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ASSOCIATION BETWEEN PERCEIVED DISCRIMINATION AND ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO CONSUMPTION IN ELSA-BRASIL COHORT: FOCUSING ON GENDER DIFFERENCES
Discriminação percebida
Comportamentos de risco à saúde
Consumo de álcool
Consumo de tabaco
Estudo de coorte
Perceived discrimination
Health-risk behaviors
Alcohol consumption
Tobacco consumption
Cohort study
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Federal University of Bahia. Institute of Collective Health. Salvador, BA, Brazil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Gonçalo Moniz. Salvador, BA, Brasil.
Federal University of Bahia. Institute of Collective Health. Salvador, BA, Brazil.
Federal University of Bahia. Institute of Collective Health. Salvador, BA, Brazil.
Porto University. Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences. Porto, Portugal.
Federal University of Bahia. Institute of Collective Health. Salvador, BA, Brazil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Gonçalo Moniz. Salvador, BA, Brasil.
Federal University of Bahia. Institute of Collective Health. Salvador, BA, Brazil.
Federal University of Bahia. Institute of Collective Health. Salvador, BA, Brazil.
Porto University. Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences. Porto, Portugal.
Federal University of Bahia. Institute of Collective Health. Salvador, BA, Brazil.
Resumo em Inglês
Discrimination is detrimental to physical and mental health, particularly insofar as health-risk behaviors are concerned. Particular attention has been paid to excess alcohol consumption and smoking in view of the ready availability of these substances in Western societies. Objectives: To determine whether an association exists between perceived discrim-
ination and excess alcohol intake and smoking in women and men enrolled in the ELSA-
Brasil cohort study. Methods: The sample included in the ELSA-Brasil cohort consisted of
15,105 civil servants. Data from waves 1 and 2 of the study were used. A multidimensional
questionnaire was used to collect sociodemographic characteristics and evaluate perceived
discrimination, alcohol consumption, and smoking. Results: An association was found
between excess alcohol intake and perceived discrimination only in the men, with this asso-
ciation remaining significant in the youngest age group, in university-educated individuals,
and in the group classified as middle-class. An association was found between smoking and
lifetime perceived discrimination in women, particularly in those 60 years of age, brown-
skinned women, those who had completed elementary school, and those classified as upper
social class. This same association was found in the men, mainly those of 50–59 years of
age, white-skinned males, those who had completed high school, those with a university
education, and those classified as upper social class. Conclusions/Importance: Investing in
public health policies aimed at combating the different forms of discrimination would
appear essential. Not only does discrimination contribute to social injustice, but it also
encourages health-risk behaviors such as excess alcohol intake and smoking.
Palavras-chave
Diferenças de géneroDiscriminação percebida
Comportamentos de risco à saúde
Consumo de álcool
Consumo de tabaco
Estudo de coorte
Palavras-chave em inglês
Gender differencesPerceived discrimination
Health-risk behaviors
Alcohol consumption
Tobacco consumption
Cohort study
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