Australian and New Zealand journal of public health
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Aust N Z J Public Health · Oct 2006
Promoting smoking cessation among prisoners: feasibility of a multi-component intervention.
To conduct a pilot study to determine the feasibility and effectiveness of a multi-component smoking cessation intervention among prison inmates. ⋯ The prevalence of smoking within Australian prisons is alarmingly high. Further work into how to encourage prisoners to quit smoking is required.
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Aust N Z J Public Health · Oct 2006
Cancer mortality in Aboriginal people in New South Wales, Australia, 1994-2002.
To describe, for the first time, mortality from cancer for Aboriginal residents of New South Wales (NSW). ⋯ It was possible to increase the rate of identification in a population register using routinely collected data, but the completeness and accuracy of Indigenous status should, and can, be improved in all notifying data collections. Public health planners in NSW can now begin to address the issues of prevention, treatment and palliation of cancer in Aboriginal people with local, rather than imputed, evidence.