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MOVING A UNIVERSITY TO SMOKE-FREE CAMPUSES

Patricia Ritchie Catherine Bennett

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Student Projects

Staff Engageme

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Student Experience

Sustaining

Momentum

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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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What changes do you think Deakin could make to create a healthier environment for staff and students?

State of Readiness

Do you prefer to socialise in a SF environment?

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WHAT HAVE WE DONE?Health units – Content & AssessmentsJournalist students – InterviewsPre testing surveys Performing arts students: “Happy” song creation and Performance, Work placement opportunities Student research projects: 3 MastersTo come: Two evaluation honours projects Partnering with Sustainability Victoria: Butt Litter projectPlay: Social interactions of young smokers

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TOBACCO-FREE CAMPUSES

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STUDENT AMBASSADORSStudents 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 FRUSTRATIONSEngaging academicsTime 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 YOUAcknowledgments:

• Deakin OH&S Committee

• Deakin Smoke-free Environment Working Group

• Project officer - Rachel Isaacs

• Student Ambassadors

• Teaching & Learning perspective - Teresa Capetola

•Contact Details •Patricia Ritchie•03 9244 6561•Trish.ritchie@deakin.edu.au

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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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Target implementation date shifted to Jan 2014.

FEB 2013 MARCH 2013 OCT 2013 NOV 2013 FEB 2014 MARCH 2014

Students show support for a smoke-free uni at O’ Week.

MAY 2014

O’ Week

JUL 2014

Business Case submitted for approval.

Student survey distributed

Staff survey distributed

Business Case approved.

VC email about going smoke-free.

Operational plan sent to Smoke-Free Committee.

FAQs and electronic signature sent to staff.

Smoke-Free slide and information delivered at Faculty and International Student orientations.

Student organised a smoke-in but it was cancelled.

Smoke-Free policy started on the 10th.

APRIL 2014

Journalism students conducted interviews for assignments.

Stall at Health and Safety Week.

Student Ambassadors began.

No Tobacco Week @ Deakin.

VC emailed staff and students.

Stall at Safety Week.

Warning emails discussed.

Website went live.

7 nurses trained as Quit educators.

NRTs available week of 17th.

JUN 2014

Security began collecting name/ID of offenders.

5,854 students completed survey.

849 staff completed survey.

Approximately 80 students interested in becoming an Ambassador.

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PROJECT OVERVIEW

State LeadershipPolicy development Goals & ObjectivesImplementation & Communication strategiesEvaluation Sustainability