Integrating smoking cessation services

Studies to increase use of, and access to, mass-disseminable cessation services

This program of research largely undertaken in collaboration with Dr Cathy Segan (University of Melbourne), is designed to find better ways to maximise use of services, and to ensure services are properly equipped to meet the needs of special populations.  Currently we have two major studies within this program, but are also seeking support for a project on using Quitlines to reduce smoking in pregnancy and reduce post-partum relapse. 

The two main studies are outlined:

Quit in GP
Utility of the Callback service for clients with depression

Quit in GP

A Victorian-based NHMRC-funded cluster randomised trial of the relative effectiveness of the two approaches recommended in the Smoking Cessation Guidelines for Australian General Practice; referral to the Quitline as compared with in-practice management of smoking cessation.

Callback service for clients with depression

The utility of the callback service project will look at whether the tailored service to those with a history of depression, produces comparable smoking cessation rates to the standard callback service for smokers without mental health concerns. It will also examine caller feedback on the GP-Quitline co-management model and the relationship between smoking cessation and depression among Quitline callers.