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| David P ThomasSummaryAffiliation: Menzies School of Health Research Country: Australia Publications
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Changes in smoking intensity among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, 1994-2008David P Thomas
Menzies School of Health Research and the Lowitja Institute, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, NT
Med J Aust 197:503-6. 2012..To describe smoking intensity among Indigenous Australians and any changes that occurred between 1994 and 2008...
National trends in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander smoking and quitting, 1994-2008David Thomas
Menzies School of Health Research and Lowitja Institute, Charles Darwin University, Casuarina, Northern Territory
Aust N Z J Public Health 36:24-9. 2012..To describe the trends in the prevalence of smoking, quitting and initiation among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men and women aged 18 years and over...- Accessibility and quality of care received in emergency departments by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peopleDavid P Thomas
Institute of Advanced Studies, Charles Darwin University, Australia
Aust Health Rev 32:648-54. 2008..To examine the accessibility and quality of care received in emergency departments by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people compared with other Australians... - The social determinants of being an Indigenous non-smokerDavid P Thomas
Menzies School of Health Research, Northern Territory, and Centre for Health and Society, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Aust N Z J Public Health 32:110-6. 2008..To examine the association between various social factors and being a non-smoker in a national survey of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged 15 and over... - Monitoring local trends in Indigenous tobacco consumptionDavid P Thomas
Menzies School of Health Research and Institute of Advanced Studies, Charles Darwin University, Northern Territory
Aust N Z J Public Health 33:64-6. 2009..To compare two methods of monitoring tobacco consumption in remote Indigenous communities... - Long-term trends in Indigenous deaths from chronic diseases in the Northern Territory: a foot on the brake, a foot on the acceleratorDavid P Thomas
Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin, NT
Med J Aust 185:145-9. 2006..To examine trends in Northern Territory Indigenous mortality from chronic diseases other than cancer... - Smoking and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and Māori childrenDavid P Thomas
Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Australia
J Paediatr Child Health 46:516-20. 2010.... - Lessons for Aboriginal tobacco control in remote communities: an evaluation of the Northern Territory 'Tobacco Project'David Thomas
Institute of Advanced Studies, Charles Darwin University, Northern Territory
Aust N Z J Public Health 34:45-9. 2010..To evaluate a Northern Territory (NT) government-led pilot 'Tobacco Project' in six remote communities... - Wholesale data for surveillance of Australian Aboriginal tobacco consumption in the Northern TerritoryDavid P Thomas
Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, PO Box 41096, Casuarina NT 0811, Darwin, Australia
Tob Control 20:291-5. 2011.... 
Smoking prevalence trends in Indigenous Australians, 1994-2004: a typical rather than an exceptional epidemicDavid P Thomas
Menzies School of Health Research, PO Box 41096, Casuarina, NT, 0811, Australia
Int J Equity Health 8:37. 2009..Australian Indigenous tobacco control is framed by the idea that nothing has worked and a sense of either despondency or the difficulty of the challenge...- Maternal smoking and smoking in the household during pregnancy and postpartum: findings from an Indigenous cohort in the Northern TerritoryVanessa Johnston
Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, NT vanessa johnstonATmenzies edu au
Med J Aust 194:556-9. 2011..To describe the trends in maternal smoking and smoking in the household for a cohort of Indigenous women followed from late pregnancy to 7 months postpartum... - Smoking behaviours in a remote Australian Indigenous community: the influence of family and other factorsVanessa Johnston
Menzies School of Health Research, Institute of Advances Studies, Charles Darwin University, Northern Territory, Australia
Soc Sci Med 67:1708-16. 2008..Specifically, this research supports the development of family-centred tobacco control interventions alongside wider policy initiatives to counter the normalisation of smoking and assist individuals to quit... - Use of emergency departments by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peopleDavid P Thomas
Centre for Health and Society and Onemda VicHealth Koori Health Unit, School of Population Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Emerg Med Australas 18:68-76. 2006..To review published Australian literature about ED care of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples... - The study protocol for a randomized controlled trial of a family-centred tobacco control program about environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) to reduce respiratory illness in Indigenous infantsVanessa Johnston
Menzies School of Health Research, Institute of Advanced Studies, Charles Darwin University, Building 58, Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin 0810, Australia
BMC Public Health 10:114. 2010..For the purpose of this paper 'Indigenous' refers to Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples when referring to Australian Indigenous populations. In New Zealand, the term 'Indigenous' refers to Māori... - Starting to smoke: a qualitative study of the experiences of Australian indigenous youthVanessa Johnston
Menzies School of Health Research, Institute of Advanced Studies, Charles Darwin University, PO Box 41096, Casuarina, Northern Territory 0811 Australia
BMC Public Health 12:963. 2012..The aim of this study was to explore the determinants of smoking among Australian Indigenous young people with a particular emphasis on the social and cultural processes that underlie tobacco use patterns among this group... - Challenging perceptions of non-compliance with rheumatic fever prophylaxis in a remote Aboriginal communityZinta Harrington
Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, NT, Australia
Med J Aust 184:514-7. 2006..To identify factors that affect rheumatic fever prophylaxis for remote-living Aboriginal patients, and to determine the proportion who received adequate prophylaxis... - What works in Indigenous tobacco control? The perceptions of remote Indigenous community members and health staffVanessa Johnston
Menzies School of Health Research and Institute of Advanced Studies, Charles Darwin University, Northern Territory
Health Promot J Austr 21:45-50. 2010..To explore the perceptions of remote Indigenous community members and health staff regarding the acceptability and effectiveness of different tobacco control health promotion interventions... - Impact of income management on store sales in the Northern TerritoryJulie K Brimblecombe
Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin, NT, Australia
Med J Aust 192:549-54. 2010..To examine the impact of a government income management program on store sales... - Impact and perceptions of tobacco tax increase in remote Australian aboriginal communitiesDavid P Thomas
Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Australia
Nicotine Tob Res 15:1099-106. 2013..We sought to assess the impact of a 25% tax excise rise on tobacco sales in Aboriginal communities in remote Australia and to explore local perceptions about tobacco tax rises and their impact... - The upsurge of interest in Indigenous health in the 1950s and 1960sDavid P Thomas
Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health, Darwin, NT
Med J Aust 180:521-3. 2004.... - An audit of INR control in the Australian indigenous settingAnastasia Pickering
Nepal
Aust Fam Physician 36:959-60, 967. 2007..Warfarin management can be difficult; many factors can impact on INR control with some factors being unique to the Australian indigenous setting... - Getting the most from Indigenous health researchDavid P Thomas
Med J Aust 184:500-1. 2006