Having a yarn about smoking: Using action research to develop a ‘no smoking’ policy within an Aboriginal Health Organisation

Gillian Fletcher, Bronwyn Fredericks, Karen Adams, Summer Finlay, Simone Andy, Lyn Briggs and Robert Hall

Health Policy, 2011, vol. 103, issue 1, 92-97

Abstract: This article reports on a culturally appropriate process of development of a smoke-free workplace policy within the peak Aboriginal Controlled Community Health Organisation in Victoria, Australia. Smoking is acknowledged as being responsible for at least 20% of all deaths in Aboriginal communities in Australia, and many Aboriginal health workers smoke.

Keywords: Aboriginal; Smoking; Policy development; Action research (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2011.06.014

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