A mixed methods exploratory study tackling smoking during pregnancy in an urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander primary health care service

• Main Authors: Deborah A. Askew (Author), Jillian Guy (Author), Vivian Lyall (Author), Sonya Egert (Author), Lynne Rogers (Author), Leigh-anne Pokino (Author), Peggy Manton-Williams (Author), Philip J. Schluter (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Pregnancy can be a time of joy and a time of significant stress. For many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (hereafter, respectfully, Indigenous) women, cigarette smoking, even during pregnancy, is a socially sanctioned behavioural response to stress. Indigenous women smoke d...