Australian and New Zealand journal of public health
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Aust N Z J Public Health · Jul 2010
Reducing alcohol related harm experienced by Indigenous Australians: identifying opportunities for Indigenous primary health care services.
Identify key issues and opportunities relating to the dissemination of cost-effective interventions for alcohol in Indigenous-specific settings. ⋯ An opportunity exists to implement brief intervention into Indigenous primary health care settings, as an evidence-based strategy using established resources. There is the possibility that such Indigenous-specific health services research will lead the dissemination field in demonstrating how the implementation process can be successfully tailored to specific and defined clinical settings.
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Aust N Z J Public Health · Jul 2010
Low daily smoking estimates derived from sales monitored tobacco use in six remote predominantly Aboriginal communities.
To estimate daily cigarette consumption among residents aged 15+ in five remote central Australian predominantly Aboriginal communities. ⋯ While smoking prevalence may be high in these Aboriginal communities, smoking frequency is low compared to that in the wider Australian community. These results are consistent with other studies. Approaches to cessation premised on assumptions of nicotine dependence in such populations are likely to be misconceived.