The protocol for 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

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Marley, Julia V ^a,b   Atkinson, David ^a,b   Nelson, Carmel ^b   Kitaura, Tracey ^c   Gray, Dennis ^d   Metcalf, Sue ^b   Murray, Richard ^e   Maguire, Graeme P ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Services Council   (Australia)

^c Derby Aboriginal Health Service   (Australia)

^d CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal; Be Our Ally Beat Smoking (BOABS) Study; Indigenous; Randomised controlled trial; Smoking cessation; Study protocol; Torres Strait Islander

Indexed keywords

COTININE;

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL POPULATION; SAMPLE SIZE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; STATISTICS; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; COTININE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT SELECTION; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOMETRICS; RURAL POPULATION; SAMPLE SIZE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84858713633     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-232     Document Type: Article

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