Support for smoke-free vocational education settings: An exploratory survey of staff behaviours, experiences and attitudes

Health Promotion Journal of Australia

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 11-16

  Bonevski, Billie ^a   Paul, Christine L ^b   Walsh, Raoul A ^a   Bryant, Jamie ^a   Lecathelinais, Christophe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Tertiary education settings; Tobacco control

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PASSIVE SMOKING; POLICY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SMOKING; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNIVERSITY; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

ADULT; FACULTY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; SMOKING; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

EID: 79957531361     PISSN: 10361073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/he11011     Document Type: Article

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