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Information on relevant guidelines and recommendations to prevent and/or minimise the harm associated with tobacco use among Indigenous Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are collected here - please note that links do not constitute a recommendation to use a particular guideline or protocol.

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Guidelines and recommendations

The links provided in this sub-section relate primarily to guidelines for the general Australian population. Online Indigenous specific information is limited.

General

2006

NSW Department of Health (2006)
National clinical guidelines for the management of drug use during pregnancy, birth and the early development years of the newborn.
Sydney: NSW Department of Health
View guidelines (PDF - 1.12MB - large file warning!)
View website: NSW Health

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2004

Zwar N, Richmond R, R. B, Stillman S, Cunningham M, et al. (2004)
Smoking cessation guidelines for Australian General Practice.
Canberra: Department of Health and Ageing
View guidelines (PDF - 566KB)
View website: Department of Health and Ageing

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2003

De Crespigny C, Talmet J, Modystack K, Cusack L, Watkinson J (2003)
Alcohol, tobacco & other drugs guidelines for nurses and midwives: clinical guidelines.
Adelaide: Flinders University and Drug & Alcohol Services Council SA
View guidelines (PDF - 1.76MB - large file warning!)
View website: Drug and Alcohol Services SA

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Programs, projects and lessons

2007

DiGiacomo M, Davidson PM, Davison J, Moore L, Abbott P (2007)
Stressful life events, resources, and access: key considerations in quitting smoking at an Aboriginal Medical Service.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health;31(2):174-176
View abstract: PubMed
View website: National Center for Biotechnology Information

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2006

Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Services, Centre for Drug and Alcohol Studies (2006)
SmokeCheck: Indigenous Tobacco Brief Intervention Project.
Brisbane: Queensland Health
View information
View website: Queensland Health

Ivers RG, Castro A, Parfitt D, Bailie RS, d'Abbs PH, et al. (2006)
Evaluation of a multi-component community tobacco intervention in three remote Australian Aboriginal communities.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health;30(2):132-136
View abstract: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health
View website: Public Health Association of Australia

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2005

Adams K, Briggs V (2005)
Galnya Angin (Good Air): partnerships in Indigenous tobacco control.
Melbourne: Centre for Excellence in Indigenous Tobacco Control
View report (PDF - 4.7MB - large file warning!)

Australian Government, Department of Health and Ageing (2005)
Youth tobacco prevention research project.
Canberra: Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
View report (PDF - 595KB)
View website: Department of Health and Ageing

Ivers RG (2005)
Research into practice: reflections on research transfer for three studies involving tobacco interventions for Aboriginal people in the NT.
Djiadi 1: monograph of the Inaugural Indigenous Health Unit Research Day 2004. Sydney: University of New South Wales:57-62
View abstract (PDF - 326KB)
View website: UNSW Faculty of Medicine

Smith J (2005) 
'Car and Home Smoke Free Zone': final report March 2004 - December 2004.
Dubbo, NSW: Macquarie Area Health Service, Centre for Population Health

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2004

Mark A, McLeod I, Booker J, Ardler C (2004)
The Koori tobacco cessation project.
Health Promotion Journal of Australia;15(3):200-204
View abstract: Health Promotion Journal of Australia
View website: Australian Health Promotion Association

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2003

Ivers RG (2003)
A review of tobacco interventions for Indigenous Australians.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health;27(3):294-299
View abstract: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health
View website: Public Health Association of Australia

Say No To Smokes Advisory Committee (2003)
Say no to smokes project.
Australian Indigenous HealthBulletin;3(1):Brief report 1
View HealthBulletin brief report

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2002

Harvey D, Tsey K, Cadet-James Y, Minniecon D, Ivers R, et al. (2002)
An evaluation of tobacco brief intervention training in three Indigenous health care settings in north Queensland.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health;26(5):426-431
View abstract: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health
View website: Public Health Association of Australia

Lindorff K (2002)
Tobacco, time for action: National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Tobacco Control Project: final report
Canberra: National Aboriginal Community Contolled Health Organisation
View report
View website: NACCHO

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2001

Miller M, Wood L (2001)
Smoking cessation interventions: review of evidence and implications for best practice in health care settings: final report.
Canberra: Department of Health and Ageing
View report (PDF - 489KB)
View website: Department of Health and Ageing

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2000

Research and Evaluation Committee of the National Expert Advisory Committee on Tobacco (2000)
Australia's National Tobacco Campaign: evaluation report, volume 2.
Canberra: Department of Health and Aged Care
View report (PDF - 2.2MB - large file warning!)
View website: Department of Health and Ageing

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Last updated: 1 September 2008