Barriers and facilitators to address vaping in Massachusetts schools: a mixed-methods study of school-based stakeholders.
Transl Behav Med
; 13(8): 589-600, 2023 08 11.
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| ID: mdl-37084410
The purpose of this study was to understand challenges that school administrators faced in their approaches to address adolescent vaping in Massachusetts middle and high schools. We analyzed open-ended comments from Massachusetts school administrators who completed a survey between November 2020 and January 2021. Further, we analyzed nine interviews with administrators (e.g., principals, vice principals, school nurses) from Massachusetts school systems (n = 6) and school-based anti-tobacco advocates (n = 3); interviews took place between May and December 2021. We found that challenges to addressing adolescent vaping included school personnel capacity, funding, and lack of mental health and counseling supports. The COVID-19 pandemic was a major barrier to conducting usual in-person vaping programs, but also reduced student vaping at school due to new social distancing practices and bathroom use policies. Successful approaches included peer-led initiatives and parental involvement, and participants discussed the importance of educating adolescents on the harms of vaping. Based on our findings, school-based anti-vaping program practitionerssuch as school districts, state departments of education, or local health departmentsshould leverage peer-led initiatives, alternatives-to-suspension approaches, and parental involvement, to increase the potential impact of adolescent vaping prevention and treatment efforts.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Contexto en salud:
1_ASSA2030
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2_ODS3
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4_TD
Problema de salud:
1_doencas_nao_transmissiveis
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2_muertes_prematuras_enfermedades_notrasmisibles
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4_pneumonia
Asunto principal:
Pandemias
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COVID-19
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
Límite:
Adolescent
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Humans
País/Región como asunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Transl Behav Med
Año:
2023
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos