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Chronic Disease
Chronic Diseases are:
Risk Factors:
What You Can Do:
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Long-term
Caused by a range of risk factors
Often preventable
Often manageable
Common Chronic Disease:
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Type 2 diabetes
Lung Cancer
Asthma
Coronary Heart Disease
Depression
Chronic Kidney Disease
Tobacco smoking
Physical inactivity
Poor diet
Obesity
Risky alcohol consumption
Numbers:
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7 million Australians have at least 1
chronic disease
More Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander people have a chronic disease
than non-indigenous people
65% of Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander peoples have at least 1 longterm condition
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Have regular health checks
Find help to quit smoking
Increase amounts of physical activity
Increase amounts of fruit and
vegetables in your diet
Become informed about chronic
disease and living a healthy lifestyle
Useful Resources:
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Your local Aboriginal Medical Service (see www.iuih.org.au)
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http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au
Sources:
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Australian Institute for Health and Welfare (AIHW) (2010) Chronic Diseases, accessed 13 April 2011 at www.aihw.gov.au/chronic-diseases
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Australian Indigenous Healthinfonet (2010) Chronic Conditions, accessed 13 April 2011 at www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/chronic-conditions
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Australian Bureau of Statistics (2008) Health Conditions and Illness, 2008. Canberra: ABS, accessed 13 April 2011 at www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/[email protected]/39433889d406eeb9ca2570610019e9a5/8E40EF9673146251CA
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Deadly Health Tips
1. Exercise AT LEAST 30 minutes a day! (Remember you
can get exercise just by changing a few small things…
Get up to change the channel of the TV or jump off the
bus one stop earlier).
2. Make sure to eat 2 servings of fruit and 5 serving of
vegetables every day to keep your body strong.
4. Physical activity is very important because it strengthens
your bones and helps to burn calories. Get out there and
get active!
5. Make sure you’re getting right kind of sugar. Choose fruit
instead of lollies and sweets!
3. Tobacco smoke contains nicotine, a drug that is very
addictive and makes it hard, but not impossible, to quit. So yarn up smoking and get help from your local
Aboriginal Medical Service or call 13QUIT.
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Smoking During Pregnancy
Dangers
Numbers
Smoking during pregnancy can lead to:
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Low birth weight
Premature birth
Miscarriage
Stillbirth
SIDS
There are also risks for children later in life:
• Coronary Heart Disease
• Type 2 Diabetes
• Poor diet
• Obesity
• Risky alcohol consumption
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Indigenous mothers are 3 times more likely to smoke
during pregnancy than non-indigenous mothers
51% of Indigenous mothers smoke during pregnancy
Tobacco is highly addictive and quitting
is hard! For help see:
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Your local Aboriginal Medical Service (see www.iuih.org.au)
13QUIT - www.quitnow.gov.au
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander counsellors available
Sources:
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2007)
Indigenous mothers and their babies, Australia 2001-2004. Canberra: AIHW
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Centre for Excellence in Indigenous Tobacco Control
(2010) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women and
smoking during pregnancy, accessed 9 May 2011 at
www.ceitc.org.au/system/files/fact_sheet_pregnancy.pdf
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TOBACCO
Smoking leads to:
Numbers:
Why we smoke:
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Cancers (including: lung, mouth,
larynx, kidney)
Coronary heart disease
Respiratory diseases
Stroke
A range of other serious health conditions
Environmental Tobacco Smoke
(Passive Smoking):
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Environmental tobacco smoke is when you breathe in someone else’s
tobacco smoke
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Pack-a-day smoking costs over
$4,380 per year
Smoking is the main cause of
preventable deaths in Australia
Almost 50% of Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander people over the age of
15 are current daily smokers
66% of Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander children live in households
with regular smokers
Smoking causes 20% of all Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander adult deaths
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Emotions (stress, anger, unhappiness, frustration)
Social pressure/ cultural norms
Habit
Addiction
What You Can Do:
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See your local health service for help to quit
Avoid smoking in cars or in homes,
especially when children are present
Encourage and support friends and
family to have a quit attempt
Exposes people to over 60 cancer
causing chemicals
Increased risks of SIDS and has other
harmful effects on kids
Increases the risk of infectious disease
Useful Resources:
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13QUIT- www.quitnow.gov.au (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander counsellors available)
Your local Aboriginal Medical Service (see www.iuih.org.au)
Sources:
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2010)Tobacco smoking, accessed
13 April 2011 at www.aihw.gov.au/risk-factors-tobacco-smoking
2.
Centre for Excellence in Indigenous Tobacco Control (2010) Why people smoke,
accessed 13 April 2011 at www.ceitc.org.au/why_people_smoke
3.
Australian Bureau of Statistics (2007) Tobacco Smoking- Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander people: A snapshot, 2004/05. Canberra: ABS, accessed 13 April
2011 at www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/[email protected]/mf/4722.0.55.004
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Vos, T., Barker, B., Stanley, L & Lopez, A.D. 2007. The burden of disease and
injury in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Brisbane: School of
Population Health, University of Queensland
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TIPS FOR QUITTING
• Be motivated and stay motivated. Quitting is hard so stay strong
• Have a quit buddy
• Get support from your family and friends
• Try using nicotine replacement therapies (patches, gum etc.)
• Get busy, stay occupied
• Make sure to eat healthy and stay active. Look after your body!
• Reward yourself for small steps
• Call Quit Line 13QUIT
[Aboriginal and torres Strait Islander Counsellors Available]
• visit your local AMS for help
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