F A Stillman
Biographic Data
| ID | 6057673 |
|---|---|
| NAME | F A Stillman |
| GIVEN NAMES | F A |
| FAMILY NAME | Stillman |
| SIGNATURE | STILLMAN F A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Johns Hopkins University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 27 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Building capacity for implementation of the framework convention for tobacco control in Vietnam
Effective implementation of the WHO international Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) is the key to controlling the tobacco epidemic. Within countries, strong national tobacco control capacity is the primary determinant for successful implementation of the FCTC. This case study of tobacco control policy describes the experience of building national tobacco control capacity in Vietnam under the Reduce Smoking in Vietnam Partnership proj…
Cigarette sales to African-American and white minors in low-income areas of Baltimore
OBJECTIVES: This study documented illegal sales of cigarettes to minors in low-income African-American and White urban areas in East Baltimore. METHODS: Six youths, aged 14 through 16 years, were sent to a random sample of 83 corner stores to attempt to purchase cigarettes. The youths provided the investigators with data on merchant, store, and purchase characteristics. RESULTS: The youths successfully purchased cigarettes in 85.5% of the stores;…
The feasibility of a street-intercept survey method in an African-American community
OBJECTIVES: This study evaluates the feasibility of a nonquota, street-intercept survey method that utilized random selection of interview sites. METHODS: The street-intercept survey was compared with a random digit-dial telephone survey conducted in the same catchment area among African-American adults aged 18 or older. RESULTS: The street-intercept survey's response rate was 80.2%; residence rate, 85.3%; interview completion rate, 97.9%; interf…
Patient compliance with a hospital no-smoking policy
Correspondence to : Frances A Stillman, Ed.D, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Department of Medicine, 550 Broadway/Room 408A, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA Abstract Objective To examine compliance with a hospital-wide no-smoking policy and tobacco abstinence rates in a selected group of smoking hospital inpatients. Subjects 504 patients were interviewed during hospital admission in 1990-1992. Setting A 1000 bed urban teaching hos pital…
The effects of a hospital smoking ban on employee smoking behaviour and participation in different types of smoking cessation programmes
Correspondence to: HR Waranch, 28 Fencepost Court, Pikesville, MD 21208, USA Abstract Objective -To evaluate the effects of a smoking ban at Johns Hopkins Hospital on employee smoking behaviour and par ticipation in a variety of stop-smoking programmes. Design A prospective descriptive study of 262 employees who participated in a variety of stop-smoking programmes. The employees were contacted one year after implementation of a smoking ban to det…
The status of restrictive smoking policies
All schools of medicine in the United States (N = 128) and Canada (N = 16) were surveyed by telephone to determine if they had instituted policies to restrict smoking. Some policy restricting smoking was reported by 80.56 percent of US schools (N = 103) and by 93.8 percent of Canadian schools (N = 15). However, only 52.3 percent of US (N = 67) and 56.3 percent of Canadian medical schools (N = 9) indicated they had formal written policy statements…
The feasibility of a street-intercept survey method in an African-American community
OBJECTIVES: This study evaluates the feasibility of a nonquota, street-intercept survey method that utilized random selection of interview sites. METHODS: The street-intercept survey was compared with a random digit-dial telephone survey conducted in the same catchment area among African-American adults aged 18 or older. RESULTS: The street-intercept survey's response rate was 80.2%; residence rate, 85.3%; interview completion rate, 97.9%; interf…
Cigarette sales to African-American and white minors in low-income areas of Baltimore
OBJECTIVES: This study documented illegal sales of cigarettes to minors in low-income African-American and White urban areas in East Baltimore. METHODS: Six youths, aged 14 through 16 years, were sent to a random sample of 83 corner stores to attempt to purchase cigarettes. The youths provided the investigators with data on merchant, store, and purchase characteristics. RESULTS: The youths successfully purchased cigarettes in 85.5% of the stores;…
The status of restrictive smoking policies
All schools of medicine in the United States (N = 128) and Canada (N = 16) were surveyed by telephone to determine if they had instituted policies to restrict smoking. Some policy restricting smoking was reported by 80.56 percent of US schools (N = 103) and by 93.8 percent of Canadian schools (N = 15). However, only 52.3 percent of US (N = 67) and 56.3 percent of Canadian medical schools (N = 9) indicated they had formal written policy statements…
The effects of a hospital smoking ban on employee smoking behaviour and participation in different types of smoking cessation programmes
Correspondence to: HR Waranch, 28 Fencepost Court, Pikesville, MD 21208, USA Abstract Objective -To evaluate the effects of a smoking ban at Johns Hopkins Hospital on employee smoking behaviour and par ticipation in a variety of stop-smoking programmes. Design A prospective descriptive study of 262 employees who participated in a variety of stop-smoking programmes. The employees were contacted one year after implementation of a smoking ban to det…
Patient compliance with a hospital no-smoking policy
Correspondence to : Frances A Stillman, Ed.D, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Department of Medicine, 550 Broadway/Room 408A, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA Abstract Objective To examine compliance with a hospital-wide no-smoking policy and tobacco abstinence rates in a selected group of smoking hospital inpatients. Subjects 504 patients were interviewed during hospital admission in 1990-1992. Setting A 1000 bed urban teaching hos pital…
Cigarette sales to African-American and white minors in low-income areas of Baltimore
OBJECTIVES: This study documented illegal sales of cigarettes to minors in low-income African-American and White urban areas in East Baltimore. METHODS: Six youths, aged 14 through 16 years, were sent to a random sample of 83 corner stores to attempt to purchase cigarettes. The youths provided the investigators with data on merchant, store, and purchase characteristics. RESULTS: The youths successfully purchased cigarettes in 85.5% of the stores;…
The feasibility of a street-intercept survey method in an African-American community
OBJECTIVES: This study evaluates the feasibility of a nonquota, street-intercept survey method that utilized random selection of interview sites. METHODS: The street-intercept survey was compared with a random digit-dial telephone survey conducted in the same catchment area among African-American adults aged 18 or older. RESULTS: The street-intercept survey's response rate was 80.2%; residence rate, 85.3%; interview completion rate, 97.9%; interf…
Building capacity for implementation of the framework convention for tobacco control in Vietnam
Effective implementation of the WHO international Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) is the key to controlling the tobacco epidemic. Within countries, strong national tobacco control capacity is the primary determinant for successful implementation of the FCTC. This case study of tobacco control policy describes the experience of building national tobacco control capacity in Vietnam under the Reduce Smoking in Vietnam Partnership proj…
Medicine (5 works) · Business (4 works) · Environmental health (4 works) · Smoking Behavior and Cessation (4 works) · Family medicine (3 works) · Advertising (2 works) · Demography (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Smoking cessation (2 works) · Sociology (2 works)