Reducing Aboriginal children's tobacco smoke exposure in the Pilbara

• Reach:

  WA

• Focus area:

  Indigenous

• Status:

  Current

• Evaluated:

  No

Overview

A research team led by Combined Universities Centre for Rural Health was awarded a five-year grant from Healthway to reduce risks from smoking in Port Hedland, a remote centre of Western Australia. The project builds on strong community knowledge, national and international experience and a theoretical framework to minimise the harm that environmental tobacco smoke can cause children.

Activities started in 2006 and have included a community survey, a series of posters, a Family Fun Day and community service announcements for a community radio station.

Abstract adapted from Combined Universities Centre for Rural Health

Contacts

Combined Universities Centre for Rural Health
167 Fitzgerald Street
PO Box 109
Geraldton WA 6531
Ph: (08) 9956 0200
Fax: (08) 9964 2096

Healthway
PO Box 1284
West Perth WA 6872
Ph: (08) 9476 7000
Email: healthway@healthway.wa.gov.au
Website: http://www.healthway.wa.gov.au/

Links

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