The Relationship between School Policies and Youth Tobacco Use

Autor/inn/en	Adams, Monica L.; Jason, Leonard A.; Pokorny, Steven; Hunt, Yvonne
Titel	The Relationship between School Policies and Youth Tobacco Use
Quelle	In: Journal of School Health, 79 (2009) 1, S.17-23 (7 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-4391
DOI	10.1111/j.1746-1561.2008.00369.x
Schlagwörter	Intervention; Smoking; School Role; Educational Environment; School Policy; Prevention; Program Effectiveness; Middle School Students; High School Students; Student Behavior; Health Behavior; Models; Age Differences; Gender Differences; Racial Differences; Illinois + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Rauchen; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Schulpolitik; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; High school; High schools; Oberschule; Studentin; Student behaviour; Schülerverhalten; Health behaviour; Gesundheitsverhalten; Analogiemodell; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Geschlechterkonflikt; Rassenunterschied
Abstract	Background: The school setting is frequently used both to educate youth about risks involved in tobacco use and to implement tobacco prevention and cessation programs. Given that school-based programs have resulted in limited success, it is necessary to identify other setting-level intervention strategies. School tobacco policies represent a type of universal intervention that might have some promise for preventing or reducing tobacco use. Methods: Hierarchical linear modeling was used to assess whether school tobacco policies were related to observations of tobacco use and current smoking among 16,561 seventh through twelfth graders attending 40 middle and high schools in Illinois. Results: Results indicated that the enforcement of school tobacco policies, but not the comprehensiveness of those policies, was associated with fewer observations of tobacco use by minors on school grounds as well as lower rates of current smoking among students. Conclusions: The school setting is a key system to impact youth tobacco use. Findings underscore the need to train school personnel to enforce school tobacco policy. (Contains 3 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10