[ECPN] International Call for Papers: Unintended Consequences of Tobacco Control Policies on Low SES Women/Girls

[Roland Moore]

International Call for Papers

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

The Unintended Consequences of Tobacco Control Policies 
on Low Socioeconomic Status Women and Girls
 
Background.  The Tobacco Research Network on Disparities (TReND) is
issuing an international call for papers addressing the unintended
consequences of tobacco control policies on low socioeconomic status
women and girls. The Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC)
recognizes the increasing rates of tobacco use among women and girls
and
highlights the need for gender-specific tobacco control strategies. 
In
the United States and other industrialized countries, women living in
poverty, lacking a post-high school education, and/or those working in
manual labor, blue-collar and service positions have higher rates of
tobacco use and lower rates of quitting compared to their more
advantaged counterparts. Furthermore, an increasing number of women
and
girls in low and middle income countries are exposed to secondhand
smoke
and are beginning to use tobacco products. 

Strategies to reduce smoking among low socioeconomic status women and
girls in low, middle, and high income countries are needed to reduce
the
burden of tobacco-related morbidity and mortality among women.  
Tobacco
control policies are intended to reduce tobacco use and secondhand
smoke
exposure among all populations, but recent data indicate that there
may
be unintended consequences among low socioeconomic status women and
girls. Unintended consequences may be harmful or helpful to the lives
and livelihoods of low socioeconomic status women and girls, and
tobacco
control policies are being promoted globally without a good
understanding of their differential effects.

Paper Topics. TReND is issuing a call for papers on the Unintended
Consequences of Tobacco Control Policies on Low Socioeconomic Status
Women and Girls. Topics may include but are not limited to examining
the
effects of policies on:  * social acquisition of cigarettes *
smuggling
and illegal trade and sales * social networks and social support
systems
* social norms * culture * process of and determinants of quitting
success * nutritional status * other health behaviors or conditions
such
as obesity, alcohol and other substance use * co-morbid conditions *
job circumstances and occupational choices * violence against women
and
girls  * home life and personal and community livelihood * economic
decision-making.  Original research papers, conceptual or theoretical
papers, meta-analyses, and systematic reviews will be considered.  We
encourage the submission of papers that include qualitative and/or
quantitative analyses by gender or sex, social/occupational class,
race/ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, and geographic location.   We
also welcome papers that address disabled, pregnant, immigrant,
refugee,
displaced, and incarcerated women and girls. 

Instructions.  Please submit a brief abstract for review by June 27,
2008 to Christen H. Osburn, M.B.A., Contractor, SAIC-Frederick, Inc.,
at
osburnc at mail.nih.gov <mailto:osburnc at mail.nih.gov> . The abstract
should
not exceed 300 words and should include the title, purpose,
objectives,
study design and methods. Authors of accepted abstracts will be
notified
no later than July 15, 2008 and will be asked to submit a manuscript
for
peer review.  Manuscript submissions are due September 2, 2008 to the
guest editor, Roland S. Moore, Ph.D, at roland at prev.org.  The internal
review team will provide feedback to the authors prior to the
journal's
standard peer review process. Final papers are due on November 1, 2008
to Roland S. Moore., Ph.D.  For additional instructions and guidelines
for paper formatting, please go to the journal website at:
http://www.ajpm-online.net <http://www.ajpm-online.net/> .  If you
have
any questions regarding the special issue, please contact the guest
editor, Roland S. Moore, Ph.D. at roland at prev.org. 
 

Allison Rose, MHS (Contractor)
Special Projects Administrator

SAIC-Frederick, Inc.
Clinical Monitoring Research Program
Support to Tobacco Control Research Branch, BRP/DCCPS/NCI
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