MOVING A UNIVERSITY
TO SMOKE-FREE
CAMPUSES
Patricia Ritchie
Catherine Bennett
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Focus
Student
Projects
Sustaining
Momentum
Deakin
SmokeFree
Student
Experience
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Staff
Engagement
BACKGROUND
AIM: TO REDUCE
SMOKING AMONG
DEAKIN UNIVERSITY STAFF
& STUDENTS
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A FOCUS ON
STUDENTS
AS THE
PARTICIPANTS
NOT JUST THE
RECIPIENTS.
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State of
Readiness
Do you prefer to socialise in a
SF environment?
What changes do
you think Deakin
could make to
create a healthier
environment for
staff and students?
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WHAT HAVE WE DONE?
Health units – Content & Assessments
Journalist students – Interviews
Pre testing surveys
Performing arts students: “Happy” song creation and
Performance,
Work placement opportunities
Student research projects: 3 Masters
To come:
Two evaluation honours projects
Partnering with Sustainability Victoria: Butt Litter project
Play: Social interactions of young smokers
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TOBACCO-FREE CAMPUSES
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STUDENT AMBASSADORS
Students learn best when they feel supported and that they belong
(Deeley 2014).
They also see higher education as a means to employment (Bryson
2007).
Quotes from Ambassadors
“I wanted to volunteer at Uni because it would help my CV”
“My father died of coronary heart disease as a smoker”
“It took me 6 years to get my father to stop smoking, I want to
encourage others to do the same”
Ambassadors
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THE FRUSTRATIONS
Engaging academics
Time poor students
Embedding through management support
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TAKE HOME
MESSAGES
• Find ways to include students in the
programs and initiatives on campus.
• Take the teaching outside of the
classroom and create the student
“experience”
• Engage academics and general staff in
health initiatives on campus and apply
this in the classroom
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THANK YOU
Acknowledgments:
•
Deakin OH&S Committee
•
Deakin Smoke-free Environment
Working Group
•
Project officer - Rachel Isaacs
•
Student Ambassadors
•
Teaching & Learning perspective Teresa Capetola
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Contact Details
Patricia Ritchie
03 9244 6561
Trish.ritchie@deakin.edu.au
REFERENCES
• 1. Collins, D.J. and H.M.Lapsley, The social costs of smoking in Victoria
in 2008/09 and the social benefits of public policy measures to reduce
smoking prevalence. 2011, Report prepared for Quit Victoria and the
VicHealth Centre for Tobacco Contro: Melbourne.
• 2. Emily Bain, S.D., Melanie Wakefield - Centre for Behavioural
Research in Cancer, Smoking prevalence and consumption in Victoria:
Key findings from the 1998-2012 pop surveys. 2013, Centre for
Behavioural Research in Cancer. Prepared for: Quit Victoria.
• 3. Department of Health, Victorian Population Health Survey 2010.
2012, State Government of Victoria: Melbourne.
• 4. Chronic diseases and associated risk factors in Australia, 2001. 2012,
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW): Canberra.
• 5. Begg S, V.T., Barker B, Stevenson C, Stanley L, Lopez AD, The burden
of disease and injury in Australia 2003. 2007, Australian Institute of
Health and Welfare,: Canberra.
• 6. Bryson, C & Hand, L 2007, 'The role of engagement in inspiring
teaching and learning', Innovations in Education and Teaching
International, vol. 44, no. 4, pp. 349-62.
• 7. Deeley, SJ 2014, 'Summative co-assessment: A deep learning
approach to enhancing employability skills and attributes', Active
Learning in Higher Education, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 39-51.
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STUDENT & STAFF EXPERIENCE
Improving student learning requires a focus on the skills and attributes students take from
their experiences in higher education (Bryson 2007).
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Smoke-Free slide and information
delivered at Faculty and
International Student orientations.
FAQs and electronic
signature sent to staff.
Business Case
submitted for
approval.
Target
implementation
date shifted to Jan
2014.
FEB 2013
Operational plan
sent to SmokeFree Committee.
O’ Week
Student survey
distributed
MARCH 2013
OCT 2013
5,854 students
completed survey.
Students show
support for a smokefree uni at O’ Week.
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Staff survey
distributed
VC email about
going smoke-free.
NOV 2013
849 staff
completed survey.
Business
Case
approved.
FEB 2014
Security began
collecting name/ID of
offenders.
7 nurses trained
as Quit
educators.
Stall at Health
and Safety
Week.
Smoke-Free
policy started on
the 10th.
No Tobacco
Week @
Deakin.
Student
organised a
smoke-in but it
was cancelled.
MARCH 2014
Warning emails
discussed.
Stall at Safety
Week.
Student
Ambassadors
began.
APRIL 2014
Journalism
students
conducted
interviews
for
assignments.
MAY 2014
VC emailed
staff and
students.
JUN 2014
Approximately 80
students interested in
becoming an Ambassador.
JUL 2014
PROJECT
OVERVIEW
State Leadership
Policy development
Goals & Objectives
Implementation & Communication strategies
Evaluation
Sustainability
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