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DR Cathy Segan

Positions

Honorary, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health

Smoking cessation, relapse prevention (Quitlines, program evaluation)

Overview

Has subject area

For 2008 6 Digit Code
- Preventive Medicine
Seo 2008 6 Digit Code
- Substance Abuse

Affiliation

Member of

Australian Psychological Society. Member 2005 -

Publications

Selected publications

2019
- Journal Articles
  - "Quitlink"-A Randomized Controlled Trial of Peer Worker Facilitated Quitline Support for Smokers Receiving Mental Health Services: Study Protocol. Frontiers in Psychiatry. 10. 2019
2018
- Journal Articles Refereed
  - Electronic nicotine devices to aid smoking cessation by alcohol- and drug-dependent clients: protocol for a pilot randomised controlled trial. Trials. 19. 2018
  - Systematic Review of Factors Influencing Smoking Following Release from Smoke-free Prisons. 2018
2017
- Journal Articles Refereed
  - Nicotine Withdrawal, Relapse of Mental Illness, or Medication Side-Effect? Implementing a Monitoring Tool for People With Mental Illness Into Quitline Counseling. Journal of Dual Diagnosis. 13. 2017
  - Underestimation of homeless clients' interest in quitting smoking: a case for routine tobacco assessment. Health Promotion Journal of Australia. 28. 2017
2016
- Journal Articles Refereed
  - The Role of Planning in Naturalistic Quitting Success Among People with Severe Mental Illness. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction. 14. 2016
2015
- Journal Articles Refereed
  - A systematic review of barriers and facilitators to participation in randomized controlled trials by Indigenous people from New Zealand, Australia, Canada and the United States. Global Health Promotion. 22. 2015
  - Effect of a Family-Centered, Secondhand Smoke Intervention to Reduce Respiratory Illness in Indigenous Infants in Australia and New Zealand: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Nicotine & Tobacco Research. 17. 2015
  - Homeless Clients Benefit From Smoking Cessation Treatment Delivered by a Homeless Persons' Program. Nicotine & Tobacco Research. 17. 2015
- Conference Papers Refereed
  - Evaluation of the impact of the release of Mind Australia’s Smoke Free Environment Policy 2015
- Major Reports and Working Papers
  - Evaluation of ‘Quitters are Winners’: a prison-based group smoking cessation program 2013-15 2015
  - Literature review of best practice smoking cessation support for ex-prisoners. Report for the Tobacco Policy and Programs Section, Victorian Department of Health and Human Services 2015
2013
- Journal Articles Refereed
  - Reducing Smoking Among Indigenous Populations: New Evidence From a Review of Trials. Nicotine & Tobacco Research. 15. 2013
2011
- Journal Articles Refereed
  - Does extended telephone callback counselling prevent smoking relapse?. Health Education Research. 26. 2011
  - Helping smokers with depression to quit smoking: collaborative care with Quitline. Medical Journal of Australia. 195. 2011
- Conference Proceedings
  - THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SMOKING CESSATION, BODY FAT AND BONE MINERAL DENSITY. Osteoporosis International. 2011
2010
- Journal Articles Refereed
  - 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 infants. BMC Public Health. 10. 2010
2008
- Journal Articles Refereed
  - In-practice management versus quitline referral for enhancing smoking cessation in general practice: a cluster randomized trial. Family Practice. 25. 2008
  - The challenge of embracing a smoke-free lifestyle: a neglected area in smoking cessation programs. Health Education Research. 23. 2008
2007
- Journal Articles Refereed
  - The challenges of recruiting and retaining GPs in research: Findings from a smoking cessation project. Australian Journal of Primary Health. 13. 2007
2006
- Journal Articles Refereed
  - Can transtheoretical model measures predict relapse from the action stage of change among ex-smokers who quit after calling a quitline?. Addictive Behaviors. 31. 2006
  - The potential of quitlines to increase smoking cessation. Drug and Alcohol Review. 25. 2006
2005
- Journal Articles Unrefereed Letters or Notes
  - Web and telecounselling in Australia. Medical Journal of Australia. 182. 2005
- Reports and Working Papers
  - Relapse Prevention Research Update, The 2 Tasks of Staying Quit 2005
2004
- Journal Articles Refereed
  - What is the right thing at the right time? Interactions between stages and processes of change among smokers who make a quit attempt. Health Psychology. 23. 2004
2003
- Journal Articles Refereed
  - The effectiveness of personalized smoking cessation strategies for callers to a Quitline service. Addiction. 98. 2003
- Reports and Working Papers
  - Should Zyban use include an extra GP visit 2 weeks post-treatment? 2003
2002
- Journal Articles Refereed
  - Do transtheoretical model measures predict the transition from preparation to action in smoking cessation?. Psychology and Health. 17. 2002
2001
- Journal Articles Refereed
  - The effectiveness of callback counselling for smoking cessation: a randomized trial. Addiction. 96. 2001
2000
- Journal Articles
  - Testing the transtheoretical model for smoking change: Victorian data. Australian Journal of Psychology. 52. 2000
1999
- Journal Articles
  - Development and evaluation of a brochure on sun protection and sun exposure for tourists. Health Education Journal. 58. 1999
1998
- Journal Articles
  - Public reaction to Victoria's "2 Fruit 'n' 5 Veg Every Day" campaign and reported consumption of fruit and vegetables. Preventive Medicine. 27. 1998
1997
- Journal Articles
  - Alcohol use among Australian secondary students in 1993.. Drug and Alcohol Review. 16. 1997
1995
- Journal Articles
  - Prevalence of cigarette smoking among Australian secondary school students in 1993. Australian Journal of Public Health. 19. 1995

Research

Investigator on

Grant
- Maintaining tobacco abstinence among people leaving smoke-free prisons (Innovation Grant) awarded by VIC HEALTH 2017 - 2019
- Helping smokers with a histroy of depression quit smoking safely: depression and smoking cessation outcomes among clients of a tailored Quitline callback service offering doctor-quitline comanagement of smoking cessation and depression. (Victorian Centre of Excellence in Depression and Related Disorders Grants) awarded by BEYONDBLUE 2006 - 2009
- Helping People with concurrent medical conditions quit smoking: Exploring linkages between health care and mass deliverable quit services (Public Health Fellowship (Australia)) awarded by NHMRC 2005 - 2011
- Smoking cessation and bone health: observation and intervention studies in twins and a Quitline population (Project Grants) awarded by NHMRC 2004 - 2008

Awards

Education and training

PhD, La Trobe University 2004
BA (Hons), University of Melbourne 1992

Linkages

Geographic focus

Australia

Supervision

Available for supervision

Y

Contact Details
- csegan@unimelb.edu.au
- 8344 0653
- fax: 9348 1174
- Location
  - Level: 04 Room:, 207-221 Bouverie St., Parkville
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