Electronic Cigarettes on Hospital Campuses
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Survey Development
2.2. Participants
2.3. Demographic Measures
2.4. Data Analysis
3. Results
Hospital Characteristics | Survey Responders (n = 75) | Non-Responders (n = 46) | p-Value * | |
---|---|---|---|---|
% (n) | % (n) | |||
E-cigarette policy † | Yes | 81.3% (61) | 77.5% (31) | 0.62 |
No | 18.7% (14) | 22.5% (9) | ||
Hospital service type | General acute | 94.7% (71) | 93.5% (43) | 0.79 |
Psychiatric | 5.3% (4) | 6.5% (3) | ||
Type of ownership | For-profit | 10.7% (8) | 8.7% (4) | 0.72 |
Not-for-profit | 61.3% (46) | 56.5% (26) | ||
Federal government | 2.7% (2) | 4.4% (2) | ||
Non-federal government | 25.3% (19) | 30.4% (14) | ||
Setting | Urban | 52.0% (39) | 50.0% (23) | 0.83 |
Rural | 48.0% (36) | 50.0% (23) | ||
Bed size | Small: <100 beds | 34.7% (26) | 50.0% (23) | 0.14 |
Medium: 100–299 beds | 42.7% (32) | 39.1% (18) | ||
Large: >299 beds | 22.7% (17) | 10.9% (5) | ||
AMA resident status | Teaching | 20.0% (15) | 8.7% (4) | 0.13 |
Non-teaching | 80.0% (60) | 91.3% (42) |
3.1. Tobacco Use and Policies
3.2. E-Cigarette Use and Policies
Hospital Characteristics | Odds Ratio (95% Confidence Interval) | p-Value * | |
---|---|---|---|
Hospital service type † | Psychiatric | 4.13 (0.19–91.14) | 0.37 |
General acute (ref.) | |||
Type of ownership | Government | 0.52 (0.19–1.45) | 0.78 |
For-profit | 0.36 (0.092–1.41) | 0.30 | |
Not-for-profit (ref.) | |||
Setting | Urban | 3.68 (1.331–0.19) | 0.01 |
Rural (ref.) | |||
Bed size | Small: <100 beds | 0.21 (0.03–1.78) | 0.31 |
Medium: 100–299 beds | 0.17 (0.02–1.38) | 0.11 | |
Large: >299 beds (ref.) | |||
AMA resident status | Teaching | 2.21 (0.47–10.39) | 0.32 |
Non-teaching (ref.) |
3.3. E-Cigarette Policy Implementation
3.4. E-Cigarette Policy Communication and Enforcement
4. Discussion
Limitations
5. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
Abbreviations
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Meernik, C.; Baker, H.M.; Paci, K.; Fischer-Brown, I.; Dunlap, D.; Goldstein, A.O. Electronic Cigarettes on Hospital Campuses. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2016, 13, 87. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph13010087
Meernik C, Baker HM, Paci K, Fischer-Brown I, Dunlap D, Goldstein AO. Electronic Cigarettes on Hospital Campuses. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2016; 13(1):87. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph13010087
Chicago/Turabian StyleMeernik, Clare, Hannah M. Baker, Karina Paci, Isaiah Fischer-Brown, Daniel Dunlap, and Adam O. Goldstein. 2016. "Electronic Cigarettes on Hospital Campuses" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 13, no. 1: 87. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph13010087