Research Evaluation

Running Head : ARTICLE EVALUATION

Article Evaluation : Barriers to Quitting Smoking

Introduction

The given article is structured in the form of a comparative analysis of the habits and behaviours related to smoking practices among the institutionalized psychiatric population . The evaluation of this article is being done from the sociological perspective . The assessment of the issue of smoking is specifically analyzed in two of the most important sites of Australia namely South Australia and Queensland , where quitting of smoking habits among the population of the institutions of the public mental health services

is the main problem (Lawn , 2004 . The study of these locales has been conducted between the periods of 1999 to 2001 .The main focus is on the systematic barriers , which make the prevention of smoking activities in such institutions , ineffective Though , the government of Australia has made several efforts for the prevention of smoking in the work places , as well as , the public places but even then , the problem is still at its zenith (Tobacco Policy 1990

Overall Evaluation

From the overall evaluation of the given article , it is clear that the two Australian places are facing a severe problem of barriers in the quitting the process of smoking by the Professionals , as well as , the Clients of the health service institutes . At both these Australian sites , a great human support and the auxiliary services are given to the areas of smoking . In the South Australian hospital , there is an enormous population of medical staff and clients . The health professionals...