Off-White: decentring Whiteness in tobacco science

Lee, Juliet P; Maddox, Raglan; Kennedy, Michelle; Nahvi, Shadi; Guy, Mignonne C

doi:10.1136/tc-2023-057998

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“…Work has already begun with publications in 2023 about ethical publishing in Indigenous contexts 11 and decentring whiteness in tobacco control. 12 Together with a new policy of person-first language, 13 these initiatives aim to contribute to ensuring equity and minimising the gap between researchers and the people served by tobacco control policy.…”

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Tobacco Control: a finite project with the end on the horizon

Hefler

2023

Tob Control

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Tobacco Control: a finite project with the end on the horizon

Hefler

2023

Tob Control

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”It’s changed my life. I’m not smoking anymore. I don’t want to smoke anymore”: Exploring the Acceptability of Mailout Smoking Cessation Support for and by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People

Booth,

Roberts-Barker (Wiradjuri),

Foster (Worimi)

et al. 2024

Nicotine and Tobacco Research

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Introduction Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people want to quit smoking. There is global evidence of combination Nicotine Replacement Therapy (c-NRT) alongside behavioural support as best practice approach to smoking cessation care. However, there is limited adherence and acceptability research regarding NRT and behavioural supports for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Similarly, there is limited research on what is considered culturally appropriate and safe support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to quit smoking. Methods This Aboriginal-led qualitative study explored the acceptability of the Koori Quit Pack. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander participants shared experiences of quitting with the mailout c-NRT program and behavioural cessation support through Yarning. Reflexive thematic analysis was used to develop themes. Results Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are motivated to quit smoking and have accessed cessation supports from health professionals. However, the support(s) received are not always appropriate or culturally safe. The Koori Quit Pack was deemed acceptable and useful for smoking cessation. Having access to smoking cessation care and knowledge of c-NRT helped people quit smoking, and support others to quit too. Conclusion A combination of NRT products alongside culturally responsive behavioural support(s), delivered through a mailout package was a beneficial strategy to help Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people quit smoking. National implementation of such a package could assist to accelerate reductions in tobacco use, helping meet national smoking reduction targets and improve health outcomes. Implications Cessation supports offered to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are not always culturally-safe or effectively delivered. The Koori Quit Pack provided Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with culturally-safe smoking cessation support delivered for and by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, demonstrating mailout smoking cessation supports as acceptable and highly valued. Mailout support eliminates accessibility barriers to cessation care while providing tools and knowledge to quit can lead to smoke-free behaviours among individuals and communities. Country-wide availability of this program can accelerate reductions in tobacco use, helping meet national targets and improve health outcomes consistent with the National Tobacco Strategy and the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.

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Being responsible for COPD - lung disease as a manifestation of structural violence

Williams,

Buttery,

Laverty

et al. 2023

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Lung health, the development of lung disease, and how well a person with lung disease is able to live, all depend on a wide range of societal factors. Considering COPD as a manifestation of structural violence, something that continues to be done to people, despite it being largely preventable, makes the causal processes more apparent and the responsibility to interrupt or alleviate these clearer. We developed a taxonomy to describe this, containing five domains. 1)Avoidable lung harms: (i)processes impacting on lung development (ii)processes which disadvantage lung health in particular groups across the life course. 2)Diagnostic Delay: (i)healthcare factors (ii)norms and attitudes that mean that COPD is not diagnosed in a timely way, denying people with COPD effective treatment. 3)Inadequate COPD Care: ways in which the provision of care for people with COPD falls short of what is needed to ensure that they are able to enjoy the best possible health, considered as (i)healthcare resource allocation (ii)norms and attitudes influencing clinical practice. 4)Low status of COPD: ways in which both COPD as a condition and people with COPD are held in less regard and considered less of a priority than other comparable health problems. 5)Lack of Support: factors that make living with COPD more difficult than it should be (i)socioenvironmental factors (ii)factors that promote social isolation. This model has relevance for policymakers, healthcare professionals and the public as an educational resource, to change clinical practices and priorities and to stimulate advocacy and activism with the goal of the elimination of COPD.

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Off-White: decentring Whiteness in tobacco science

Cited by 5 publications

References 55 publications

Tobacco Control: a finite project with the end on the horizon

Tobacco Control: a finite project with the end on the horizon

”It’s changed my life. I’m not smoking anymore. I don’t want to smoke anymore”: Exploring the Acceptability of Mailout Smoking Cessation Support for and by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People

Being responsible for COPD - lung disease as a manifestation of structural violence

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