Navigating Threats of Wildfires and Individual Rights to Adopt 100% Tobacco-Free Policy in Rural California Community Colleges.
Background: In California, all four-year public colleges have adopted 100% smoke-/tobacco-free policies (TFP) whereas community colleges (CCs), particularly rural CCs, are less likely to have tobacco-free environments. This raises concerns about health equity, particularly because smoking prevalence...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Community Health Vol. 49; no. 6; pp. 1017 - 1026 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=179739662&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 179739662 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00945145 JCH jtl: Journal of Community Health issn: 00945145 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Dec2024 vid: 49 iid: 6 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature artinfo: ui: 179739662 10.1007/s10900-024-01361-6 ppf: 1017 ppct: 9 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 806KB tig: atl: Navigating Threats of Wildfires and Individual Rights to Adopt 100% Tobacco-Free Policy in Rural California Community Colleges. aug: au: Lui, Camillia K. Trieu, Sang Leng Gomes, Anne-Marie Moose, Katie Dao, Lien Tehrani, Setareh Harsamizadeh Tong, Elisa K. Mulia, Nina affil: Alcohol Research Group at Public Health Institute, Emeryville, CA, USA https://ror.org/05jf3ct62 Student Health Center, Ohlone College, Fremont, CA, USA https://ror.org/05rj6k491 California Health Collaborative, Sacramento, CA, USA Department of Internal Medicine, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA, USA su: California Policy sciences Community colleges Health services accessibility Universities & colleges Smoking Interviewing Rural conditions Metropolitan areas Civil rights Well-being Wildfires Tobacco Student health services Research funding Descriptive statistics Research methodology Comparative studies sug: subj: Policy sciences Community colleges Health services accessibility Universities & colleges Smoking Interviewing Rural conditions Metropolitan areas Civil rights Well-being California Junior Colleges Tobacco Stores Tobacco Farming Tobacco and Tobacco Product Merchant Wholesalers Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools Wildfires Tobacco Student health services Research funding Descriptive statistics Research methodology Comparative studies keyword: Rural Tobacco-free policy Young adults Rural Tobacco-free policy Young adults ab: Background: In California, all four-year public colleges have adopted 100% smoke-/tobacco-free policies (TFP) whereas community colleges (CCs), particularly rural CCs, are less likely to have tobacco-free environments. This raises concerns about health equity, particularly because smoking prevalence is higher in rural areas compared to urban. We examined policy adoption barriers and facilitators for rural California CCs with the aim of providing lessons learned to support TFP adoption by rural CCs and improve conditions for student health and well-being.Methods: A multiple case study of four CCs in California with (n = 2) and without (n = 2) TFPs was conducted. Semi-structured interviews with 12 campus and community stakeholders, school administrative data, and policy-relevant documents were analyzed at the case level with comparison across cases to identify key barriers, facilitators and campus-specific experiences. Results: All four CCs shared similar barriers to policy adoption including concerns about wildfires, individual rights, and fear of marginalizing people who smoke on campus. These CCs have experienced serious wildfires in the last ten years, have high community smoking prevalence, and fewer school resources for student health. For the two tobacco-free CCs, long-term wildfire mitigation efforts along with leadership support, campus/community partnerships and a collective approach involving diverse campus sectors were essential facilitators in successful TFP adoption. Conclusion: Study results underscore contextual pressures and campus dynamics that impact tobacco control efforts at colleges in rural communities. Strategies to advance college TFP adoption and implementation should recognize rural cultural and community priorities. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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