To support our community controlled sector to deliver smoking and vaping cessation to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women in pregnancy and beyond, AH&MRC have partnered with the Which Way? team and Waminda South Coast Women’s Health and Wellbeing Aboriginal Corporation to develop and launch the Gulibaa project in NSW.
This project will offer all Aboriginal community-controlled health organisations free self-paced, online training and resources to deliver evidence-based smoking and vaping cessation groups in their service for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women.
TELL ME ABOUT THE TRAINING
Training has been developed in partnership with key stakeholders including NACCHO, Cancer Council, National Best Practice Unit Tackling Indigenous Smoking, Australian National University Tobacco Free program as well as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, health practitioners and nurses.
The training is offered online, in a self-paced format and can be completed by any staff in your service for free.
The training covers topics of:
History of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and Tobacco
- Tobacco and Vaping policies, acts and legislation
- Evidence for Indigenous peoples- campaigns and programs
Understanding dependence
- Nicotine dependance and addiction
- Why is it hard to stop smoking and vaping
- How withdrawal works and ways to manage
Behaviour change for smoking and vaping cessation
- Theories of behavioural change
- Skills and strategies to support people through the quitting process.
- Strategies and tools to help identify and overcome triggers, cravings, and relapse.
Running an effective group and event planning.
- Group-based program planning and structure
- Group Facilitation Skills
- Planning for your first group
WHY GROUP-BASED SMOKING AND VAPING CESSATION SUPPORT?
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women have asked for group-based programs to empower and support them on their quitting journey. Group-based programs have been shown to be effective, but until now, no program has been developed for and by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women.
WHAT DOES THE GROUP-BASED PROGRAM LOOK LIKE?
The Which Way? programme includes six sessions that services can implement in any way that suits the community. During the pilot phase, Waminda South Coast Women’s Health and Wellbeing Aboriginal Corporation implemented the group-based program in both a six-week program and half day event.
The groups cover:
- Benefits of Quitting the Smokes and Vapes
- Overcome challenges to Quitting
- Support to Quit
- Changing Behaviours and Developing a Quit plan
- Celebrating success and Staying on track
The Which Way? team have developed all the resources, games and activities your service needs to run group-based smoking and vaping cessation programs which will be delivered to your service once you join the project.
Training due to be available online by April 2025. To get involved express interest now: https://www.whichway.info/gulibaa
