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Volume 202 Issue 10 Supplement

1 June 2015

Talking About The Smokes

Transforming the evidence to guide Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander tobacco control

Project leader: David Thomas

The supplement was supported by the Australian Government Department of Health

PDFThe entire supplement is available by downloading the PDF.

Talking About The Smokes (TATS) is a model for how to do a large national epidemiological project in partnership with Aboriginal communities, the National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO) and the Aboriginal community-controlled health service (ACCHS) sector. Research has not always been done well in or in partnership with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, which can make undertaking research with the sector challenging. The TATS project, however, has always felt like a full and respectful partnership between the ACCHS sector and research organisations, and between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people. We have appreciated our involvement in all elements of the project, the clarity of the formal agreements, and the funding and support of project staff employed at NACCHO and in our member ACCHSs. Our concerns and priorities were always addressed.

 

The ACCHS sector recognises how important undertaking research is to reduce smoking in our communities. Because TATS has been done ethically, we can have confidence in using the evidence from this project to improve our policies and programs to reduce the damage that smoking does to our people and communities.

Lisa Briggs
Chief Executive Officer
National Aboriginal Community
Controlled Health Organisation

Talking About The Smokes: summary and key findings

David P Thomas, Maureen E Davey, Viki L Briggs and Ron Borland, on behalf of the Talking About The Smokes project

Med J Aust 2015; 202 (10 Suppl): S3-S4 Open Access

Research methods of Talking About The Smokes: an International Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation Project study with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians

David P Thomas, Viki L Briggs, Sophia Couzos, Maureen E Davey, Jennifer M Hunt, Kathryn S Panaretto, Anke E van der Sterren, Matthew Stevens, Anna K Nicholson and Ron Borland

Med J Aust 2015; 202 (10 Suppl): S5-S12 Open Access

Talking About The Smokes: a large-scale, community-based participatory research project

Sophia Couzos, Anna K Nicholson, Jennifer M Hunt, Maureen E Davey, Josephine K May, Pele T Bennet, Darren W Westphal and David P Thomas

Med J Aust 2015; 202 (10 Suppl): S13-S19 Open Access

Past quit attempts in a national sample of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander smokers

Anna K Nicholson, Ron Borland, Maureen E Davey, Matthew Stevens and David P Thomas

Med J Aust 2015; 202 (10 Suppl): S20-S25 Open Access

Predictors of wanting to quit in a national sample of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander smokers

Anna K Nicholson, Ron Borland, Maureen E Davey, Matthew Stevens and David P Thomas

Med J Aust 2015; 202 (10 Suppl): S26-S32 Open Access

Smoke-free homes and workplaces of a national sample of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

David P Thomas, Kathryn S Panaretto, Matthew Stevens, Pele T Bennet and Ron Borland

Med J Aust 2015; 202 (10 Suppl): S33-S38 Open Access

Dependence in a national sample of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander daily smokers

David P Thomas, Kathryn S Panaretto, Matthew Stevens and Ron Borland

Med J Aust 2015; 202 (10 Suppl): S39-S44 Open Access

Smoking-related knowledge and health risk beliefs in a national sample of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

Anna K Nicholson, Ron Borland, Sophia Couzos, Matthew Stevens and David P Thomas

Med J Aust 2015; 202 (10 Suppl): S45-S50 Open Access

Personal attitudes towards smoking in a national sample of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander smokers and recent quitters

Anna K Nicholson, Ron Borland, Pele T Bennet, Anke E van der Sterren, Matthew Stevens and David P Thomas

Med J Aust 2015; 202 (10 Suppl): S51-S56 Open Access

Social acceptability and desirability of smoking in a national sample of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

Anna K Nicholson, Ron Borland, Anke E van der Sterren, Pele T Bennet, Matthew Stevens and David P Thomas

Med J Aust 2015; 202 (10 Suppl): S57-S62 Open Access

Tobacco control policies and activities in Aboriginal community-controlled health services

Maureen E Davey, Jennifer M Hunt, Raylene Foster, Sophia Couzos, Anke E van der Sterren, Jasmine Sarin and David P Thomas

Med J Aust 2015; 202 (10 Suppl): S63-S66 Open Access

Recall of anti-tobacco advertising and information, warning labels and news stories in a national sample of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander smokers

Anna K Nicholson, Ron Borland, Jasmine Sarin, Sharon Wallace, Anke E van der Sterren, Matthew Stevens and David P Thomas

Med J Aust 2015; 202 (10 Suppl): S67-S72 Open Access

Smoking cessation advice and non-pharmacological support in a national sample of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander smokers and ex-smokers

David P Thomas, Pele T Bennet, Viki L Briggs, Sophia Couzos, Jennifer M Hunt, Kathryn S Panaretto, Matthew Stevens and Ron Borland

Med J Aust 2015; 202 (10 Suppl): S73-S77 Open Access

Use of nicotine replacement therapy and stop-smoking medicines in a national sample of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander smokers and ex-smokers

David P Thomas, Viki L Briggs, Sophia Couzos, Kathryn S Panaretto, Anke E van der Sterren, Matthew Stevens and Ron Borland

Med J Aust 2015; 202 (10 Suppl): S78-S84 Open Access

Smoking among a national sample of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health service staff

David P Thomas, Maureen E Davey, Kathryn S Panaretto, Jennifer M Hunt, Matthew Stevens and Anke E van der Sterren

Med J Aust 2015; 202 (10 Suppl): S85-S89 Open Access