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Attitudes Toward Smoking and Family‐Based Health Promotion Among Rural Mothers and Other Primary Caregivers Who Smoke
Author(s) -
Tilson Elizabeth C.,
McBride Colleen M.,
Albright Jennifer B.,
Sargent James D.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
journal of school health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.851
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1746-1561
pISSN - 0022-4391
DOI - 10.1111/j.1746-1561.2001.tb07286.x
Subject(s) - health promotion , smoking cessation , context (archaeology) , demographics , medicine , promotion (chess) , family medicine , health education , environmental health , public health , psychology , nursing , demography , sociology , politics , political science , law , biology , paleontology , pathology
The family milieu provides a potential context for integrating smoking cessation and prevention activities to complement school‐based efforts. In this study, surveys were mailed to caregivers of elementary school children to assess demographics, smoking characteristics and attitudes, and receptivity to and preferred format for health promotion programs. Fifty‐three percent (n=276) of 501 caregivers responded. Among smokers, most did not want their children to smoke, and they wanted to quit themselves; 91% considered it important to involve their children in their smoking cessation attempts; and 70% expressed willingness to participate in health promotion for the entire family. Written materials either mailed home or brought home from school were the preferred program formats. These findings suggest the feasibility of a program in which adults and children work together at home on smoking cessation and prevention activities that might increase the effectiveness of school‐based smoking prevention messages.