Topics: Tobacco use

Tobacco use and measuring nicotine dependence among urban Indigenous pregnant women

11 January, 2010 | Posted in Vol 10 No 1, January 2010 - March 2010  Tobacco use  Urban  Pregnancy  

Panaretto KS, Mitchell MR, Anderson L, Gilligan C, Buettner P, et al. (2009)
Tobacco use and measuring nicotine dependence among urban Indigenous pregnant women.
Medical Journal of Australia;191(10):554-557

Smoking prevalence trends in Indigenous Australians, 1994-2004: a typical rather than an exceptional epidemic

3 December, 2009 | Posted in Vol 9 No 4, October 2009 - December 2009  Tobacco use  Men's health  Women's health  

Thomas DP (2009)
Smoking prevalence trends in Indigenous Australians, 1994-2004: a typical rather than an exceptional epidemic.
International Journal for Equity in Health;8(37):1-21

Tobacco smoking in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population, 2004-05

18 September, 2009 | Posted in Vol 9 No 3, July 2009 - September 2009  Tobacco use  

Australian Bureau of Statistics (2009)
Tobacco smoking in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population, 2004-05.
Canberra: Australian Bureau of Statistics

Revision of the preventable chronic disease strategy: background paper: preventable chronic diseases in Aboriginal populations

21 August, 2009 | Posted in Vol 9 No 3, July 2009 - September 2009  Cardiovascular disease  Diabetes  Kidney health  Respiratory disease  Alcohol misuse  Tobacco use  Health risk factors  Nutrition  Northern Territory  

Northern Territory Department of Health and Families (2009)
Revision of the preventable chronic disease strategy: background paper: preventable chronic diseases in Aboriginal populations.
Darwin: Northern Territory Department of Health and Families

Cultural identity and peer influence as predictors of substance use among culturally diverse Australian adolescents

20 August, 2009 | Posted in Vol 9 No 3, July 2009 - September 2009  Alcohol misuse  Illicit drug use  Tobacco use  Adolescents  Queensland  

Gazis N, Connor JP, Ho R (2009)
Cultural identity and peer influence as predictors of substance use among culturally diverse Australian adolescents.
Journal of Early Adolescence OnlineFirst;(online)

The health and nutrition of young Indigenous women in north Queensland - intergenerational implications of poor food quality, obesity, diabetes, tobacco smoking and alcohol use

6 August, 2009 | Posted in Vol 9 No 3, July 2009 - September 2009  Diabetes  Alcohol misuse  Tobacco use  Obesity  Queensland  

McDermott R, Campbell S, Li M, McCulloch B (2009)
The health and nutrition of young Indigenous women in north Queensland - intergenerational implications of poor food quality, obesity, diabetes, tobacco smoking and alcohol use.
Public Health Nutrition;online

Tobacco control practices among Aboriginal health professionals in Western Australia

6 August, 2009 | Posted in Vol 9 No 3, July 2009 - September 2009  Tobacco use  Western Australia  Health workers  

Pilkington AAG, Carter OBJ, Cameron AS, Thompson SC (2009)
Tobacco control practices among Aboriginal health professionals in Western Australia.
Australian Journal of Primary Health;15(2):152-158

Does HPV play a role in the outcome of head and neck cancer among Indigenous patients

17 July, 2009 | Posted in Vol 9 No 3, July 2009 - September 2009  Cancer  Tobacco use  Social determinants  

Janakiraman R, Thomas ME (2009)
Does HPV play a role in the outcome of head and neck cancer among Indigenous patients.
ANZ Journal of Surgery;79(s1):A66

Knowledge and attitudes regarding smoking during pregnancy among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women

18 June, 2009 | Posted in Vol 9 No 2, April 2009 - June 2009  Tobacco use  Women's health  Queensland  

Gilligan C, Sanson-Fisher RW, D’Este C, Eades S, Wenitong M (2009)
Knowledge and attitudes regarding smoking during pregnancy among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women.
Medical Journal of Australia;190(10):557-561

How do trends in smoking prevalence among Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australian secondary students between 1996 and 2005 compare?

1 June, 2009 | Posted in Vol 9 No 2, April 2009 - June 2009  Tobacco use  

White V, Mason T, Briggs V (2009)
How do trends in smoking prevalence among Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australian secondary students between 1996 and 2005 compare?
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health;33(2):147-153