Health Care Professionals Implementing a Smoke-Free Policy at Inpatient Psychiatric Units

Datos Bibliográficos

ID4685644
AutoresLyle George Grant (Saskatchewan Polytechnic), John L Oliffe (0000-0001-9029-4003, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada), Jerry L Johnson (0000-0003-4767-6692, University of British Columbia), Joy L Johnson (University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada), Joan L Bottorff (0000-0001-9724-5351, University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada)
Año2014
Volumen24
Número12
Páginas1732-1744
Fecha de publicación2014-12-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaQualitative Health Research (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1049-7323 • E-ISSN: 1552-7557
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1049732314549026
PMID25216860
OpenAlexW2120342461
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas47

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

Documentation · Ethnography · Health care · Health professionals · Participant observation · Political science · Psychiatric hospital · Psychiatry · Qualitative research · Sociology · Thematic analysis · Homelessness and Social Issues · Medicine · Noise Effects and Management · Nursing · Psychology · Smoking Behavior and Cessation