Topics: Tobacco use

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)

Jumping the hurdles for smoking cessation in pregnant Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women in Australia

23 November, 2011 | Posted in Vol 11 No 4, October 2011 – December 2011  Women  Pregnancy  Tobacco use  

Gould GS, McEwen A, Munn J (2011) Jumping the hurdles for smoking cessation in pregnant Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women in Australia Journal of Smoking Cessation; 6: (33-36)

Cardiovascular risk among Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal smoking male prisoners: inequalities compared to the wider community

19 October, 2011 | Posted in Vol 11 No 4, October 2011 – December 2011  Cardiovascular disease  Men  Offenders  Protective and risk factors  Tobacco use  Research  

Richmond RL, Wilhelm KA, Indig D, Butler TG, Archer VA, Wodak AD (2011) Cardiovascular risk among Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal smoking male prisoners: inequalities compared to the wider community BMC Public Health; 11: 783 Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-11-783

Estimating cancer incidence in Indigenous Australians

12 October, 2011 | Posted in Vol 11 No 4, October 2011 – December 2011  Cancer  Respiratory disease  Tobacco use  

Zhang X, Condon JR, Rumbold AR, Cunningham J, Roder DM (2011) Estimating cancer incidence in Indigenous Australians Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health; 35: (477-485)

Maternal smoking during pregnancy among Aboriginal women in New South Wales is linked to social gradient

31 August, 2011 | Posted in Vol 11 No 3, July 2011 – September 2011  Women  Pregnancy  Tobacco use  Social issues  New South Wales  

Thrift AP, Nancarrow H, Bauman AE (2011) Maternal smoking during pregnancy among Aboriginal women in New South Wales is linked to social gradient Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health; 35: (337-342)

The National Summit on Tobacco Smoking in Prison: Australian National University, Canberra, August 2010 – an Aboriginal perspective

10 August, 2011 | Posted in Vol 11 No 3, July 2011 – September 2011  Closing the gap  Offenders  Tobacco use  

Doyle M, Butler T, Stevens C (2011) The National Summit on Tobacco Smoking in Prison: Australian National University, Canberra, August 2010 – an Aboriginal perspective Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal; 35: (10-12)

Peer-support preferences and readiness-to-change behaviour for chronic disease prevention in an urban Indigenous population

10 August, 2011 | Posted in Vol 11 No 3, July 2011 – September 2011  Cardiovascular disease  Health promotion  Urban  Physical activity  Tobacco use  Research  

Adams K, Paasse G, Clinch D (2011) Peer-support preferences and readiness-to-change behaviour for chronic disease prevention in an urban Indigenous population Australian Social Work; 64: (55-67)

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