Clinical trials in a remote Aboriginal setting: Lessons from the BOABS smoking cessation study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Services Council   (Australia)

^c Derby Aboriginal Health Service   (Australia)

^d JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^f CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS HEALTH CARE; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RURAL POPULATION; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AUSTRALIA; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HUMANS; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RURAL POPULATION; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 84903313772     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-579     Document Type: Article

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