Environmental Factors and Health Promotion Pamphlet
Brianna Martinez
Grand Canyon University

Environmental Factors and Health Promotion Pamphlet
The environmental learning pamphlet discussed with the parent was on the topic of secondhand smoking effects on infants & children. The mother was 30year old single mother of a 4month old infant. The mother comes from a Hispanic background and she is a non-smoker however has a 32 year old Hispanic boyfriend who is a current smoker, who smokes approximately one pack per day. Health promotion & maintenance was discussed with mother on the harmful and potential deadly effects secondhand smoking can cause on her infant. The mother was aware on the effects of smoking around children but thought it was “okay” since her boyfriend smokes outside and never around the baby. The mother was educated on the harmful chemicals her boyfriend still carries when near or around the baby and how it spreads throughout the house. The mother reported not having any conciliation the effects it had on her baby even though the boyfriend did not smoke near the infant. The mother was very receptive of the information and quite shocked the harmful effects secondhand smoking had on her infant even while not smoking next to her infant. The mother displayed a great learning response and was going to take initiatives to help her boyfriend quit smoking and to completely stop all smoking near her household or events the child attended. Overall the teaching went well with mother, the main improvement that could have been done was to repeat all the teaching while the boyfriend was present to introduce all the harmful effects he introduced to the infant.

References
Health effects of secondhand smoke. (2013). Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/secondhand_smoke/health_effects
Impact on others. (2013). Retrieved from