Smith Lorraine M, Boehm Lindsey, Strang Lyndsey V, DeMarre Chelsea, Marcyjanik Diane
College of Nursing, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Eau Claire, WI, USA.
J Sch Nurs. 2024 Apr;40(2):223-230. doi: 10.1177/10598405211043127. Epub 2021 Sep 30.
There is a public health epidemic in adolescents' use of Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDSs), also known as electronic cigarettes, vaping products, or JUULs. However, little is known about the level of knowledge school staff have about ENDS. The purpose of this study is to examine outcomes of a nurse-led educational intervention designed to increase school staff knowledge about ENDS. A descriptive, nonrandomly selected pre-test/post-test design was used with 125 Wisconsin school staff. Results revealed further educational needs of school staff in content areas including advertising to youth and flavoring of ENDS. Following the educational intervention, post-test results showed a significant overall improvement in participant knowledge scores. Recommendations include implementing nurse-led education about ENDS to a more diverse population of school staff. Providing nurse-led ENDS education to school staff offers an upstream, proactive approach for school nurses to help address this public health epidemic.
青少年使用电子尼古丁传送系统（ENDS），也就是电子烟、蒸汽产品或尤尔烟，这已成为一种公共卫生流行病。然而，对于学校工作人员对ENDS的了解程度却知之甚少。本研究的目的是检验一项由护士主导的教育干预措施的效果，该措施旨在增加学校工作人员对ENDS的了解。对125名威斯康星州的学校工作人员采用了描述性、非随机选择的前测/后测设计。结果显示，学校工作人员在包括针对青少年的广告和ENDS调味等内容领域存在进一步的教育需求。经过教育干预后，后测结果显示参与者的知识得分有显著的总体提高。建议包括对更多样化的学校工作人员群体实施由护士主导的关于ENDS的教育。为学校工作人员提供由护士主导的ENDS教育，为学校护士提供了一种上游的、积极主动的方法，以帮助应对这一公共卫生流行病。
