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.

Are you 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 stipend of $40,000 p.a. available for 3.5 years. Australian citizens, New Zealand citizens, or hold Australian Permanent Residency status will be provided a RTP fee Offset which covers tuition fees charged by the university for up to four years.

Eligibility

We strongly encourage students with a commitment to community wellbeing to apply.

Awards will only be available to those who:

• Are Australian citizens; or New Zealand citizens; or have been granted permanent resident status;
• Have completed at least four years of tertiary education studies at a high level of achievement and have an appropriate Honours 1 or high 2A (or equivalent) undergraduate degree;
• Are enrolling as full-time students;
• Will commence or are continuing a Doctorate by research; 
• Have had their candidature accepted in the area in which they propose to undertake their studies.