Consequences for Smoking in a State Treatment Facility
Location
CSU Ballroom
Start Date
27-4-2009 10:00 AM
End Date
27-4-2009 12:00 PM
Student's Major
Social Work
Student's College
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Mentor's Name
Christine Black-Hughes
Mentor's Department
Social Work
Mentor's College
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Description
It is federal law that smoking is not allowed on a state facility. It is also a policy at a treatment center in rural Minnesota. There have been many issues with this policy at this specific treatment center. Many residents have been caught with cigarettes and or matches/lighters within the past month. There is a consequence for smoking on the unit. This consequence is a 24-hour building restriction, meaning residents have to report in every hour and they are not allowed to exit the facility to go outside. This consequence does not seem to work because the problem is not improving. If the residents at the treatment facility are included in the decision making process about consequences, will they will follow the policies better at the treatment facility? This research project included a questionnaire given to all residents and all of the staff at the particular treatment center in rural Minnesota. The questionnaire asked for recommendations to make the smoking consequence more effective. The project developed a consequence that will be more effective to stop smoking on the treatment center unit.
Consequences for Smoking in a State Treatment Facility
CSU Ballroom
It is federal law that smoking is not allowed on a state facility. It is also a policy at a treatment center in rural Minnesota. There have been many issues with this policy at this specific treatment center. Many residents have been caught with cigarettes and or matches/lighters within the past month. There is a consequence for smoking on the unit. This consequence is a 24-hour building restriction, meaning residents have to report in every hour and they are not allowed to exit the facility to go outside. This consequence does not seem to work because the problem is not improving. If the residents at the treatment facility are included in the decision making process about consequences, will they will follow the policies better at the treatment facility? This research project included a questionnaire given to all residents and all of the staff at the particular treatment center in rural Minnesota. The questionnaire asked for recommendations to make the smoking consequence more effective. The project developed a consequence that will be more effective to stop smoking on the treatment center unit.
Recommended Citation
Gegeman, Meredith. "Consequences for Smoking in a State Treatment Facility." Undergraduate Research Symposium, Mankato, MN, April 27, 2009.
https://cornerstone.lib.mnsu.edu/urs/2009/poster-session-A/4
