PMID- 28104999
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20220311
IS  - 2070-7266 (Print)
IS  - 1617-9625 (Electronic)
IS  - 1617-9625 (Linking)
VI  - 15
DP  - 2017
TI  - Development of a scale assessing Beliefs About ThirdHand Smoke (BATHS).
PG  - 4
LID - 10.1186/s12971-017-0112-4 [doi]
LID - 4
AB  - BACKGROUND: Similarly to secondhand smoke (SHS), thirdhand smoke (THS) beliefs 
      may be correlated with smoking behaviors and smokefree policies in the home. 
      Thus, there is a need to develop and validate measures to assess beliefs about 
      THS. METHODS: A list of 19 items related to THS were generated by an expert panel 
      and tested in a pilot study. Based on results from an exploratory factor 
      analysis, two factors emerged: THS persistence in the environment and THS impact 
      on health. The scale was reduced to nine items, which showed no differential item 
      functioning by smoking status or smoking ban status in the home. The nine items 
      and the two factor structure were tested in a validation sample from a smoke-free 
      homes intervention that included THS educational materials. RESULTS: The 9-item 
      scale showed excellent internal consistency. Confirmatory factor analysis 
      indicated good model fit for the two factor solution in a low-income population. 
      Tests of construct validity indicated differences due to exposure to the 
      smoke-free homes intervention, by smoking status, whether participants own or 
      rent their home, and smoking ban status in the home. CONCLUSIONS: The BATHS scale 
      offers researchers a valid and reliable tool to assess THS beliefs.
FAU - Haardorfer, Regine
AU  - Haardorfer R
AD  - Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Rollins School of Public 
      Health, Emory University, 1518 Clifton Rd NE, Atlanta, GA 30322 USA.
FAU - Berg, Carla J
AU  - Berg CJ
AD  - Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Rollins School of Public 
      Health, Emory University, 1518 Clifton Rd NE, Atlanta, GA 30322 USA.
FAU - Escoffery, Cam
AU  - Escoffery C
AD  - Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Rollins School of Public 
      Health, Emory University, 1518 Clifton Rd NE, Atlanta, GA 30322 USA.
FAU - Bundy, Lucja T
AU  - Bundy LT
AD  - Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Rollins School of Public 
      Health, Emory University, 1518 Clifton Rd NE, Atlanta, GA 30322 USA.
FAU - Hovell, Melbourne
AU  - Hovell M
AD  - Center for Behavioral Epidemiology and Community Health, Graduate School of 
      Public Health, San Diego State University, 9245 Sky Park Court, San Diego, CA 
      92182 USA.
FAU - Kegler, Michelle C
AU  - Kegler MC
AD  - Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Rollins School of Public 
      Health, Emory University, 1518 Clifton Rd NE, Atlanta, GA 30322 USA.
LA  - eng
GR  - U01 CA154282/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20170117
PL  - Greece
TA  - Tob Induc Dis
JT  - Tobacco induced diseases
JID - 101201591
PMC - PMC5240270
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Scale development
OT  - Secondhand/environmental exposure
OT  - Thirdhand smoke
EDAT- 2017/01/21 06:00
MHDA- 2017/01/21 06:01
PMCR- 2017/01/17
CRDT- 2017/01/21 06:00
PHST- 2016/10/08 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2017/01/06 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2017/01/21 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2017/01/21 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2017/01/21 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2017/01/17 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 112 [pii]
AID - 10.1186/s12971-017-0112-4 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Tob Induc Dis. 2017 Jan 17;15:4. doi: 10.1186/s12971-017-0112-4. eCollection 
      2017.