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A National Study on 100% Tobacco-Free Campuses in the United States

Augustine , Lisa
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8563-9959
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1449677385

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2015, Doctor of Philosophy, University of Toledo, Higher Education.
The purpose of this national study was to assess the policies, procedures, and practices of 100% tobacco-free campuses and the extent to which they adhere to the American College Health Association, (ACHA) guidelines to promote tobacco-free campuses and one of the first to use Rogers’ Diffusion of Innovations (DOI) theory as the theoretical framework to assess the diffusion and enforcement of tobacco-free policies. The population included key informants from flagship (versus satellite), 100% tobacco-free campuses listed in the American Nonsmokers’ Rights Foundation (ANRF) directory (n=596). Key informants from 338 of the 596 campuses responded to the 41-item, online survey, yielding a response rate of 56.7%. Analysis of the results showed some evidence that a school’s adopter category within the DOI theory was predictive of enforcement efforts regarding the campus’s tobacco-free policies, and that an institution's adopter category within the DOI theory predicted adherence to ACHA guidelines and recommendations for a tobacco-free campus. Specifically, early adopters had lower levels of compliance than early majority and late majority adopters. Results from this study may help higher-education administrators consider how best to develop, implement, maintain, and enforce successful policy change.
David Meabon (Committee Chair)
Tavis Glassman (Committee Member)
Debra Harmening (Committee Member)
Ronald Opp (Committee Member)
160 p.
Higher Education
Diffusion of Innovation, PORGI scale, tobacco-free campus, policy, enforcement, higher education

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  • Augustine , L. (2015). A National Study on 100% Tobacco-Free Campuses in the United States [Doctoral dissertation, University of Toledo]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1449677385

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Augustine , Lisa . A National Study on 100% Tobacco-Free Campuses in the United States. 2015. University of Toledo, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1449677385.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Augustine , Lisa . "A National Study on 100% Tobacco-Free Campuses in the United States." Doctoral dissertation, University of Toledo, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1449677385

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