Addressing tobacco in Australian alcohol and other drug treatment settings: A cross-sectional survey of staff attitudes and perceived barriers

Substance Abuse: Treatment, Prevention, and Policy

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Skelton, Eliza ^a   Tzelepis, Flora ^a,b,c   Shakeshaft, Anthony ^d   Guillaumier, Ashleigh ^a   Dunlop, Adrian ^a,e   McCrabb, Sam ^a   Palazzi, Kerrin ^c   Bonevski, Billie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b HUNTER NEW ENGLAND POPULATION HEALTH   (Australia)

^c HUNTER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e Hunter New England Local Health District   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alcohol and other drugs; Attitudes; Barriers; Cross sectional survey; Smoking cessation; Substance abuse treatment; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING CESSATION;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING CESSATION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 85018959575     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1747597X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13011-017-0106-5     Document Type: Article

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