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Liu, Jessica; Reynolds, Matthew J.; Hartman, Lester; Gottlieb, Mark; Coogan, Jacqueline M.; Winickoff, Jonathan P. – Journal of School Health, 2022
Background: Despite recent tobacco control efforts, adolescent vaping remains an epidemic in the United States. The purpose of our study was to understand high school student vaping behaviors using the perceptions of Massachusetts school personnel during the critical window from when the Massachusetts statewide flavor ban legislation was passed in…
Descriptors: High School Students, Smoking, Prevention, State Legislation
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Berg, Michael B.; Lin, Linda – Journal of American College Health, 2022
Objective: The current study tracked attitudinal and behavioral changes related to a campus-wide smoking ban. Participants: Students from 2 colleges in Massachusetts (N = 418; April 2014; N = 640 April 2018). Methods: Surveys tracked students' smoking habits, beliefs about smoking, and attitudes before and four years after the implementation of a…
Descriptors: Smoking, Attitude Change, Behavior Change, School Policy
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Sheetz, Anne H. – Journal of School Nursing, 2003
In 1993 the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH) began defining essential components of school health service programs, consistent with the public health model. The MDPH designed and funded the Enhanced School Health Service Programs to develop 4 core components of local school health services: (a) strengthening the administrative…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Health Education, Smoking, School Nurses