Formative Research on Creating Smoke-free Homes in Rural Communities
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| Title: | Formative Research on Creating Smoke-free Homes in Rural Communities |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Escoffery, Cam, Kegler, Michelle Crozier, Butler, Susan |
| Source: | Health Education Research. Feb 2009 24(1):76-86. |
| Availability: | Oxford University Press. Great Clarendon Street, Oxford OX2 6DP, UK. Tel: +44-1865-353907; Fax: +44-1865-353485; e-mail: jnls.cust.serv@oxfordjournals.org; Web site: http://her.oxfordjournals.org/ |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 11 |
| Publication Date: | 2009 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Descriptors: | Smoking, Family (Sociological Unit), Early Adolescents, Rural Areas, Health Promotion, Child Health, Family Environment, Interviews, Compliance (Psychology) |
| Geographic Terms: | Georgia |
| DOI: | 10.1093/her/cym095 |
| ISSN: | 0268-1153 |
| Abstract: | The home is a significant place for exposure to secondhand smoke for children and non-smoking adults. This study explored factors that would convince families to adopt household smoking bans and actions to create and maintain smoke-free homes. Interviews were conducted with adults in 102 households in rural Georgia. Participating families had a young adolescent and included households with a mix of smokers and non-smokers and smoking ban status. Families reported they would consider a total ban to protect children from secondhand smoke and protect family members if they got sick. Few described difficulties in enforcement with over half of smokers accepting the rules. Situations that made it hard to enforce restrictions were if there was a visitor who smoked, a smoker who had cravings, and bad weather outside when the smoker desired to smoke. Smokers explained that family members could assist them in quitting by talking to them, not purchasing cigarettes for them, not smoking around them, and supporting them. Ideas for promoting smoke-free homes were having a no smoking sign, saying no to visitors who want to smoke, removing ashtrays, and creating a place outside for smokers. These findings can inform interventions designed to create and maintain smoke-free households. (Contains 2 tables.) |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Number of References: | 48 |
| Entry Date: | 2010 |
| Accession Number: | EJ903121 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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