Health Education Plan
Deborah Hibbs
Nurs 405
March 12, 2012
Beth Meadows RN,MSN, NCSN

Health Education Plan
This health education plan is based on information collected from information gathered from a Windshield Survey and from interviews of a subject family.
Educational Needs
Although smoking rates have gone down over the last few years, there is still a need for education related to smoking and smoking cessation. In the Windshield Survey, it was stated that due to local and state regulations, smoking in public places is illegal and since these laws have been in force, smoking rates in the area have dropped. “New survey results show Washington’s adult smoking rate has dropped to a new low of 14.8 percent. That’s down from 15.3 percent the previous year. Washington now has the third lowest smoking rate in the nation—the state’s best ranking since measuring across all 50 states started in 1995 (Washington State Department of Health, 2010).” Even with the lower rate, there is still a need for more education, especially among the lower income group. According to the Washington State Department of Health (2010) website, “The smoking rates among people from low income or with lower educational backgrounds remain high at 29 and 27 percent, respectively. While people with lower incomes try to quit as often as people with higher incomes, they are less successful.”
My subject family has a mother and father who are chain smokers and two teenage children who are suffering from the effects of second hand smoke. The oldest child is also experimenting with cigarette smoking when at friends’ homes and before/after school, unbeknownst to her parents. According to U.S. department of Health and Human Services (2011), “850 young people age 12 to 17 began smoking on a daily basis.” Secondhand smoke from cigarettes and cigars also causes heart disease and lung cancer in