Smoking and Vaping Cessation for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People

Description

This Indigenous-led national research project evaluates a mailed-out smoking and vaping cessation intervention for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adolescents and adults.

Exciting PhD Opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Students:

Are you an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander student passionate about health equity, tobacco control, and making a real-world impact in your community?

Which Way? Quit Pack project is the largest national smoking and vaping cessation trial ever conducted with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Research Focus:

This Indigenous-led national research project evaluates a mailed-out smoking and vaping cessation intervention for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adolescents and adults. The PhD project will contribute to the implementation science and evaluation components of this program, which is grounded in principles of Indigenous data sovereignty, self-determination, and health equity.

Students will have the opportunity to develop a PhD study in partnership with community partners and may include;

• Evaluating the cultural and clinical effectiveness of combination nicotine replacement therapy (cNRT) delivered via mail
• Investigating barriers and enablers to quitting smoking and/or vaping through Indigenous-led qualitative and/or quantitative methods
• Embedding and advancing Indigenous methods and methodologies, including Yarning and Indigenous Quantitative Methodologies
• Contributing to advocacy for a national cessation support program through policy-relevant research outputs

Supervisor: Professor Billie Bonevski will serve as primary supervisor, with other CIs serving as co-supervisor of the student.

Location: Flinders University

Benefits

A scholarship is available for 3-3.5 years. Eligible students will receive the Professor Lowitja O’Donoghue Indigenous Student Postgraduate Research Scholarship rate, currently $50,000 p.a. Flinders University will provide laptop, tuition fees and project costs.

Eligibility

We strongly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students with a commitment to community wellbeing and Indigenous research leadership to apply. For eligibility criteria, please see https://www.flinders.edu.au/scholarships/professor_lowitja_odnoghue_indigenous_student_postgraduate_research_scholarship