Social support and smoking behavior in family

• Yoan Michel Rodríguez Martínez, Yoan Michel Rodríguez Martínez ^[1] ; Díaz Blanco, Sol María ^[1] ; Olivia Pulido Acanda, Olivia Pulido Acanda ^[1] ; Luisa Esther Varela Ávila, Luisa Esther Varela Ávila ^[1]
  1. [1] Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Pinar del Río. Policlínico Universitario “Juan Bruno Zayas”. Mantua, Pinar del Río, Cuba
• Localización: Interamerican Journal of Health Sciences (IJHS), ISSN-e 2953-3724, Vol. 3, Nº. 0, 2023
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Introduction: the family is the intermediary group between the individual and society. It constitutes the primary nucleus of the human being, where the main behavioral patterns are incorporated and gives meaning to his life.

    Objective: to describe social support and smoking behavior in families belonging to the Mantua people’s council in the year 2022.

    Methods: an observational, descriptive, cross-sectional, descriptive study was carried out. From a universe of 32 families with the presence of a member with smoking behavior, a sample of 25 families was selected. Theoretical, empirical and descriptive statistical methods were used.

    Results: 88 % had the family as the main support network; it is the family that pays for and encourages tobacco consumption; the most frequent support networks were friends, 76 %, neighbors, 68 % and the partner, 68 %; regardless of the social support networks, this was received infrequently in 52 % of the families; informational support (20 % a lot and 60 % some) and emotional support (16 % a lot and 44 % some) were the most received.

    Conclusions: the families studied rely on external resources such as relatives who do not live at home, friends and neighbors. They frequently receive informative support, followed by emotional support. They report adequate satisfaction with the support received, as well as having sufficient adaptive resources to face the presence of a member with smoking behavior within the family system