WOMEN'S
We currently have two programs for services to support our women to quit: our ‘Women’s Group-Based Program’ for services in NSW and our ‘National Women’s Kits program’.
Overview...
Our ‘Group-Based Women's program’ offers staff training, support, activities and resources for NSW health services to implement group-based smoking and vaping cessation support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women.
Our ‘National Women’s Kits program’ provides health services resources, health education, and promotion to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women to be smoke and vape-free during pregnancies and beyond.
Click the link below for information on these two programs.
Publications
Kennedy M, Longbottom H, Mersha A, Maddox R, Briscoe K, Hussein P, et al., 'Which Way? Indigenous-led Smoking Cessation Care: Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers and Practitioners - A National Cross-sectional Survey.', Nicotine Tob Res, 25 788-795 (2023) [C1]
Mersha AG, Bryant J, Rahman T, McGuffog R, Maddox R, Kennedy M, 'What Are the Effective Components of Group-Based Treatment Programs For Smoking Cessation? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.', Nicotine Tob Res, 25 1525-1537 (2023) [C1]
Mersha AG, Eftekhari P, Kennedy M, Gould GS, 'Attitudes and practices of health care providers towards improving adherence to smoking cessation medications in Australia: A descriptive study.', Health Promot J Austr, 34 848-855 (2023) [C1]
Kennedy M, Barrett E, Heris C, Mersha A, Chamberlain C, Hussein P, et al., 'Smoking and quitting characteristics of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women of reproductive age: findings from the Which Way? study', Medical Journal of Australia, 217 S6-S18 (2022) [C1]
Kennedy M, Heris C, Barrett E, Bennett J, Maidment S, Chamberlain C, et al., 'Smoking cessation support strategies for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women of reproductive age: findings from the Which Way? study', MEDICAL JOURNAL OF AUSTRALIA, 217 S19-S26 (2022)
