Where there's smoke, there's fire: high prevalence of smoking among some sub-populations and recommendations for intervention

A Baker, A Baker, RG Ivers, A Baker… - Drug and alcohol …, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
In Australia, the prevalence of smoking is higher among certain sub-populations compared
to the general population. These sub-populations include Aboriginal and Torres Strait …

Should anti-tobacco media messages be culturally targeted for Indigenous populations? A systematic review and narrative synthesis

GS Gould, A McEwen, T Watters, AR Clough… - Tobacco …, 2013 - tobaccocontrol.bmj.com
Objective To summarise published empirical research on culturally targeted anti-tobacco
media messages for Indigenous or First Nations people and examine the evidence for the …

Indigenous women and smoking during pregnancy: knowledge, cultural contexts and barriers to cessation

L Wood, K France, K Hunt, S Eades… - Social science & …, 2008 - Elsevier
Despite active tobacco control efforts in Australia, smoking prevalence remains
disproportionately high in pregnant Indigenous women. This study investigated the place of …

Transcultural diversity and health care

LD Purnell, EA Fenkl, LD Purnell, EA Fenkl - Handbook for culturally …, 2019 - Springer
The need for cultural competence is increasingly recognized by health-care providers and
health-related organizations in the United States and globally. The social ideology of a …

“Nobody smokes in the house if there's a new baby in it”: Aboriginal perspectives on tobacco smoking in pregnancy and in the household in regional NSW Australia

GS Gould, J Munn, S Avuri, S Hoff, Y Cadet-James… - Women and Birth, 2013 - Elsevier
Abstract Background Smoking prevalence in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander pregnant
women is quadruple that of non-Indigenous counterparts, impacting on the health of babies …

Interventions for smoking cessation in Indigenous populations

KV Carson, MP Brinn, M Peters, A Veale… - Cochrane Database …, 2012 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Tobacco use in Indigenous populations (people who have inhabited a country
for thousands of years) is often double that of the non‐Indigenous population. A …

Smoking cessation in indigenous populations of Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and the United States: elements of effective interventions

M DiGiacomo, PM Davidson, PA Abbott… - International journal of …, 2011 - mdpi.com
Indigenous people throughout the world suffer a higher burden of disease than their non-
indigenous counterparts contributing to disproportionate rates of disability. A significant …

[HTML][HTML] Bronchiectasis in Central Australia: a young face to an old disease

DP Steinfort, S Brady, HS Weisinger, L Einsiedel - Respiratory medicine, 2008 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Bronchiectasis remains a significant cause of morbidity among specific
populations world wide, including many indigenous groups. Data on prevalence in …

The Be Our Ally Beat Smoking (BOABS) study, a randomised controlled trial of an intensive smoking cessation intervention in a remote aboriginal Australian health …

JV Marley, D Atkinson, T Kitaura, C Nelson, D Gray… - BMC public health, 2014 - Springer
Abstract Background Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples (Indigenous
Australians) smoke at much higher rates than non-Indigenous people and smoking is an …

Prevalence and correlates of smoking during pregnancy: A comparison of aboriginal and non‐aboriginal women in Manitoba

MI Heaman, K Chalmers - Birth, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Background: Prenatal smoking rates vary substantially among racial and ethnic groups.
Although prevalence of smoking among Aboriginal people in Canada is higher than in the …