Topics: Tobacco use

New resources for tackling Indigenous chronic disease and smoking

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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