Environmental Factors
And Health Promotion:
Accident Prevention And
Safety Promotion For
Parents And Caregivers
Of Infants
Second Hand Smoke
SECOND HAND SMOKE
Burning cigarettes
Smoke breathed
out from smokers
Thousands of
chemicals
Toxic
Cancer Risk
(CDC, 2017)
The growth, development, and learned behaviors that occur during the first year of infancy
have a direct effect on the individual throughout a lifetime. For this assignment, research an
environmental factor that poses a threat to the health or safety of infants and develop a
health promotion that can be presented to caregivers.
Create a 10-12 slide PowerPoint health promotion, with speaker notes, that outlines a teaching
plan. For the presentation of your PowerPoint, use Loom to create a voice over or a video.
Include an additional slide for the Loom link at the beginning, and an additional slide for
references at the end.
In developing your PowerPoint, take into consideration the health care literacy level of your
target audience, as well as the demographic of the caregiver/patient (socioeconomic level,
language, culture, and any other relevant characteristic of the caregiver) for which the
presentation is tailored
Include the following in your presentation:
Describe the selected environmental factor. Explain how the environmental factor you
selected can potentially affect the health or safety of infants.
Create a health promotion plan that can be presented to caregivers to address the
environmental factor and improve the overall health and well-being of infants.
Offer recommendations on accident prevention and safety promotion as they relate to the
selected environmental factor and the health or safety of infants.
Offer examples, interventions, and suggestions from evidence-based research. At least three
scholarly resources are required. Two of the three resources must be peer-reviewed and no
more than 6 years old.
Provide readers with two community resources, a national resource, and a Web-based
resource. Include a brief description and contact information for each resource.
HOW DOES SECOND HAND SMOKE
AFFECT YOUR BABY?
Asthma Attacks
Breathing
Infections
Ear Infections
Sudden Infant
Death Syndrome
(SIDS) (Crib Death)
ADHD
(Healthychildren.org, 2017)
HEALTH PROMOTION PLAN FOR
INFANTS EXPOSED TO SECOND HAND
SMOKE
Growth and
Development
Nutrition
Oral Health
Physical Activity
Disease Prevention
(CDC, 2018)
RECOMMENDATIONS
Quit smoking
Do not take children where smoking is
allowed
Make your home smoke free
(Healthychildren.org, 2017)
RECOMMENDATIONS
Only use caregivers that do not smoke
Choose a daycare that is tobacco free
(Healthychildren.gov, 2017)
EVIDENCE BASED INTERVENTIONS
Talk with Your Doctor Campaign
Why counsel
When to counsel
How to counsel
Counseling Techniques
(AAP, 2018)
EVIDENCE BASED INTERVENTIONS
Pharmacotherapy
Nicotine Replacement Therapy
(AAP, 2018)
COMMUNITY SMOKING CESSATION
RESOURCES
Alabamapublichealth.gov
Tobacco Prevention and
Control
The Tobacco Prevention and
Control (TPC) Branch works with
local coalitions, community
agencies, and state and national
partners to implement and
evaluate effective tobacco
prevention and cessation
activities that meet the
following goals:
Eliminating environmental
tobacco use exposure.
Promoting quitting among adults
and youth.
Preventing youth initiation.
Identifying and eliminating
disparities among populations.
Alabama Quitline
1-800-QUIT-NOW
(1-800-784-8669)
Area 4 County: Jefferson
Coalition for a
Tobacco-Free Jefferson
County
1400 6th Avenue South
Birmingham, Alabama
35233
Phone: (205) 930-1248
Fax: (205) 939-3019
Mailing Address:
Jefferson County
Department of Health
P.O. Box 2648
Birmingham, Alabama
35202-2648
NATIONAL SMOKING CESSATION
RESOURCES
1-800-LUNGUSA
WEB-BASED SMOKING CESSATION
RESOURCE
REFERENCES
AAP. (2018). American Academy of Pediatrics.
The Richmond Center of Excellence.