Preventative health

Question 1

What can you do to prevent and address smoking in indigenous patients?

Answer 1

Opportunistic screening
Ask all indigenous patients over 10 years old
Advise to avoid passive smoking
Brief interventions may increase smoking cessation by further 1-3 percent from baseline of smoking cessation of 2-3 percent.
Off drug treatment for cessation if patient at stage of readiness to change model
Readiness model to change Pre contemplation, contemplation, action, maintenance.

Question 2

Outline the national heart foundation waist measurement recommendations?

Answer 2

Caucasian and asian females 80cm increased risk, 88cm high risk
Caucasian males 94cm increased risk, 102cm high risk.

Question 3

What health assessments are subsidised by medicare for indigenous patients?

Answer 3

Aboriginal annual health assessments item number 715