Predictors of intentions to quit smoking in Aboriginal tobacco smokers of reproductive age in regional New South Wales (NSW), Australia: Quantitative and qualitative findings of a cross-sectional survey

BMJ Open

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Gould, Gillian Sandra ^a,b   Watt, Kerrianne ^a   McEwen, Andy ^c   Cadet James, Yvonne ^a   Clough, Alan R ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HOME; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; MALE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREVALENCE; RATING SCALE; RISK; RISK BEHAVIOUR DIAGNOSIS SCALE; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; THREAT; TOBACCO; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ETHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SELF EFFICACY; SMOKING CESSATION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84926484626     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-007020     Document Type: Article

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62. Funding: This work was supported by the: National Health and Medical Research Council (Australia) and National Heart Foundation (Australia) postgraduate scholarship for Indigenous health research (GG)-APP1039759/ PP 11S 6181; National Health and Medical Research Council Career Development Award (AC)-APP1046773; Royal Australian College of General Practitioners and Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute Indigenous Health Award 2013; James Cook University, Faculty of Medicine, Health &Molecular Sciences, Graduate Research Scheme grants 2013 and 2014.