Tackling smoking is an integral component of efforts to improve health outcomes in
Aboriginal communities. Social marketing is an effective strategy for promoting healthy …

A Centre for Excellence in Indigenous Tobacco Control (CEITC) was set up to help
Aboriginal Health Workers (AHWs) to deal with the issue of smoking in 2003, considering …

A high rate of tobacco smoking is found to be a major contributor to the poor health status of
the Indigenous Australians and there is lack of implementation of and evaluation of tobacco …

Australian Aboriginal pregnant women have a high smoking prevalence (45%). Health
professionals lack adequate educational resources to manage smoking. Resources need to …

Issue addressed Smoking rates among very disadvantaged populations groups are much
higher than for the general Australian population. Smoking makes a significant contribution …

Background All over the world, Indigenous populations have remarkably high rates of
commercial tobacco use compared to non-Indigenous groups. The high rates of commercial …

Introduction A partnership between three Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations
and a mainstream health service was formed to develop, implement and evaluate a …

Objective: To describe the research methods and baseline sample of the Talking About The
Smokes (TATS) project. Design: The TATS project is a collaboration between research …

Objectives To engage with health providers and Aboriginal women to understand what
educational resources they want and need to support quit smoking attempts during …

This article is written from an Indigenous Health Worker's point of view. I am an Indigenous
Health Worker with experience of working in remote, regional and urban communities. I …