Preventive medicine
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Preventive medicine · Oct 2006
ReviewA systematic review of the impact of work environment on smoking cessation, relapse and amount smoked.
Smoking is an important issue for the majority of the world's working population. It is important to explore in which ways the workplace might contribute to changes in smoking status and smoking behavior. The present article provides a systematic review and quality assessment of studies that have addressed the impact of factors in the work environment on smoking behavior. ⋯ The results supported the overall hypothesis that the work environment influences aspects of smoking behavior. Recommendations are made for more intervention studies where changes in work environment are carried out in combination with health promotion interventions.
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Preventive medicine · Oct 2006
Attitudes, social influences and self-efficacy expectations across different motivational stages among immigrant smokers: replication of the Ø pattern.
Information about the factors that determine motivation to quit in immigrant populations is needed to enable the development of tailored smoking cessation programs for them. Dutch studies in the general population suggest that attitudes are important for motivating persons to change and self-efficacy for helping motivated persons to change. We analyzed whether this pattern also exists among Surinamese immigrants. ⋯ Similar attitudinal and self-efficacy patterns as those in the general population were found in an immigrant population. However, the items constituting the factors are culturally sensitive. Furthermore, many Surinamese smokers were unmotivated to quit smoking.
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Preventive medicine · Oct 2006
Biography Historical ArticleErnst L. Wynder, the entrepreneurial epidemiologist.
This article provides recollections and commentary regarding the lifelong achievements of the founding editor of Preventive Medicine.
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Ernst Wynder, founder and president of the American Health Foundation, was my employer, mentor, and colleague for nearly 25 years. This brief remembrance provides some experiences and perspectives that influenced my career as a cancer epidemiologist.