Rockingham and Kwinana Tobacco Control Project

Public

To reduce smoking related harm in the Aborignal population

Organisation or Department

South Metropolitan Public Health Uni

State

Western Australia

Project Timeframe

This project will run from 2010 until 2012

Project Activities

Interactive Display Tobacco Control Stall at the:

Kwinana Recreation Centre Expo
Kwinana Festival
Kwinana NAIDOC week
Beat Ball activitiy night for young people
Closing the Gap Movie Night

Art therapy workshop Kwinana and Rockingham

Partner Organisations

The Rockingham Kwinana Divison of General Practice will work in partnership with SMPHU and will establish a culturally secure smoking cessation service

What in particular helped the project?

Relationships and communication with community and also supporting other service providers' activites. Partnership meetings with local service providers, state agencies and community members

What in particular didn't work so well?

If there was no communcation and trust between the community and a particular service provider, activties did not work so good.

Project Evaluation

We will be evaluating although at the moment we are still in the development stage

Project Resources and Publications

Smoke free pledge cards
Insert smoking fact sheet into Journey of Living With Dibetes program
Stages of changes poster / service prvider prompt card to ask clients on what stage in their life are they up to in quitting smoking

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