BACKGROUND: Children's exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) is unacceptably high; almost 40% of children in the United States are regularly exposed to ETS. METHODS: This paper presents a review of the literature that evaluates interventions designed to reduce ETS exposure among young children. In addition, it presents the study design for Project KISS (Keeping Infants Safe from Smoke), an intervention designed to utilize exposure-related feedback to increase parents' motivation for ETS reduction and to reduce household ETS levels. Baseline data are presented to illustrate factors that should be addressed in ETS interventions. RESULTS: The literature review demonstrates the dearth of studies in the literature targeting ETS reduction among children. Participants in Project KISS believed that smoking had affected their children's health and were in later stages of motivational readiness to quit smoking than is typically observed. However, they face a number of challenges to smoking, such as high prevalence of nicotine dependence, high prevalence of living with other smokers, and socioeconomic and stress-related barriers. CONCLUSIONS: The policy implications of this research are discussed, and recommendations are made for future research. Copyright 2001 American Health Foundation and Academic Press.
BACKGROUND:Children's exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) is unacceptably high; almost 40% of children in the United States are regularly exposed to ETS. METHODS: This paper presents a review of the literature that evaluates interventions designed to reduce ETS exposure among young children. In addition, it presents the study design for Project KISS (Keeping Infants Safe from Smoke), an intervention designed to utilize exposure-related feedback to increase parents' motivation for ETS reduction and to reduce household ETS levels. Baseline data are presented to illustrate factors that should be addressed in ETS interventions. RESULTS: The literature review demonstrates the dearth of studies in the literature targeting ETS reduction among children. Participants in Project KISS believed that smoking had affected their children's health and were in later stages of motivational readiness to quit smoking than is typically observed. However, they face a number of challenges to smoking, such as high prevalence of nicotine dependence, high prevalence of living with other smokers, and socioeconomic and stress-related barriers. CONCLUSIONS: The policy implications of this research are discussed, and recommendations are made for future research. Copyright 2001 American Health Foundation and Academic Press.
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