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Kegler MC, Anderson K, Bundy LT, Knauf D, Halfacre J, Escoffery C, Cramblit A, Henderson P. A Qualitative Study about Creating Smoke-free Home Rules in American Indian and Alaska Native Households. J Community Health 2019; 44:684-693. [PMID: 31025142 PMCID: PMC6612306 DOI: 10.1007/s10900-019-00666-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Smoke-free homes can reduce exposure to secondhand smoke (SHS) and support smoking cessation. The current study seeks to understand perspectives, including barriers and facilitators, on smoke-free homes among five American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities. Guided by a national work group of tribal partners, ten focus groups were conducted with AI/AN adult smokers and nonsmokers (n = 95) in Alaska, California, Michigan and Oklahoma, stratified by smoking status. The majority of participants lived in single unit detached homes (70.5%). Most of the nonsmokers had a smoke-free home rule (92.9%) and a majority of smokers did as well (64.7%). The most common reasons for smoke-free home rules were protecting children and grandchildren, including children with health problems. Challenges to a smoke-free home included weather and visitors who smoked, along with the inconvenience of going outside, the habit of smoking inside, the need to watch a young child, safety concerns, and smokers who break the rules. Respecting rules and respecting elders emerged as important themes. Traditional use of tobacco in the home was viewed as quite distinct from recreational or everyday use. Over half (58.2%) reported never using tobacco for ceremonial, prayer or traditional reasons in their homes. Given unique considerations for the adoption of smoke-free homes in AI/AN communities, particularly regarding the use of sacred tobacco for traditional, ceremonial, or medicinal purposes, it is important to learn which barriers and facilitators are similar to the general population and which may be unique to tribal communities in the U.S.
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Affiliation(s)
- Michelle C Kegler
- Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, 1518 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA.
- Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Emory Prevention Research Center, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, 1518 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA, USA.
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- Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, 1518 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA
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- Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, 1518 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA
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- Cherokee Nation, 17675 S Muskogee, P. O. Box 948, Tahlequah, OK, 74464, USA
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- Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, 1518 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA
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- United Indian Health Services: Potawot Health Village, 1600 Weeot Way, Arcata, CA, 95521, USA
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- Black Hills Center for American Indian Health, 701 St. Joseph Street, Suite 204, Rapid City, SD, 57701, USA
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Anderson KM, Kegler MC, Bundy LT, Henderson P, Halfacre J, Escoffery C. Adaptation of a brief smoke-free homes intervention for American Indian and Alaska Native families. BMC Public Health 2019; 19:981. [PMID: 31337379 PMCID: PMC6651935 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-019-7301-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2019] [Accepted: 07/10/2019] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The goal of adaptation is to maintain the effectiveness of the original intervention by preserving the core elements that account for its success while delivering an intervention that is tailored to the new community and/or cultural context. The current study describes the process of adapting an evidence-based smoke-free homes (SFH) intervention for use in American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) households. METHODS We followed a systematic adaptation process. We first assessed the community through focus groups coordinated in collaboration with tribal partners. Because our team included the original developers of the intervention, the steps of understanding the intervention, selecting the intervention and consulting with experts were simplified. Additional steps included consulting with stakeholders through a national work group and collaboratively deciding what needed adaptation. RESULTS A number of key themes pertinent to the adaptation of the SFH intervention were identified in the focus groups. These included the gravity of messaging about commercial tobacco use; respect, familialism, and intergenerationalism; imagery, including significant symbolism, colors, and representative role models; whether and how to address traditional tobacco; and, barriers to a SFH not adequately addressed in the original materials. CONCLUSIONS Adaptation of an intervention to create smoke-free homes in AI/AN families necessitated both surface structure changes such as appearance of role models and deep structure changes that addressed core values, and beliefs and traditions.
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Affiliation(s)
- Katherine M. Anderson
- Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Emory Prevention Research Center, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA USA
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- Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Emory Prevention Research Center, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA USA
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- Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Emory Prevention Research Center, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA USA
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- Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Emory Prevention Research Center, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA USA
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General anaesthesia for a patient with tuberous sclerosis was complicated by epilepsy. The choice of drugs was related to control of his fits and intercurrent therapy. Thiopentone, vecuronium, and nitrous oxide with isoflurane were satisfactory.
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- M R Nott
- Department of Anaesthesia, Royal West Sussex Hospital, Chichester, West Sussex, UK
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