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Online readiness assessment for Smoke- and Tobacco-free campus policies
Melinda J Ickes1, Amanda Wiggins2, Ellen J Hahn3
1a Go Tobacco-free, BREATHE Department of Kinesiology and Health Promotion, University of Kentucky , Lexington , Kentucky , USA.
Objective:
Develop and test an online survey to assess campus readiness to adopt smoke- and tobacco-free (SF/TF) policies.
Participants:
Key informants (N = 18) at four campuses in Kentucky without a SF/TF policy recruited April 2015.
Methods:
Cross-sectional design. The survey assessed six dimensions: knowledge about SF/TF policies; leadership for campus policy; resources for policy development; campus climate surrounding tobacco issues; existing tobacco policies; and political climate for campus policy development. Dimension raw scores were rescaled to range from 0-1 and summed to determine overall stage of readiness (0-6).
Results:
Political climate was highest dimension across all campuses (0.83-1.0). Knowledge dimension ranked lowest (0.0-0.50). Overall readiness scores ranged from 2.53-3.94; two campuses in preplanning and two in preparation.
Conclusions:
Development of the online measure is timely considering the impetus to implement SF/TF policies. Findings reinforce that campuses are at varying stages of implementing these policies, and stage-based interventions are necessary.
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