Smoking and health promotion Flashcards
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Why it was/is targeted
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- contributes significantly to mortality rates in Australia
- costs billions of dollars to the nation each year in health costs
- preventable risk factor, so smoking-related diseases & impacts considered to be avoidable
- contributes to health inequities
- premature deaths for lifelong smokers
- increase in premature death from passive smoking
2
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Government laws and policies
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- increased taxation on tobacco -
- smoking in pubs & clubs banned
- recreational & sporting grounds banned
3
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Effectiveness of health promotion
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- significant decline in smoking
- decline in smoking in households with dependent children
- decreased regular smoking 18+
- rate of pregnant women smoking decreased
4
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Quit Victoria
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a program of the Cancer Council Victoria, which is funded by the Victorian government and VicHealth. It aims to decrease the prevalence of smoking by assisting smokers to quit and preventing the uptake of smoking among non-smokers.
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Quit - build healthy public policy
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- does research and provides advice to the state government to implement healthy public policies
- provides advice to the federal government to inform the development of health policies
6
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Quit - Create supportive environments
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Quitline - provides support throughout the quitting process where people feel safe, respected and staff aren’t judgmental
Quit Victoria’s Aboriginal Quitline - culturally safe & appropriate, Indigenous specialists
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Quit - strengthen community action
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- strengthens community action by assisting health professionals, community groups and various population groups to create environments that support quitting
- provides specialist training for health professionals
8
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Quit - develop personal skills
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- develops personal skills by providing information about why to quit, benefits, and managing setbacks
- achieved through public education - media campaigns
- Quitline - advice given over the phone
9
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Quit - reorient health services
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- free online learning training program for health professionals that assists in reorienting health services
