Journal article
Tobacco use and measuring nicotine dependence among urban indigenous pregnant women
KS Panaretto, MR Mitchell, L Anderson, C Gilligan, P Buettner, SL Larkins, S Eades
Medical Journal of Australia | AUSTRALASIAN MED PUBL CO LTD | Published : 2009
Abstract
Objectives: To examine patterns of nicotine dependence, the value of the Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence (FTND) and its correlation with self-reported tobacco use and urinary cotinine concentrations among pregnant Indigenous women in Townsville. Design, participants and setting: Cross-sectional study of 201 consecutive women who self-reported tobacco use at their first antenatal visit to Townsville Aboriginal and Islander Health Service (TAIHS) between 1 November 2005 and 31 October 2007. All smokers were to be assessed by FTND, and 108 women participating in the Tilly's Tracks project (a randomised trial of an intervention to reduce smoking in pregnant Aboriginal and Torres Strait I..
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Awarded by National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Acknowledgements
We thank the Board of TAIHS for their support of the project. We also thank Kaye Thompson for her work in the Tilly's Tracks project. This study was supported in part by National Health and Medical Research Council Project Grant No. 510776.