Development, design, and conceptual issues of project zero exposure: A program to protect young children from tobacco smoke exposure.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Tobacco smoke exposure (TSE) is a serious threat to child health. Roughly 40% of children worldwide are exposed to tobacco smoke, and the very young are often "captive smokers" in homes in which others smoke.The goal of this research project is to develop and evaluate an intervention to reduce young child tobacco smoke exposure. The objective of this paper is to document our approach to building the intervention, to describe the planned intervention, and to explore the conceptual issues regarding the intervention and its evaluation.

Methods/design

This project is being developed using an iterative approach. We are currently in the middle of Stage 1. In this first stage, Intervention Development, we have already conducted a comprehensive search of the professional

SUBMITTER: Rosen LJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3141467 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature