An Anti-Smoking Project Instituted by Senior Nursing Students in a Rural Community
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2000
Description
The Health Council of Hawkins County, Tennessee, received a State Tobacco Prevention grant to institute an anti-smoking program in the county schools. The program chosen was called TarWars and encompasses a prohealth tobacco-free program curriculum. The goal was to discourage tobacco use among the nation's youth by focusing on tobacco's short-term ill effects. Because the program encourages community involvement, nursing students from East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, identified volunteers from the Hawkins County Retired Teachers Association to develop a teaching program for use in the first year of the program and as well as in subsequent years of the TarWars curriculum. A pretest and posttest were given to the students to assess the program's success. The objectives of the grant were that 80% of the students would be able to name three negative effects associated with tobacco use and three positive effects of not using tobacco. The goal was met when 91% could identify negative effects and 89% could identify three positive effects of not using tobacco.
Citation Information
Burchfield, Julia; Marenco, April; Dickens, Debra; and Willock, Katherine M.. 2000. An Anti-Smoking Project Instituted by Senior Nursing Students in a Rural Community. Comprehensive Child and Adolescent Nursing. Vol.23(3). 155-164. https://doi.org/10.1080/01460860050174701 PMID: 11310235 ISSN: 0146-0862