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An Intensive Smoking Intervention For Pregnant Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Women: A Randomised Controlled Trial, Sandra J. Eade, Rob W. Sanson-Fisher, Mark Wenitong, Katie Panaretto, Catherine D'Este, Conor Gilligan, Jessica Stewart
An Intensive Smoking Intervention For Pregnant Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Women: A Randomised Controlled Trial, Sandra J. Eade, Rob W. Sanson-Fisher, Mark Wenitong, Katie Panaretto, Catherine D'Este, Conor Gilligan, Jessica Stewart
Aboriginal Policy Research Consortium International (APRCi)
Objective: To determine the effectiveness of an intensive quit-smoking intervention on smoking rates at 36 weeks’ gestation among pregnant Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women. Design: Randomised controlled trial. Setting and participants: Pregnant Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women (n= 263) attending their first antenatal visit at one of three Aboriginal community-controlled health services between June 2005 and December 2009. Intervention: A general practitioner and other health care workers delivered tailored advice and support to quit smoking to women at their first antenatal visit, using evidence-based communication skills and engaging the woman’s partner and other adults in supporting the quit …
‘It Had To Be My Choice’ Indigenous Smoking Cessation And Negotiations Of Risk, Resistance And Resilience, Chelsea Bond, Mark Brough, Geoffrey Spurling, Noel Hayman
‘It Had To Be My Choice’ Indigenous Smoking Cessation And Negotiations Of Risk, Resistance And Resilience, Chelsea Bond, Mark Brough, Geoffrey Spurling, Noel Hayman
Aboriginal Policy Research Consortium International (APRCi)
While Australia is considered a world leader in tobacco control, smoking rates within the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population have not declined at the same rate. This failure highlights an obvious shortcoming of mainstream anti- smoking efforts to effectively understand and engage with the socio-cultural context of Indigenous smoking and smoking cessation experiences. The purpose of this article is to explore the narrative accounts of 20 Indigenous ex-smokers within an urban community and determine the motivators and enablers for successful smoking cessation. Our findings indicated that health risk narratives and the associated social stigma produced through anti-smoking campaigns formed …