Do Smoking and Health Education Influence Student Nurses' Knowledge, Attitudes, and Professional Behavior?

Sejr, Helle Secher; Osler, Merete

doi:10.1006/pmed.2001.0981

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“…Teaching about tobacco should be included in basic medical education. Targeted health education has been shown to improve knowledge and attitudes toward smoking prevention in first-year student nurses (Sejr & Osler, 2002). Richmond (1999) has described an evidence-based teaching program for medical students.…”

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Smoking behavior among hospital staff still influences attitudes and counseling on smoking

Willaing

Ladelund

2004

Nicotine & Tobacco Research

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Smoking among health professionals has been shown to influence smoking-related knowledge and counseling in clinical practice. The evidence regarding smoking as a risk factor has increased in the past decade. The present study was carried out in 2000 and investigated the associations between individual smoking behavior among hospital staff and (a). smoking-related knowledge, (b). attitudes toward counseling on smoking, and (c). self-reported smoking-related counseling provided by the staff. The study was based on a survey using self-administered questionnaires given to all hospital staff in a large university hospital in Denmark. Altogether, 82% of staff (2561) returned a completed questionnaire. Analyses focused on a subsample consisting of health professionals in the clinical wards (1429). Multivariate analyses were performed in which smoking-related knowledge, attitudes toward smoking-related counseling, smoking-related counseling practices, and self-rated qualifications for counseling were main outcome measures. Health professionals who were current smokers systematically underestimated the health consequences of smoking and differed significantly from nonsmokers in their assessments of smoking as a risk factor. Nonsmokers might overestimate smoking as a risk factor. Nonsmokers gave patients advice on smoking cessation significantly more often than did current smokers (ex-smokers, OR=2.5, 95% CI=1.8-3.4; never-smokers, OR=1.5, 95% CI=1.1-2.0). Ex-smokers and smokers felt significantly more qualified to counsel patients about smoking than did never-smokers (ex-smokers, OR=1.8, 95% CI=1.3-2.5; smokers, OR=1.4, 95% CI=1.0-1.9). Individual smoking behavior among hospital staff was strongly associated with smoking-related knowledge, attitudes, and counseling practices. Lack of self-rated qualifications was a major barrier to professional counseling on smoking in a hospital framework.

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Smoking behavior among hospital staff still influences attitudes and counseling on smoking

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Ladelund

2004

Nicotine & Tobacco Research

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“…While there is good evidence that smoking-prevention strategies oriented towards didactic presentation of information can positively influence both knowledge about and attitudes towards smoking (Sejr & Osler, 2002), there is also consistently disappointing evidence that education alone (the simple presentation of information) does not translate into effective smoking prevention (Hancock et al, 2001). Each intervention strategy sought, therefore, to engage participants as much as possible in interactive and experiential learning through the use of participant-involved demonstrations and practical exercises.…”

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Prevention of adolescent smoking: A prospective test of three models of intervention

Byrne

Mazanov

2005

Journal of Substance Use

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Objective: The onset of smoking in adolescence leads to significant health problems in later life and so adolescent smoking prevention is a crucial concern of health psychology. Yet the evidence on smoking prevention in adolescence is not encouraging. The objective of this study was to examine the relative long-term efficacy of three specifically focussed prevention strategies (health-oriented, fitness-oriented and social skills/stress management-oriented) directed at the onset of adolescent smoking. Design: A longitudinal intervention study.Method: A large sample of adolescents aged 11-17 years was assessed for smoking behaviour and then assigned through group randomization to one of the three intervention programmes listed above. Following intervention, based on four standard classroom sessions, smoking behaviour was then reassessed immediately after intervention. Final follow-up of smoking behaviour at 12 months after intake yielded completed data for n51,694 (62.3%) of the intake cohort. Data on smoking behaviour were then compared both across intervention strategies and with another large ''control'' cohort of adolescents who had been identically assessed in a previous study by DGB. Results: Application of a health-oriented strategy was significantly better than the other two strategies in controlling smoking behaviour immediately following intervention. The intervention strategy emphasizing social skills and stress management in the face of peer pressure to smoke was, however, superior to either the health-or fitness-oriented strategies, or to the ''control'' group in controlling smoking behaviour at 12-month follow-up. Conclusions: While the health message cannot be dismissed as a focus for adolescent smoking prevention, a strategy that assists young people to resist the effects of peer pressure through social skills and stress management seems to provide the most enduring means of controlling smoking behaviour in adolescence.

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“…Indeed, nurses with poor health behaviours may be less likely to promote advice about the benefits of regular exercise, diet, alcohol and smoking (McDowell et al, 1997). Furthermore, the health professional's attitudes and beliefs may influence the type of advice that they feel able to give to their patients (Sejr and Osler, 2002).…”

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Health behaviours and attitudes towards being role models

2013

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Nurses are often viewed by the general public as role models for health. This study investigated health behaviours in pre-registered nurses and their attitudes towards being role models to their patients. In total, 540 pre-registered nurses self-reported their level of physical activity, smoking habits, alcohol intake and dietary habits.Overall, 24% were overweight or obese, 47% were not physically active enough to benefit their health, 73% did not eat the recommended five portions of fruit and vegetables per day, 40% reported binge drinking and 17% were smokers. However, respondents commonly held the belief that nurses should be role models for health, although opinions varied according to the individual's own health profile. Despite being educated in health promotion practice, health behaviours were less than exemplary in this sample and for many, appeared contradictory to participant's beliefs that nurses should be exemplars for health. Nursing education should emphasise the importance of translating learning to their own health behaviours to support a healthy future NHS workforce.

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Do Smoking and Health Education Influence Student Nurses' Knowledge, Attitudes, and Professional Behavior?

Cited by 59 publications

References 11 publications

Smoking behavior among hospital staff still influences attitudes and counseling on smoking

Smoking behavior among hospital staff still influences attitudes and counseling on smoking

Prevention of adolescent smoking: A prospective test of three models of intervention

Health behaviours and attitudes towards being role models

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