Background: Pediatric emergency department (PED) and urgent care (UC) professionals can play a key role in delivering evidence-based guidelines to address parental tobacco use and child tobacco smoke exposure (TSE). Understanding PED/UC professionals' perceptions regarding these guidelines is the first step in developing and implementing a TSE screening and counseling intervention in these settings. This study aimed to use the theoretical domains framework (TDF) to identify current screening and counseling behaviors of PED/UC professionals related to parental tobacco use and child TSE, and determine barriers and enablers that influence these behaviors.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Clinical Decision Support Systems (CDSS) embedded into electronic medical records is a best practices approach. However, information is needed on how to incorporate a CDSS to facilitate parental tobacco cessation counseling and reduce child tobacco smoke exposure (TSE) in Pediatric Emergency Department (PED) and Urgent Care (UC) settings. The objective was to explore the barriers and enablers of CDSS use to facilitate child TSE screening and parental tobacco cessation counseling by PED/UC nurses and physicians.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe study aimed to investigate the relationships between current exclusive e-cigarette use, exclusive combustible cigarette smoking, and dual use of e-cigarettes and combustible cigarettes, and insufficient sleep among U.S. adolescents.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: This study examined the association between tobacco smoke exposure (TSE) and temperament among children 0-5 years old overall and within age groups: 0-2 and 3-5 years.
Methods: Data were obtained from the 2017-2018 NSCH (N = 14,345). TSE status was defined as whether children lived with a smoker who: does not smoke inside the home (no home TSE) or smokes inside the home (home TSE).
Objectives: The objectives were to examine the relationships between current asthma and anxiety and family resilience and overall health status in US adolescents.
Methods: Data were from parents of adolescents (12-17 years) who completed the 2017-2018 National Survey of Children's Health (NSCH). Examined variables included: current asthma and anxiety diagnoses, family resilience, child health status, number of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), family poverty, parent education, and child demographic factors.
Introduction: Cigarette smoking among pregnant women diagnosed with substance use disorders (SUD) is four times higher than smoking among pregnant women without SUD. However, much of the literature on pregnancy and smoking has centered on the latter group. This study used the Health Belief Model as a framework to explore smoking cessation in pregnant women with SUD.
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