2020 design and methods of the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) study during the COVID-19 pandemic
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: The Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study is a nationally representative, longitudinal study of the US population on tobacco use and its effects on health, collecting data annually since 2013. The COVID-19 pandemic interrupted in-person survey data collections around the world. In the USA, this included a PATH Study data collection focused on youth (13-17) and young adults (18-19) as well as other US surveys on tobacco use. Given that it was necessary to pause data collection and considering that tobacco-use behaviours could be expected to change along with pandemic-related changes in the social environment, the original design for the 2020 PATH Study data collection for youth and young adults was modified. Also, the PATH Study Adult Telephone Survey was developed to address the need for adult tobacco use monitoring in this unprecedented time. This article describes the modifications made to the 2020 PATH Study design and protocol to provide nationally representative data for youth and adults after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic as well as the implications of these modifications for researchers.
Source: Tobacco Control
Authors: Ralph DiGaetano, Sylvia Dohrmann, Ethel V Taylor, Colm D Everard, Victoria Castleman, Ting Yan, Heather L Kimmel, Izabella Zandberg, Andrea Piesse, Jean D Opsomer, Nicolette Borek, Marushka L Silveira, Frost Hubbard, Kristie Taylor, MeLisa R Creamer, Anikah H Salim, Eva Sharma, Yu-Ching Cheng, Victoria Vignare, Tammy Cook, Wioletta Szeszel-Fedorowicz, Yumiko Siegfried, Charles Carusi, Debra Stark, Silvana Skara, Andrew Hyland
Institutions: Westat (United States), United States Food and Drug Administration, Center for Tobacco Products, National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Center for Scientific Review, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, Health Resources and Services Administration, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
Language: English
Subfield: Physiology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4395665183