Smoke-free pregnancy project- Aboriginal women and their families

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  • Reduce the rate of pregnant women who are smoking, thereby improving the health outcomes for babies and children.
  • Increase the number of health  care providers who are trained on how to provide a brief smoking cessation  intervention
  • Increase the number of Aboriginal pregnant women and or their family members who are referred to the quitline.

Organisation or Department

Quit SA

State

South Australia

Project Timeframe

Funded to 30 June 2011

Project Activities

  • Education of a percentage of AHW
  • Offering NRT to pregnant women and their families
  • Promoting Aboriginal specific written resources

What in particular helped the project?

  • Having a close working relationship with the Aboriginal Health Council of South Australia (AHCSA) and Indigenous tobacco control project officers.
  • Gaining trust within Aboriginal Health Services.
  • Focussing on harm minimisation vs Quitting smoking

What in particular didn't work so well?

Not sure as yet if the quitline is the way to go for some Aboriginal people. I am keen to pilot face to face support groups

Project Evaluation

  • We will be evaluating the education sessions to health workers
  • Collecting data on the number of referrals to the pregnancy quitline
  • Analyzing data on the rates of smoking in pregnancy at a state level each year
  • Collecting data on numbers of resources distributed
  • Develop a register of staff trained as part of the smoke free pregnancy project

Project Resources and Publications

Our Aboriginal specific resources are available on the Quit SA website at  www.quitsa.org.au

Contact Details

Kathryn McKenzie
Smoke Free Pregnancy Project Officer
Quit SA
202 Greenhill Road, Eastwood SA 5061

Ph: 08  82914173
Email: kmckenzie@quitsa.org.au

 

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