Development of a social will for tobacco control index.
OBJECTIVE
To design a valid and reliable questionnaire to assess community support for controlling tobacco.


METHODS
Four samples were obtained to test the psychometric properties of the Social Will for Tobacco Control Instrument.


RESULTS
Principal components analysis found 2 factors accounted for 42.8% (personal support) and 9.7% (agency support) of the variance, respectively. Sensitivity was 93.7%, specificity was 90.6%, and validity was 92.3%. The instrument predicted, within 1%, the actual vote regarding a local clean indoor air ordinance. Stability reliability was .84 and .77 respectively for the 2 factors.


CONCLUSIONS
The SWTCI can help policy makers predict whether communities are supportive of clean indoor air ordinances.
Price
James H
JH
Department of Public Health, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH 43606, USA. jprice@utnet.utoledo.edu
Dake
Joseph A
JA
Jordan
Timothy R
TR
D000328:Adult; D016902:Air Pollution, Indoor / Q000517:prevention & control; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002140:California; D005260:Female; D006265:Health Care Coalitions; D006291:Health Policy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011057:Politics; D016730:Program Development; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012907:Smoking / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D000074606:Smoking Prevention; D012928:Social Desirability; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000517:prevention & control*
D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution