Factors Influencing Exposure to Secondhand Smoke: Passive Inhalation in Student Nurses.

Objectives: To examine the factors affecting passive exposure to secondhand smoke (SHS) in non-smoking student nurses.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was performed in 196 college students who had not smoked cigarettes in the past 12 months. Urinary cotinine levels were examined to identify exposure to SHS, and social factors were identified that influenced exposure to SHS, including requests that smokers extinguish cigarettes.

[Effects of the Family Resilience Enhancement Program for families of patients with chronic schizophrenia].

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of the Family Resilience Enhancement Program (FREP) on family hardiness, family sense of coherence, family problem solving communication, family crisis oriented personal evaluation, and adaptation in families of patients with chronic schizophrenia.

Methods: The study design was a nonequivalent control group prepost test design. Study participants were 17 families in the experimental group and 17 in the control group.