Implementation of a smoke-free policy in a high secure mental health inpatient facility: Staff survey to describe experience and attitudes

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Hehir, Angela M ^a   Indig, Devon ^b   Prosser, Shani ^c   Archer, Vicki A ^c  

^a Justice Health Centre for Health Research in Criminal Justice   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c JandFMHN   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Psychiatric hospital; Smoke free policy; Smoking; Staff

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MANPOWER; MEDICAL STAFF; MENTAL HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PASSIVE SMOKING; POLICY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WORKPLACE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; WORKPLACE;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84875843136     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-315     Document Type: Article

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