Evaluation of the implementation of the Tobacco Control Program at the Santa Cruz Hospital - São Paulo - Capital / "Avaliação da implantação do programa de controle do tabagismo no Hospital Santa Cruz - São Paulo - Capital"

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2006

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SUMMARY Moraes M.A. Evaluation of the implementation of the Tobacco Control Program at the Santa Cruz Hospital – São Paulo – Capital; 2006 "Dissertation of the Doctoral Degree Program – College of Public Health - USP". Objective: The present study was carried out with the objective of evaluating the interventions applied in the Tobacco Control Program at the Santa Cruz Hospital (HSC) and their effectiveness in decreasing the prevalence of tobacco use. Methods: A longitudinal evaluation study of the panel type was carried out to achieve the established objective, with the purpose of investigating the organizational, educational and physical interventions developed in the abovementioned program. Research data on the tobacco user profile, obtained by the Santa Cruz Hospital at the end of 2001 and beginning of 2002, were applied again in 2004 to find out the tobacco use prevalence. Another investigation was also conducted concerning the perception of the hospital staff that experienced the application of the interventions by means of a questionnaire composed of 19 structured questions divided into 6 sections and answered by 498 employees in October 2005. Non-parametric statistical tests were applied to identify differences between the sociodemographic variables of the last study. Results: The main results shown in the analyses were that the opinion of the study subjects regarding the intervention phases applied in the program was quite favorable, since the percentages regarding participation of these employees in the actions developed in the program varied between 74.3% and 99%. Conclusions: The evaluation of the structure/process/result allowed us to conclude that the Tobacco Control Program of the Santa Cruz Hospital was successful, presenting an adequate structure for the installed capacity, achieving the programmed targets in its process evaluation and, as end result, decreasing by 52.91% the prevalence of tobacco use among staff members. Descriptors: Tobacco use, Evaluation, Health Programs.

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avaliação programas de saúde evaluation health program tabagismo tobacco use

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