The protocol for the Be Our Ally Beat Smoking (BOABS) study, a randomised controlled trial of an intensive smoking cessation intervention in a remote Aboriginal Australian health care setting.

The protocol for the Be Our Ally Beat Smoking (BOABS) study, a randomised controlled trial of an intensive smoking cessation intervention in a remote Aboriginal Australian health care setting.

Background: Australian Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islanders (Indigenous Australians) smoke at much higher rates than non-Indigenous people and smoking is an important contributor to increased disease, hospital admissions and deaths in Indigenous Australian populations. Smoking cessation pr...

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Main Authors: Marley, J., Atkinson, D., Nelson, C., Kitaura, T., Gray, Dennis, Metcalf, S., Murray, R., Maguire, G.
Format: Journal Article
Published: BioMed Central Ltd 2012
Subjects:
Be Our Ally Beat Smoking (BOABS) Study
Torres Strait Islander
Smoking cessation
Randomised controlled trial
Indigenous
Study protocol
Aboriginal
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/18152

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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/18152

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