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Smoke-free-school-hours at vocational education and training schools in Denmark: attitudes among managers and teaching staff - a national cross-sectional study.
Heinze, Clara; Hjort, Anneke Vang; Elsborg, Peter; Maindal, Helle Terkildsen; Klinker, Charlotte Demant.
Afiliação
  • Heinze C; Health Promotion, Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen, Niels Steensens vej 6, 2820, Gentofte, Denmark. clara.heinze@regionh.dk.
  • Hjort AV; Health Promotion, Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen, Niels Steensens vej 6, 2820, Gentofte, Denmark.
  • Elsborg P; Health Promotion, Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen, Niels Steensens vej 6, 2820, Gentofte, Denmark.
  • Maindal HT; Health Promotion, Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen, Niels Steensens vej 6, 2820, Gentofte, Denmark.
  • Klinker CD; Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, Bartholins Alle 2, 8000, Aarhus, Denmark.
BMC Public Health ; 19(1): 813, 2019 Jun 24.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31234822
ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND:

Tobacco is the main cause of non-communicable disease and premature death globally. Implementing restrictive school tobacco policies such as smoke-free-school-hours (SFSH) may have the potential to reduce smoking among Vocational Education and Training (VET) school students. To be effective, school tobacco policies that largely involve strict and consistent enforcement by both managers and teaching teaching staff must be implemented. This study investigated the attitudes towards the implementation of SFSH among the managers and teaching staff at Danish VET schools.

METHODS:

The analyses were based on cross-sectional survey data collected with an online survey among managers and teaching staff at Danish VET schools. The data was collected from March to June 2017.

RESULTS:

Managers and teaching staff (n = 571) from 71 out of 87 Danish VET schools (81.6%) took part in the survey. In the adjusted analysis, teaching staff were twice as likely as managers to have a favourable attitude towards SFSH. Furthermore, being female and of increasing age correlated with having a favourable attitude. A trend towards schools in favour of SFSH having more health promotion facilities, policy and practice, was identified. CONCLUSION AND IMPLICATIONS Existing health promotion facilities and activities at the schools were associated with a favorable attitude among the management towards implementing SFSH. Thus, implementing other health promotion activities and policies might be an important first step to establish readiness to implement SFSH.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Serviços de Saúde Escolar / Educação Vocacional / Política Antifumo / Professores Escolares / Promoção da Saúde Tipo de estudo: Observational_studies / Prevalence_studies / Qualitative_research / Risk_factors_studies Limite: Adult / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged País/Região como assunto: Europa Idioma: En Revista: BMC Public Health Ano de publicação: 2019 Tipo de documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Serviços de Saúde Escolar / Educação Vocacional / Política Antifumo / Professores Escolares / Promoção da Saúde Tipo de estudo: Observational_studies / Prevalence_studies / Qualitative_research / Risk_factors_studies Limite: Adult / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged País/Região como assunto: Europa Idioma: En Revista: BMC Public Health Ano de publicação: 2019 Tipo de documento: Article