Evaluation of an intervention to train health professionals working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to provide smoking cessation advice.

CONCLUSIONS: Quitskills is an appropriate course for increasing skills and confidence among health professionals working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who smoke. Implications for public health: Training courses that are tailored for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people can build the capacity of the health workforce in a culturally relevant manner. PMID: 30786129 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30786129?dopt=Abstract

Source: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health - February 20, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Martin K, Dono J, Stewart HB, Sparrow A, Miller C, Roder D, Bowden J Tags: Aust N Z J Public Health Source Type: research