Training for maternity health professionals
Health professionals who care for pregnant women are well-placed to deliver smoking cessation brief advice to women and their partners.
ResourcePSA references
References for the Drug Interactions with Smoking card, developed by Quit Victoria and the Pharmaceutical Society of Australasia.
ResourceTraining and resources for health services
Tobacco smoking remains the leading preventable cause of death and disease in Australia.
ResourceTraining and resources for mental health services
People living with a mental illness are two-to-four times more likely to smoke than the general population. The rate of smoking tends to increase with the severity of mental illness and varies by diagnosis. High smoking rates and lack of access to best practice treatment contributes to widening inequities.
ResourceTraining and resources for oral health professionals
Oral Health professionals are a respected source of health information. They are well placed to deliver smoking cessation brief advice to clients. 1 in 33 conversations with a health professional will result in a person quitting smoking.
ResourceTraining for pharmacists
Pharmacists are a respected source of health information. They are well placed in the community to provide best practice smoking cessation care to people who smoke.
ResourceHow to embed smoking cessation care into your organisation
An organisation-wide approach is needed to embed the Ask, Advise, Help (AAH) smoking cessation brief advice model into routine practice. The AAH model outlines how to deliver best practice smoking cessation care.
ResourceTraining and resources for stroke clinicians
Stroke clinicians are well placed to deliver smoking cessation brief advice to patients. A brief advice conversation helps patients access best practice smoking cessation care, and is quick and effective. Quit and Stroke Foundation have partnered to provide online training and resources to stroke clinicians, assisting them to support patients to stop smoking and improve stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA) outcomes.
ResourceTraining and resources - for other health settings
Tobacco smoking remains the leading preventable cause of death and disease in Australia. As the evidence for a link between smoking and COVID-19 continues to grow, it has never been more important to support people who smoke to quit.
ResourceQuit education and training for health professionals
A range of online resources and training for professionals working in different settings is available, developed by Quit in consultation with health professionals. The resources and training equips professionals with the skills, confidence and knowledge to provide smoking cessation care. Brief advice training courses are available - explore more through the relevant link below.
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