Health Care Organizations and Policy Leadership: Perspectives on Nonsmoker-Only Hiring Policies.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To explore employers' decisions to base hiring policies on tobacco or nicotine use and community perspectives on such policies, and analyze the implications for organizational identity, community engagement, and health promotion.

Method

From 2013 to 2016, 11 executives from six health care organizations and one non-health-care organization with nonsmoker-only hiring policies were interviewed about why and how their policies were created and implemented, concerns about the policies, and perceptions of employee and public reactions. Focus groups were conducted with community members (n = 51) who lived in or near cities where participating employers were based, exploring participants' opinions about why an employer would stop hiring smokers and their support (or not) fo

SUBMITTER: McDaniel PA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5788708 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature