Topics: Tobacco use

Evaluating NSW SmokeCheck: a culturally specific smoking cessation training program for health professionals working in Aboriginal health

23 May, 2012 | Posted in Vol 12 No 2, April 2012 – June 2012  Cultural ways  Health promotion  Tobacco use  New South Wales  Indigenous health workers  

Hearn S, Nancarrow H, Rose M, Massi L, Wise M, Conigrave K, Barnes I, Bauman A (2011) Evaluating NSW SmokeCheck: a culturally specific smoking cessation training program for health professionals working in Aboriginal health Health Promotion Journal of Australia; 22: (189-195)

The protocol for the Be Our Ally Beat Smoking (BOABS) study, a randomised controlled trial of an intensive smoking cessation intervention in a remote Aboriginal Australian health care setting

16 May, 2012 | Posted in Vol 12 No 2, April 2012 – June 2012  Health promotion  Remote  Tobacco use  Research  Western Australia  Translational research  Workforce  Indigenous health workers  

Marley JV, Atkinson D, Nelson C, Kitaura T, Gray D, Metcalf S, Murray R, Maguire GP (2012) The protocol for the Be Our Ally Beat Smoking (BOABS) study, a randomised controlled trial of an intensive smoking cessation intervention in a remote Aboriginal Australian health care setting BMC Public Health; 12: 232 Retrieved 23 March 2012 [...]

Knowledge, attitudes and other factors associated with assessment of tobacco smoking among pregnant Aboriginal women by health care providers: a cross-sectional survey

23 April, 2012 | Posted in Vol 12 No 2, April 2012 – June 2012  Health promotion  Women  Pregnancy  Tobacco use  New South Wales  Northern Territory  Workforce  

Passey ME, D’Este CA, Sanson-Fisher RW (2012) Knowledge, attitudes and other factors associated with assessment of tobacco smoking among pregnant Aboriginal women by health care providers: a cross-sectional survey BMC Public Health; 12: 165 Retrieved 7 March 2012 from http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1471-2458-12-165.pdf

Blow away the smokes: a guide to quitting cigarettes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

2 April, 2012 | Posted in Vol 12 No 2, April 2012 – June 2012  Health promotion  Tobacco use  New South Wales  

Baker F (2012) Blow away the smokes: a guide to quitting cigarettes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people NSW: Mid North Coast Division of General Practice

National trends in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander smoking and quitting, 1994–2008

21 March, 2012 | Posted in Vol 12 No 1, January 2012 – March 2012  Protective and risk factors  Tobacco use  

Thomas D (2012) National trends in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander smoking and quitting, 1994–2008 Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health; 36: (24-29)

Exploring the disparity in tobacco use between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians

7 March, 2012 | Posted in Vol 12 No 1, January 2012 – March 2012  Cultural ways  Medicine  Health promotion  Tobacco use  

Platt L (2011) Exploring the disparity in tobacco use between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians Stanford Service in Global Health; 3: (31-34)

New resources for tackling Indigenous chronic disease and smoking

10 January, 2012 | Posted in Vol 12 No 1, January 2012 – March 2012  Closing the gap  Health promotion  Nutrition  Physical activity  Tobacco use  Indigenous health workers  

Two new resources have been produced to help workers tackle the high rates of chronic disease and smoking among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

The best bang for our buck: recommendations for the provision of training for tobacco action workers and Indigenous health workers

14 December, 2011 | Posted in Vol 11 No 4, October 2011 – December 2011  Tobacco use  Indigenous health workers  

Thompson M (2011) The best bang for our buck: recommendations for the provision of training for tobacco action workers and Indigenous health workers Contemporary Nurse; 37: (90-91)

The West Australian Indigenous storybook : celebrating and sharing good news stories: the Kimberley and Pilbara edition

12 December, 2011 | Posted in Vol 11 No 4, October 2011 – December 2011  Environmental health  Infectious conditions  Social and emotional wellbeing  Health promotion  Nutrition  Alcohol use  Illicit drug use  Tobacco use  Western Australia  

Public Health Advocacy Institute of WA (2011) The West Australian Indigenous storybook : celebrating and sharing good news stories : the Kimberley and Pilbara edition Perth, WA: Public Health Advocacy Institute of WA

Having a yarn about smoking: using action research to develop a ‘no smoking’ policy within an Aboriginal Health Organisation

30 November, 2011 | Posted in Vol 11 No 4, October 2011 – December 2011  Policies  Tobacco use  Research  Victoria  

Fletcher G, Fredericks B, Adams K, Finlay S, Andy S, Briggs L, Hall R (2011) Having a yarn about smoking: using action research to develop a ‘no smoking’ policy within an Aboriginal Health Organisation Health Policy; 103: (92-97)

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