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Television and delivery of health promotion programs to remote Aboriginal communities
Author(s) -
Ivers Rowena,
Castro Anthony,
Parfitt David,
Bailie Ross S.,
Richmond Robyn L.,
D'Abbs Peter H.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
health promotion journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.515
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 2201-1617
pISSN - 1036-1073
DOI - 10.1071/he05155
Subject(s) - psychological intervention , medicine , environmental health , health promotion , intervention (counseling) , community health , advertising , quitline , logistic regression , smoking cessation , public health , nursing , pathology , business
Issue addressed To assess the effect of anti‐tobacco television advertising in comparison to other anti‐tobacco interventions for Aboriginal people in remote communities in the Northern Territory. Method This research was carried out as part of a large study evaluating the effect of multi‐component, evidence‐based tobacco interventions developed in three remote communities. Community surveys (assessing changes in smoking behaviour and exposure to tobacco interventions) were used to assess exposure to and effect of television advertising, relative to other interventions over the intervention year. Results 351 community members were interviewed. Exposure to anti‐tobacco television advertising was high among both smokers and non‐smokers (86% vs. 85%, p=0.78). However, those who recalled seeing antitobacco advertising were no more likely to have quit than those who had not (11 exposed (6%) vs. 3 nonexposed (10%), Fisher's Exact Test p=0.42). Logistic regression showed that exposure to individual tobacco interventions was not associated with an increased chance of cessation during the intervention year. Conclusion Recall of anti‐tobacco television advertising was high in these remote Aboriginal communities; more Aboriginal people recalled exposure to anti‐tobacco television advertising than to any other cessation intervention. Although the overall cessation rate was low, a small number of smokers had given up as a result of seeing these television advertisements. So what? Anti‐tobacco television campaigns may provide a useful tool to complement other tobacco interventions for Aboriginal people and may reinforce their health messages.