Opportunities for Tailored Support to Implement Smoke-Free Homes: A Qualitative Study among Lower Socioeconomic Status Parents

Els C. van Wijk, Regina I. Overberg, Anton E. Kunst and Janneke Harting
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Els C. van Wijk: Amsterdam UMC, Department of Public Health, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Regina I. Overberg: Department of Public Health, Public Health Service Kennemerland, Zijlweg 200, 2015 CK Haarlem, The Netherlands
Anton E. Kunst: Amsterdam UMC, Department of Public Health, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Janneke Harting: Amsterdam UMC, Department of Public Health, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands

IJERPH, 2019, vol. 17, issue 1, 1-13

Abstract: With the aim of preventing children from being exposed to secondhand smoke, we examined to which level lower socio-economic status (SES) households had implemented home smoking rules and the factors that hampered parents in their process of change toward a complete smoke-free home (SFH). We conducted a qualitative study including semi-structured in-depth interviews with 14 parents of young children living in a lower SES neighborhood of a provincial town in the Netherlands. Interview transcripts were subjected to a qualitative content analysis. Three distinct levels of SFH implementation emerged: complete SFH, flexible SFH, and partial SFH. Differences between parents at these three levels essentially concerned: (1) the role of child-related moral considerations in their motivation for an SFH; (2) whether they felt they had the agency to set and enforce home smoking rules; (3) the difficulties they experienced in changing their smoking habit from smoking indoors to smoking outdoors. Parents also had different opinions about the role their children could play in facilitating the parental process of change. We conclude that the current level of SFH implementation may serve as a starting point for developing tailored interventions. Such interventions should probably address other factors than the commonly used awareness–knowledge–commitment approach.

Keywords: secondhand smoke; smoke-free home; parents; social class; qualitative research (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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