What is SISTAQUIT?
SISTAQUIT is a wrap-around support for pregnant Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women who want to quit smoking/vaping.
It involves a model of care designed with culturally appropriate national best practice training. SISTAQUIT provides vital training for health professionals and encouragement to communities and pregnant women to quit smoking/vaping.
Having culturally specific approaches to assist women to quit smoking/vaping through a pathway of support helps First Nations women navigate health and wellbeing systems safely.
After the initial clinical trials and testing of our training and resources involving over 40 health services throughout Australia, including many Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services (ACCHOs), the SISTAQUIT program is ready to expand its rollout.
Our free self-paced 4-hour online smoking and vaping cessation training is now available to
- Individual health professionals e.g., midwives, nurses, Aboriginal health workers, GPs, and Obstetricians,
- And to health services e.g., ACCHOs, Medical Centres and Hospitals.
Registration for the online training is super easy:
- Individual health professionals:
- Simply click on the following link: Click here and you will be directed to the HPMI training platform to create an account to access the training.
- If you would ALSO like the free training hardcopy resources (Treatment Manual, Patient Flipchart, and ‘My Journey’ patient booklet), please complete the registration below.
Please click to watch our short SISTAQUIT film, which shares the journey of our program and our vision for strong, healthy futures - where our babies grow up smoke-free and vape-free.
- Health Services that are interested in their staff doing the training and receiving the extra SISTAQUIT program components (such as the medical software template and additional training hardcopy resources), please email the team at iSISTAQUIT@scu.edu.au
