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A comparison between instructional experience and performance of teachers and nurses delivering a smoking prevention program.

This paper focuses on the implementation evaluation strategy of a smoking prevention program and examines differences in instructional experience and implementation of the grade six curriculum in relation to provider type. Arbaseline, nurses (n = 40), compared with teachers (n = 39), reported (a) less previous classroom teaching experience, (b) greater reliance on lecturing and audio/visual materials, (c) less use of small group classroom activities, and (d) less confidence using small group and role playing methods in the classroom. More nurses than teachers believed smoking to be a significant problem in the schools. Nurses had less confidence than teachers in their ability to teach the smoking prevention curriculum. Nonetheless, behavioural observation indicated that nurses implemented the curriculum more completely. However, teachers, at least those who received workshop training, showed some evidence of greater utilization of teaching styles thought to be desirable.

Adult↗
PubMed1979

[Health education: prevention of smoking].

With the aim of primary prevention, the Health Education Service of Geneva organizes in all schools since 1970, an information campaign against the dangers of smoking! The objectives of this preventive action are to render the pupils conscient of the dangers of smoking, to draw their attention on the lures of advertisement and to permit them to make a personal opinion on the subject. This information is given in primary and secondary schools by the teachers who receive the necessary audio-visual equipment from the Health Education Service. In the higher degrees, this information is integrated in a regular health teaching program. All future teachers also receive an "anti-smoking" information given by doctors of our Department. We hope that this form of objective and scientific instruction in schools will minimise the effects of publicity, making the young people aware of the risks they encounter.

Adolescent↗
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Community demonstration programs for cardiovascular disease prevention: the Asia-Pacific experience.

Cardiovascular diseases are an important and increasing cause of death in many countries in the Asia-Pacific Region. Formal demonstration programs for the prevention of cardiovascular disease are few in number and not likely to be widely used in the future. Prevention programs focused on key risk factors are widely used in the Region and have been successful. Smoking prevention remains a high priority for all countries in the Region.

Cardiovascular Diseases↗
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Survey of smoking prevalence among Canadian nursing students and registered nurses.

Patterns of tobacco use are described for members of the Canadian Nurses Association, and students enrolled in the graduating classes of Canadian nursing schools outside Quebec. Seventeen percent of the RNs and 30% of students reported being current smokers. Forty-six of RNs and 10% of students started smoking in nursing school. Although RNs' smoking rates are lower than in any previous survey, students' rates remain high. Smoking prevention and cessation programs are needed in educational institutions.

Adolescent↗
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Acculturation, education, and income as determinants of cigarette smoking in New Mexico Hispanics.

Surveys of cigarette smoking among Hispanics in the Southwest have shown a pattern of smoking distinct from that of non-Hispanic whites, but determinants of smoking by Hispanics remain inadequately characterized. We have assessed household income, education, and language preference as predictors of cigarette smoking in 1072 Hispanic adults residing in a community in New Mexico. Cigarette smoking status (never, former, or current smoker) varied strongly with educational attainment, showing the anticipated gradient of increasing smoking as level of education declined. In contrast, cigarette smoking status did not vary in a consistent pattern with reported language preference. A composite measure of socioeconomic status, combining education and household income, predicted continued smoking among ever smokers, whereas language preference had no effect. In males, the age at which subjects started to smoke increased significantly with increasing education; a similar trend in females did not reach statistical significance. Determinants of numbers of cigarettes smoked daily were not identified. The findings suggest that, as in other U.S. populations, Hispanics in the Southwest with lower education and less income should be targeted for smoking prevention and cessation.

Acculturation↗
PubMed1978

[Anti-smoking therapy (author's transl)].

This is a comprehensive survey of the different anti-smoking therapies indicating the difficulty of comparing one method to another. It points out the minimum standard to be set for anti-smoking therapies. Reference is also made to advantages and disadvantages of the different kinds of treatment. The account of anti-smoking therapies includes hypnosis, aversion therapies, anti-smoking clinics, medical treatment, polyeclectrical and other methods of therapy. Detailed description is especially to be found of the behavior therapy. Eleven different techniques of the multimodal behavior treatment are presented. Finally consideration is given to the need of anti-smoking therapies, prevention from smoking as well as prophylaxis against relapse.

Aversive Therapy↗
PubMed1978

Possible mechanisms of emphysema in smokers. In vitro suppression of serum elastase-inhibitory capacity by fresh cigarette smoke and its prevention by antioxidants.

Freshly prepared, aqueous solutions of cigarette smoke suppressed the elastase-inhibitory capacity of human serum. Immunoelectrophoresis of mixtures of aqueous smoke solution, human serum, and pancreatic elastase showed decreased elastase/alpha1-proteinase inhibitor complexes and increased free, active protease. Phenolic antioxidants prevented the suppression of serum elastase-inhibition by cigarette smoke. By contrast, treatment of serum with model oxidants caused a similar suppression of elastase inhibition. These results suggested that emphysema in cigarette smokers might be due, in part, to the local suppression of alpha1-proteinase inhibitor in lung by oxidizing agents present in cigarette smoke.

Depression, Chemical↗