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
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
- Author(s): Marley, Julia V., Atkinson, David, Kitaura, Tracey, Nelson, Carmel, Gray, Dennis, Metcalf, Sue, Maguire, Graeme P.
- Published: 2014
- Volume: 14
- ISBN: 1471-2458
Abstract: Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples (Indigenous Australians) smoke at much higher rates than non-Indigenous people and smoking is an important contributor to increased disease, hospital admissions and deaths in Indigenous Australian populations. Smoking cessation programs in Australia have not had the same impact on Indigenous smokers as on non-Indigenous smokers. This paper describes the outcome of a study that aimed to test the efficacy of a locally-tailored, intensive, multidimensional smoking cessation program.
- Urls: https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-14-32
- Keywords: Indigenous, Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander, Randomised controlled trial, Smoking cessation, Be Our Ally Beat Smoking (BOABS) Study