Autores: Richard D Semba, Saskia de Pee, Kai Sun, Cora M Best, Mayang Sari, Martin W Bloem
• Localización: American journal of public health, ISSN 0090-0036, Vol. 98, Nº. 10, 2008, págs. 1824-1826
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • We examined the relationship between paternal smoking and child mortality. Among 361,021 rural and urban families in Indonesia, paternal smoking was associated with increased infant mortality (rural, odds ratio [OR] = 1.30; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.24, 1.35; urban, OR = 1.10; 95% CI = 1.01, 1.20), and under-5 child mortality (rural, OR = 1.32; 95% CI = 1.26, 1.37; urban, OR = 1.14; 95% CI = 1.05, 1.23). Paternal smoking diverts money from basic necessities to cigarettes and adversely affects child health; tobacco control should therefore be considered among strategies to improve child survival.;