Be our ally beat smoking (BOABS) study

• Reach:

  WA

• Focus area:

  Indigenous

• Status:

  Current

• Evaluated:

  No

Overview

The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) has funded this randomised control trial of smoking cessation strategies in two Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services (ACCHS) in the Kimberley (Derby and Ord Valley). Participants will be randomly assigned to either a program following standard quit program strategies or a more intensive supported quit smoking intervention.

Locally trained Aboriginal research staff are responsible for carrying out the Be our ally beat smoking (BOABS) project. The preparation phase of this study has been completed and included:

• training of clinical and data management staff on the standard quit program
• the development of a locally-tailored, intensive smoking cessation program
• intervention resource development
• recruitment of Aboriginal staff as researchers for the study
• training of Aboriginal research staff in conducting a randomised controlled trial and the provision of the intensive smoking cessation program.

Contacts

Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Services Council Inc.
Corner of Anne and Dora Street
PO Box 1377
Broome WA 6725
Ph: (08) 9194 3200
Fax: (08) 9192 2500
Email: Julia.Marley@rcswa.edu.au

Related publications

Marley JV, Atkinson D, Nelson C, Kitaura T, Gray D, Metcalf S, Murray R, Maguire GP (2012)

The protocol for the Be Our Ally Beat Smoking (BOABS) study, a randomised controlled trial of an intensive smoking cessation intervention in a remote Aboriginal Australian health care setting.

BMC Public Health; 12: 232

Retrieved 23 March 2012 from http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-12-232

• Links
• View abstract: The protocol for the Be Our Ally Beat Smoking (BOABS) study, a randomised controlled trial of an intensive smoking cessation intervention in a remote Aboriginal Australian health care setting
• View article: The protocol for the Be Our Ally Beat Smoking (BOABS) study, a randomised controlled trial of an intensive smoking cessation intervention in a remote Aboriginal Australian health care setting (PDF - 940.0 KB)
• View website: BMC Public Health

Links

• View information: Be our ally beat smoking (BOABS) study
• View contact details: Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Services Council Inc.
• View website: Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Services Council Inc.