A strategy for involving general practitioners in smoking control Mullins, Robyn, Livingston, Patricia and Borland, Ron 1999, A strategy for involving general practitioners in smoking control, Australian and New Zealand journal of public health, vol. 23, no. 3, pp. 249-251, doi: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.1999.tb01251.x. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title A strategy for involving general practitioners in smoking control Author(s) Mullins, Robyn Livingston, Patricia orcid.org/0000-0001-6616-3839 Borland, Ron Journal name Australian and New Zealand journal of public health Volume number 23 Issue number 3 Start page 249 End page 251 Total pages 3 Publisher Wiley Place of publication London, Eng. Publication date 1999-06 ISSN 1326-0200 Keyword(s) Science & Technology Life Sciences & Biomedicine Public, Environmental & Occupational Health PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH, SCI PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH, SSCI ANTISMOKING PROGRAM CESSATION Summary OBJECTIVE: In 1991, the Victorian Smoking and Health Program introduced a simple intervention strategy for general practitioners that could be integrated conveniently and inexpensively into the routine care of patients who smoke. The aim of this study was to determine whether there had been a change over time in whether or not GPs advised their patients not to smoke. METHOD: The extent to which smokers remembered GPs talking to them about smoking was assessed in population-based surveys of adults in Victoria in 1990 (prior to the implementation of the intervention) and in 1992, 1994 and 1996. RESULTS: Over time there was a significant increase in the proportion of smokers who reported that their GP had provided them with help or information to stop smoking (chi 2 = 17.58, p < 0.001). In 1996, 9% of smokers said their doctor had advised them to contact Quit. CONCLUSION: Levels of recalled advice and provision of information regarding smoking cessation have increased by 10% over the past six years. However, nearly half the smokers in this study reported that they had been given inappropriate advice or no advice at all. IMPLICATIONS: A brief intervention by GPs, supplemented by appropriate referrals, has the potential to assist significant numbers of smokers to quit and may be more practical for GPs who are unable to personally provide all of the support smokers may need to quit. Language eng DOI 10.1111/j.1467-842X.1999.tb01251.x Field of Research 1117 Public Health and Health Services 1402 Applied Economics 1605 Policy And Administration Socio Economic Objective 920401 Behaviour and Health HERDC Research category C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©1999, Wiley Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30081816 Document type: Journal Article Collections: PVC's Office - Health Centre for Quality and Patient Safety Research Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Tue, 01 Mar 2016, 13:37:44 EST Wed, 02 Mar 2016, 04:00:47 EST Wed, 02 Mar 2016, 05:08:11 EST Mon, 07 Mar 2016, 14:09:28 EST Mon, 07 Mar 2016, 14:11:33 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 7 times in TR Web of Science Cited 8 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 162 Abstract Views, 1 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Tue, 01 Mar 2016, 13:37:44 EST

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