TY - JOUR
T1 - Evaluation Informs Coalition Programming for Environmental Tobacco Smoke Reduction
AU - Cramer, Mary E.
AU - Mueller, Keith J.
AU - Harrop, Dianne
N1 - Funding Information:
1This project was supported in part by funds awarded to the University of Nebraska Medical Center, Department of Preventive and Societal Medicine, as a member of the Metropolitan Omaha Tobacco Awareness Coalition, by the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services and the Tobacco Free Nebraska Program (LB1436 Grant).
PY - 2003/12
Y1 - 2003/12
N2 - The objective for this formative evaluation was to establish baseline data for informing a community coalition's strategic planning in environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) risk reduction. The coalition had chosen 3 targeted settings for ETS risk reduction: restaurants, childcare facilities, and government buildings. The evaluation methodology involved telephone interviews (restaurants, n = 805; governmental buildings, n = 258) and mailed surveys (childcare facilities, n = 1,142). Data on county residents and businesses were used for comparison purposes and were analyzed from the Nebraska Social Climate Survey (2001; n = 558). Evaluation baseline findings showed that licensed childcare facilities were more ETS knowledgeable, less ETS tolerant, and more smoke-free than restaurants. Residents were more bothered by ETS than what restaurant proprietors perceived. The majority of governmental buildings were not smoke-free. Conclusions were that community health nurse evaluators can provide coalitions with formative evaluative data to inform strategic planning and increase the likelihood of effective program interventions for community impact on ETS.
AB - The objective for this formative evaluation was to establish baseline data for informing a community coalition's strategic planning in environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) risk reduction. The coalition had chosen 3 targeted settings for ETS risk reduction: restaurants, childcare facilities, and government buildings. The evaluation methodology involved telephone interviews (restaurants, n = 805; governmental buildings, n = 258) and mailed surveys (childcare facilities, n = 1,142). Data on county residents and businesses were used for comparison purposes and were analyzed from the Nebraska Social Climate Survey (2001; n = 558). Evaluation baseline findings showed that licensed childcare facilities were more ETS knowledgeable, less ETS tolerant, and more smoke-free than restaurants. Residents were more bothered by ETS than what restaurant proprietors perceived. The majority of governmental buildings were not smoke-free. Conclusions were that community health nurse evaluators can provide coalitions with formative evaluative data to inform strategic planning and increase the likelihood of effective program interventions for community impact on ETS.
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U2 - 10.1207/S15327655JCHN2004_05
DO - 10.1207/S15327655JCHN2004_05
M3 - Article
C2 - 14644691
AN - SCOPUS:0345257784
SN - 0737-0016
VL - 20
SP - 245
EP - 258
JO - Journal of Community Health Nursing
JF - Journal of Community Health Nursing
IS - 4
ER -