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Journal article
“We Made the Rule, We Have to Stick to It”: Towards Effective Management of Environmental Tobacco Smoke in Remote Australian Aboriginal Communities
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol.10(10), pp.4944-4966
11/10/2013
PMCID: PMC3823346
PMID: 24157514
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Abstract
Smoking prevalence in remote Australian Aboriginal communities remains extraordinarily high, with rates reported of up to 82%. Widespread exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) is exacerbated by overcrowded housing. Implementation of existing smoke-free policies is challenged by the normalization of smoking and a lack of appropriate regulation resources. This paper celebrates a grassroots approach to control of environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) in these settings. We report on selected findings from a tobacco intervention study in Arnhem Land, Northern Territory in 2007–2012. In community-level tobacco use surveys at baseline (n = 400 ≥ 16 years), participants reported concern about the constant exposure of non-smokers to tobacco smoke. Suggestions for action included restricting smoking in private and public spaces. We selected three case studies illustrating management of ETS from observational data during the study’s intervention phase. Using a critical realist approach, the context and mechanisms that contributed to specific strategies, or outcomes, were examined in order to develop a hypothesis regarding more effective management of ETS in these environments. Our results suggest that in discrete, disadvantaged communities, enhanced local ownership of smoke-free policies and development of implementation strategies at the grassroots level that acknowledge and incorporate cultural contexts can contribute to more effective management of ETS.
Details
- Title
- “We Made the Rule, We Have to Stick to It”: Towards Effective Management of Environmental Tobacco Smoke in Remote Australian Aboriginal Communities
- Creators
- Jan Robertson - James Cook UniversityBoris Shane Pointing - James Cook UniversityLeah Stevenson - James Cook UniversityAlan R Clough - James Cook University
- Publication Details
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol.10(10), pp.4944-4966
- Publisher
- MDPI AG
- Grant note
- The Top End Tobacco Project (TETP) was funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council (Project #436012).
- Identifiers
- 991012989898602368
- Copyright
- © 2013 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).
- Academic Unit
- Faculty of Health
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article