Tobacco-free policies at worksites in Kansas

BMC Public Health

Research Article

Kurt Konda¹  Elizabeth Ablah¹  Frank Dong² 

[1] University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita, 1010 North Kansas, 67214, Wichita, KS, USA;Western University of Health Sciences, 309 E 2nd Street, 91766, Pomona, CA, USA;

关键词: Tobacco-free;    Policy;    Environment;    Urban;    Rural;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12889-017-4277-9

 received in 2016-07-21, accepted in 2017-04-20,  发布年份 2017

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundThis study sought to examine the relationship between tobacco-free policies at worksites to worksite demographics such as company size and geographic location.MethodsWorksites participating in a worksite wellness workshop were asked to complete a worksite wellness instrument, which provided an assessment of their wellness practices already in place in the worksite, including the degree to which tobacco-free policies were in place at the worksite.ResultsAt a bivariate level, those more likely to have tobacco-free policies included: urban employers (76.8% versus 50% rural employers, p = 0.0001); large employers (> = 250 employees) (74.3% versus 43.1% small employers (<50 employees), p = 0.0003); and schools (69.4%) and hospitals (61.5%) (versus 35.5%, agricultural/ manufacturing employers, p = 0.0125). At the multivariate level, rural employers (AOR = 0.47, 95% CI 0.23, 0.95) and small employers (AOR = 0.34, 95% CI 0.16, 0.71) had decreased odds, compared to their urban and large employer counterparts, of having tobacco-free policies.ConclusionsRural and smaller employers are less likely to have tobacco-free policies than their urban and large counterparts.

【 授权许可】

CC BY   
© The Author(s). 2017