Learning Objectives: Describe the advantages and disadvantages of using web-based survey technology to inform tobacco control program development and implementation.
Abstract: In February and March, 2001, the Florida Department of Health (DOH) conducted a web-based survey of all DOH employees to assess tobacco use behavior and quit history. Quit history questions were designed to help inform DOH in its efforts to develop and implement on-site cessation programs. Nearly one-half (49%; n=6,482) of DOH employees responded to the survey. Of these respondents, 14.4% reported as current smokers (less than 3% of participants reported other tobacco use).
Roughly 25% of current smokers responded to questions about their quit history, including barriers to quitting smoking and reasons to quit smoking. Current smokers who did not respond to questions about quit history were likely to be between 20 and 29 years old and to have completed less than 4 years of college. Race/ethnicity was not a factor in responding to questions about quit history.
In this presentation, differences between responders and non-responders will be further analyzed, and recommendations for future survey administrations will be offered. Responses from the approximately 200 current smokers who completed quit history questions will also be discussed, as well as how their responses can be used to inform cessation program development and implementation.
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