Issues in mental health nursing
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Issues Ment Health Nurs · Jan 2007
College students' perspective on smoking cessation: "If the message doesn't speak to me, I don't hear it".
The purpose of this study was to document the smoking cessation experiences of three groups of 18-24-year-old college students and explore their ideas for cessation. Focus group interviews were conducted with former smokers (n = 7), smokers struggling to quit (n = 7), and smokers with no desire to quit (n = 5). ⋯ Students indicated that cost and convenience were important considerations for smoking cessation programs. They stated that the media messages were for teens and older adults and did not relate to them as college students or young adults.
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Sexually abused girls are at risk for premature motherhood. The adolescents who become mothers often do not breastfeed. ⋯ Nurses need to be sensitive to potential sexual abuse histories among adolescent mothers. They should provide balanced and unbiased information to their adolescent patients about feeding methods and encourage adolescents to select the methods best for them.