Evaluation informs coalition programming for environmental tobacco smoke reduction.
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.
Cramer
Mary E
ME
College of Nursing, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, 68198-5330, USA. mecramer@unmc.edu
Mueller
Keith J
KJ
Harrop
Dianne
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D001294:Attitude to Health; D002656:Child Day Care Centers; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000379:methods; D003625:Data Collection / Q000379:methods*; D006077:Government Agencies; D006265:Health Care Coalitions / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D009329:Nebraska; D020380:Needs Assessment / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016730:Program Development / Q000379:methods*; D012147:Restaurants; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution