Talkin' up good air - one day training workshop

• Date:

  3 October - 31 December 2011

• Location:

  National

• Category:

  Indigenous

Overview

The workshop is organised by the Centre for Excellence in Indigenous Tobacco Control (CEITC). This workshop is aimed at health workers who wish to undertake tobacco control activities in their community. The workshop is based on the Talkin' up good air: Australian Indigenous tobacco control resource kit. (For more information about this kit, see the links below.)

This workshop provides basic instruction on:

• why smoking matters and the impact of smoking on health
• how to engage community
• helping people to quit the smokes
• what is research - how to find out about your community
• planning and running a project
• getting the message out to your community
• finding funding, resources and references.

Workshops are held at the invitation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisations and usually have between seven and fifteen attendees.

Dates and locations: Please refer to the contact details/links below for information about how to host a workshop.

Contacts

Centre for Excellence in Indigenous Tobacco Control (CEITC)
Centre for Health and Society
School of Population Health
The University of Melbourne
Level 4, 207 Bouverie Street
Melbourne Vic 3010
Ph: (03) 8344 0870
Fax: (03) 8344 0824
Email: ceitc-info@unimelb.edu.au

Links

• View abstract: Talkin' up good air: Australian Indigenous tobacco control resource kit (2007)
• View information: CEITC - Talkin' Up Good Air one day training Workshop
• View website: Centre for Excellence in Indigenous Tobacco Control