Implementation and impact of anti-smoking interventions in three prisons in the absence of appropriate legislation
| Autor: | Ariel Eytan, Jean-François Etter, Catherine Ritter, Derek Pierre Christie, Jean-Pierre Rieder, Bernice Simone Elger, Martina Kunz, Corinne Wahl, Jean-Paul Luc André Humair, Hans Wolff |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Medical staff Epidemiology medicine.medical_treatment media_common.quotation_subject Psychological intervention Legislation Prison Smoking Prevention behavioral disciplines and activities Tobacco smoke ddc:616.89 mental disorders Medicine Humans Longitudinal Studies Psychiatry media_common ddc:613 business.industry Prisoners Smoking ddc:614.1 Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health virus diseases social sciences Organizational Policy Prisons Smoking cessation Feasibility Studies population characteristics Smoking Cessation Tobacco Smoke Pollution Smoking ban business Attitude to Health Anti smoking Switzerland |
| Zdroj: | Preventive Medicine, Vol. 55, No 5 (2012) pp. 475-81 |
| ISSN: | 0091-7435 |
| Popis: | Objective To assess the acceptability and impact of anti-smoking policies in three prisons in Switzerland. Methods A before–after intervention study in A) an open prison for sentenced prisoners, B) a closed prison for sentenced prisoners, and C) a prison for pretrial detainees. Prisoners and staff were surveyed before (2009, n = 417) and after (2010–2011, n = 228) the interventions. Medical staff were trained to address tobacco dependence systematically in prisoners. In prison A, a partial smoking ban was extended. No additional protection against second-hand smoke was feasible in prisons B and C. Results In prison A, more prisoners reported receiving medical help to quit smoking in 2011 (20%) than in 2009 (4%, p = 0.012). In prison A, prisoners and staff reported less exposure to second-hand smoke in 2011 than in 2009: 31% of prisoners were exposed to smoke at workplaces in 2009 vs 8% in 2011 (p = 0.001); in common rooms: 43% vs 8%, (p Conclusions Reinforcement of non-smoking rules was possible in only one of the three prisons but had an impact on exposure to tobacco smoke and medical help to quit. Implementing anti-smoking policies in prisons is difficult in the absence of appropriate legislation. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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