Pilot evaluation of a novel smoking cessation training program for South Australian Health Professionals.

Health Professionals (HP) in the intervention arm will complete a 35-minute 'Standardised Training' session (workshop), the semi-structured format is as follows: • Smoking cessation training: 15 minutes • Smoking cessation practice: 10 minutes • Introduction to healthcare barriers: 10 minutes Each of the Standardised Training sessions will be conducted by the Coordinating Principal Investigator (CPI). Smoking cessation training Participate in the 15-minute best practice evidence-based training designed by the Cancer Council Australia. Training covers the ‘Ask, Advise, Help’ model as described below: • Ask: HPs ask patients about their smoking status, • Advise: HPs advise patients to quit and, jointly with the smoker, identifies the best way of doing this, and, • Help: HPs offer practical support to patients who communicated an interest in stopping smoking through referral to Quitline and initiates request to Doctor to provide appropriate medication review. Smoking cessation practice Participate in a 10-minute practice session during which the CPI will review and reinforce appropriate technique. On completion of the session, HPs will be provided with existing South Australian Cancer Council SA smoking cessation resources. Introduction to healthcare barriers Watch a 10-minute pre-recorded video developed by an Aboriginal Cultural Awareness consultant that focuses on: • The diversity of Aboriginal cultural and language groups in South Australia, • The barriers to accessing health services, • How healthcare services are conceived, and, • Training in practical actions that HPs can take to improve the provision of Aboriginal health services. Health professionals in the intervention arm will also be trained to use Kick the Smokes resources developed during ACTRN12620001223921 This will occur immediately after, and in the same session as their 'Standardised Training'. This includes: • KTS quit smoking materials (workbook), and • KTS AR smartphone application, • KTS Health Professional materials (penholder and poster). This additional semi-structured training will be delivered by the CPI during an additional 25-minute training session. KTS AR smartphone application This smartphone App has been co-designed with feedback from Aboriginal participants and HPs. Loaded on the participants’ (Aboriginal patient, or HP) phone it accesses the camera, and when held over select items in the workbook, digital content appears on the screen. The content differs depending on which image the camera is catching. KTS booklet on smoking cessation An A3 sized booklet co-designed with feedback from Aboriginal participants this booklet has been designed to distract and occupy smokers when they are experiencing cravings. KTS Health Professional materials These materials are provided to HPs as reminders of the smoking cessation counselling training they’ve received. Following completion of their training participants will then be directed to use their new skills as part of their standard practice going forward. KTS resource dissemination Following completion of the training by HPs, resources will be provided to HPs for implementation of the smoking cessation tools in the community. They will receive five workbooks, one poster and one penholder. As part of their training they will be shown how to download the App. They will also be directed to use their new skills as part of their standard practice over the remainder of the practice (which will include the 3-month follow-up period). Monitoring Project staff will complete a review form at the end of each workshop and cultural responsiveness session to record session implementation data. Each review will be retained by project staff for collation and data entry. Data will be examined, and resultant descriptive statistics will be reported narratively.