Clinical interventions and smoking ban methods to reduce infants' and children's exposure to environmental tobacco smoke.
Environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) exposure is a serious health threat to infants and children. Clinical efforts, primarily educational, have been associated with modest improvements in ETS reduction. Smoking bans may provide a much larger impact but have yet to be systematically evaluated. Home smoking bans are also surrounded by social, economic, legal, and political challenges. Nurses, as health care providers, play a critical role in this comprehensive health promotion effort.
D002648:Child; D002669:Child Welfare; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003376:Counseling / Q000458:organization & administration; D014943:Global Health; D006266:Health Education / Q000458:organization & administration; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007229:Infant Welfare; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D024802:Nurse's Role; D010290:Parents / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology; D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000032:analysis / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution