Quitline Aboriginal Liaison Team (QALT) community engagement project

• Reach:

  WA

• Focus area:

  Indigenous

• Status:

  Current

• Evaluated:

  No

Overview

The Quitline Aboriginal Liaison Team (QALT) community engagement project is an initiative which aims to enhance and support the provision of culturally secure services to Aboriginal people in Western Australia (WA). This project is funded under the Tackling Indigenous smoking measure, and facilitated by the Alcohol and drug information service (ADIS) of the Drug and Alcohol Office of WA.

The project is based in the Perth metropolitan area, and uses a community engagement model to achieve the following objectives:

• increase the capacity of Quitline counsellors to provide support to Aboriginal people in a culturally secure manner
• increase the level of awareness and knowledge of Quitline
• increase readiness to quit, number of quit attempts, and successful quit attempts among Aboriginal people.

Abstract adapted from the Western Australian Drug and Alcohol conference

Contacts

Quitline
Ph: 13 78 48

Alcohol and drug information service (ADIS)
PO Box 126
Mt Lawley WA 6929
Ph: (08) 9442 5000
Toll free: 1800 198 024 (country)
Fax: (08) 9442 5020
Email: adis@health.wa.gov.au

Related publications

Western Australian Quitline Aboriginal liaison project resource package (2011)

Quitline Aboriginal Liaison Team

This resource package contains information on the harms of tobacco use, and useful advice on quitting smoking. The resources were produced as part of the Western Australian Quitline Aboriginal Liaison Team (QALT) community engagement project.

The resource package contains six brochures and one poster:

• Journey to quit smokes for a healthier life [poster]
• Protecting your family and friends from second-hand smoke [brochure]
• Did you know about Quitline? [brochure]
• Information you should know about the No Smoking Policy [brochure]
• Quitting plan [brochure]
• Have you thought about quitting the smokes? [brochure]
• Strong spirit strong mind: what our people need to know about smoking tobacco [brochure].

Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract

• Links
• View resource: Did you know about Quitline? [brochure] (PDF - 1.3 MB)
• View resource: Have you thought about quitting the smokes? [brochure] (PDF - 1.7 MB)
• View resource: Information you should know about the No Smoking Policy [brochure] (PDF - 1.4 MB)
• View resource: Journey to quit smokes for a healthier life [poster] (PDF - 9.1 MB)
• View resource: Protecting your family and friends from second-hand smoke [brochure] (PDF - 1.8 MB)
• View resource: Quitting plan [brochure] (PDF - 645.0 KB)
• View resource: Strong spirit strong mind: what our people need to know about smoking tobacco [brochure] (PDF - 1.1 MB)
• View website: Drug and Alcohol Office

Keen J, Parfitt P (2012)

QALT community engagement project.

Paper presented at the Making it happen: improving services through collaboration: 2012 Western Australian Drug and Alcohol Conference. 6-8 August 2012, Burswood Convention Centre, Perth

• Links
• View conference presentation: QALT community engagement project (PDF - 3.5 MB)
• View information: QALT community engagement project
• View information: Western Australian Quitline Aboriginal Liaison Team (QALT) community engagement project
• View website: Making it Happen 2012 Conference

Links

• View information: Alcohol and drug information service (ADIS)
• View information: Tackling Indigenous smoking measure
• View website: Quitline