Undergraduate support for university smoke-free and vape-free campus policies and student engagement: a quasi-experimental intervention
| Autor: | Cornelia Pechmann, Tamineh Romero, Claudia Perez, Catherine M. Crespi, Elaine Cheung, William J. McCarthy, Janice E. Huang |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Universities public policy education Public policy Student engagement Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems Clinical Research Tobacco medicine Humans Social media Students vape-free Medical education Tobacco Smoke and Health Public health Prevention Vaping smoke-free/vape-free Tobacco control Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Substance Abuse College Social marketing smoke-free social marketing Stroke Intervention (law) Smoke-Free Policy tobacco-control Respondent Respiratory Public Health and Health Services 3.1 Primary prevention interventions to modify behaviours or promote wellbeing Psychology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of American college health : J of ACH, vol 70, iss 4 |
| Popis: | Background: College campuses have policies restricting smoking/vaping on campus. Previous studies involving mostly European-American students showed smoking prevalence declines following implementation of such policies.Objective: To evaluate a social media campaign promotive of stronger campus support for an existing campus no-smoking/no-vaping policy where most (∼75%) of the undergraduates were non-European-American. A demographically comparable university served as a no-intervention control.Participants: Target was 200 random intercept surveys at each university during fall 2016, spring 2017. Of 800 respondents, 681 were undergraduates.Methods: Baseline and post-intervention surveys assessed awareness of and support for campus-wide smoke-free/vape-free policies. Staged smoke-free/vape-free policy violations assessed students' propensity to intervene in support of the policy.Results: Respondent support for the no-smoking/no-vaping policy did not change.Conclusions: The social media campaign and Policy Ambassadors program did not increase support for the campus no-smoking/no-vaping policy. Most (∼90%) respondents agreed that the campus no-smoking/no-vaping policy was important for public health. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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