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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
Deakin Smoke-
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Focus
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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•[email protected]
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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
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