Impacting Multiunit Housing Managers’ Beliefs About the Benefits of Adopting Smoke-Free Policies: A Pilot Investigation

Abstract

Purpose:

To examine the influence of providing multiunit housing (MUH) managers with a resource manual for MUH smoke-free policy implementation on manager perceptions of smoke-free policies.

Design:

One-group within-subject pretest–posttest design examining manager perceptions of smoke-free policies.

Setting:

Random sampling of MUH managers in Oklahoma.

Participants:

Forty-six MUH managers.

Intervention:

The SMOKEFREE Landlord Manual (SLM) provides information on smoke-free policies and implementation resources.

Measures:

Beliefs regarding implementation of smoke-free policies were measured on a Likert scale before and after receiving the manual.

Analysis:

A general linear model examined changes in beliefs regarding implementation of a smoke-free policy.

Results:

After receiving the manual, managers were more likely to agree with positive beliefs about smoke-free policies (Wilks λ = 0.59, F[18, 70] = 2.68, P < .01).

Conclusion:

The MUH managers endorsed more positive beliefs regarding smoke-free policies following the receipt of the SLM.

Keywords

smoking tobacco health promotion prevention research

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