Title |
Health Care Professionals Implementing a Smoke-Free Policy at Inpatient Psychiatric Units
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Published in |
Qualitative Health Research, September 2014
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DOI | 10.1177/1049732314549026 |
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Authors |
Lyle G. Grant, John L. Oliffe, Joy L. Johnson, Joan L. Bottorff |
Abstract |
Smoke-free grounds policies (SFGPs) were introduced to inpatient psychiatric hospital settings to improve health among patients, staff, and visitors. We conducted an ethnographic study in Northern British Columbia, Canada, to describe how the implementation of SFGPs is affected by institutional cultures. Data reported here included participant observation, document review, informal discussions (n = 11), and interviews with health care professionals (HCPs; n = 19) and staff (n = 2) at two hospitals. We used iterative and inductive processes to derive thematic findings. Findings related to HCPs illustrate how local contexts and cultural factors affect SFGP implementation. These factors included individual beliefs and attitudes, the influence of group norms, leadership and consensus building, and locale-specific norms. Strong, consultative leadership, in which leaders solicited input from and long-term support of people most directly responsible for policy implementation, was key to success. |
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Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Canada | 3 | 43% |
Australia | 1 | 14% |
Unknown | 3 | 43% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Members of the public | 5 | 71% |
Scientists | 1 | 14% |
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 14% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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United States | 1 | 2% |
Unknown | 55 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Student > Ph. D. Student | 11 | 20% |
Researcher | 8 | 14% |
Student > Bachelor | 7 | 13% |
Student > Master | 7 | 13% |
Professor | 3 | 5% |
Other | 7 | 13% |
Unknown | 13 | 23% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Nursing and Health Professions | 9 | 16% |
Social Sciences | 8 | 14% |
Medicine and Dentistry | 8 | 14% |
Psychology | 8 | 14% |
Arts and Humanities | 4 | 7% |
Other | 2 | 4% |
Unknown | 17 | 30% |