RESEARCH STARTS WITH STORIES

We have talked with hundreds of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people on Gumbaynggirr Country and across Australia, including health professionals, services and policy makers to develop the approaches that we co-designed to tackle smoking over the last 17 years.

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From those stories we were hearing from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mums that they want to quit smoking, but just don’t get enough help.

We were also hearing from health professionals that although 100% of them said smoking in pregnancy is vitally important, they did not have the confidence, skills or optimism to have that chat.

So here was a gap. And 75% health professionals also told us that training would help that.

THE iSISTAQUIT JOURNEY

iSISTAQUIT started off as ICAN QUIT in Pregnancy which we co-designed with Biripi and Tobwabba Aboriginal Medical Services and then pre-tested resources in 3 services in 3 states, and then we ran a pilot study in 6 services in 3 states.

After that, changed the name to SISTAQUIT and ran a clinical trial of SISTAQUIT against usual care in 21 health services.

Then the Department of Health asked us to implement the training further and here we have iSISTAQUIT, which is currently in 25 health services. And we are happy to say we have already secured funding for scale up to 100 more health services Australia wide!

PHASE 1 ICAN QUIT IN PREGNANCY

- Co-design and pretested materials in 3 AMS in 3 states

- Sustainability of materials

PHASE 3 SISTAQUIT

- Clinical trial in 21 services in 5 states

- Effectiveness (intervention vs usual care)

PHASE 5 iSISTAQUIT NGURRAJILI

- National scale up

- Optimal implementation strategy

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PHASE 2 ICAN QUIT IN PREGNANCY

- Pilot in 6 services 3 states

- Feasibility, acceptability, effectiveness

PHASE 4 iSISTAQUIT IMPLEMENTATION

- 25 services nationwide

- Comparison of context

BECOME AN iSISTAQUIT PARTNER

Register your interest for the iSISTAQUIT Scale Up, we have collaborated with over 40 Health Services and would love to work with you too!
REGISTER YOUR INTEREST

iSISTAQUIT VALUES

  • Working from strengths
  • Developing relationships
  • Upholding cultural safety
  • Non-judgmental approaches
  • Openness, honesty, hope and trust
  • Fostering choice and self-motivation
  • Being consistent and persistent
  • Celebrating small achievements and positive changes

Chief Investigator and Investigators

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CIA
Gillian Gould
Professor in Health Equity at
Southern Cross University

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CIB
Brian Oldenburg
Baker Institute

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CIC
Tom Calma

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CID
Marilyn Clarke

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CIE
Ratika Kumar

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CIE
Ratika Kumar (Repeat)

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CIG
Michelle Bovill

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CIH
Chris Oldmeadow

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CII
Faye McMillan
University of New South Wales

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The educational package and resources were successfully trialled in six Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services (ACCHS) in NSW, QLD and SA. We would like to acknowledge and thank the staff and community members from Biripi Aboriginal Corporation, Tobwabba Aboriginal Medical Service, Riverina Medical and Dental Aboriginal Corporation, Pangula Mannamurna Medical Service, Wuchopperen Health Service, and Tharawal Aboriginal Corporation who have worked with us and provided valuable and insightful feedback on these resources.

ABCD model

The project provides training for health professionals using the approach – Ask; Brief advice; Cessation; Discuss the psychosocial context – to incorporate an assessment of the social determinants of a patient’s health.
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ASK & ASSESS
smoking
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BRIEF ADVICE
to quit
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CESSATION
Behaviour Change Techniques (BCT) & Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT)
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DISCUSS
family, social and cultural context

iSISTAQUIT GOVERNANCE

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