Marewa Glover

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• Article: Reducing Smoking Among Indigenous Populations: New Evidence From a Review of Trials.

  Vanessa Johnston, Darren W Westphal, Marewa Glover, David P Thomas, Catherine Segan, Natalie Walker
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  ABSTRACT: INTRODUCTION: Previous reviews have concluded that to be effective, evidence-based tobacco control interventions should be culturally adapted to indigenous populations. We undertook a systematic review to critically examine this hitherto conclusion. METHODS: We searched MEDLINE, PsychInfo, EMBASE, and Cochrane databases from 1980 to May 2012 for controlled trials. We included studies that recruited nonindigenous and indigenous participants to assess differences in impact of nonadapted interventions across ethnic groups and whether adapted interventions are more effective for indigenous participants. RESULTS: Five studies were included. Three tested the effectiveness of enhanced Quitline protocols with cessation products over usual Quitline care, and two trialed a culturally adapted cessation counseling intervention using mobile phones. Three studies did not demonstrate a significant effect of the intervention for both indigenous and nonindigenous participants; two were pharmacotherapy studies using nicotine replacement therapy and the third was a trial of a multimedia phone intervention. The fourth study found a significant effect of a behavioral intervention using text messaging for indigenous and nonindigenous participants. The final study found a significant effect in favor of very low nicotine cigarettes compared with usual care; results were similar across ethnic groups. DISCUSSION: There is likely no significant difference between indigenous and nonindigenous populations regarding the efficacy of smoking cessation products, and we provide some promising evidence on the efficacy of behavioral interventions delivered via mobile phone technology. We demonstrate that not all tobacco control interventions can or necessarily need to be culturally adapted for indigenous populations although there are circumstances when this is important.
  Nicotine & Tobacco Research 03/2013; · 2.58 Impact Factor
• Article: No need to ban smoking in cars with children present--it's almost snuffed out.

  Marewa Glover, Tim Maifeleni, Ching Jie Yeh, Arita Lee, Dudley Gentles
  The New Zealand medical journal 01/2012; 125(1358):84-8.
• Article: Impact of national smokefree environments laws on teachers, schools and early childhood centres.

  Donna Watson, Marewa Glover, Judith McCool, Chris Bullen, Brian Adams, Sandar Min
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  ABSTRACT: New Zealand's (NZ) smokefree legislation, implemented on 1 January 2004, requires that all school and early childhood centre buildings and grounds are 100% smokefree; one aim being to prevent young people being influenced by seeing people (including teachers) smoke there. This study, conducted in 2008, investigated teachers'smoking behaviour and perceived adherence to the legislation. A national NZ cross-sectional survey of 2,004 teachers (oversampling Māori), who were randomly selected from the electoral roll of registered voters and sent postal invitations to complete an anonymous survey. The response rate was 70%. Current smokers numbered 7%, and proportionately more Maori and Pacific Island teachers (12% each) smoked than European/Other teachers (7%). Of current smokers, 37% smoked non-daily. Smokers smoked less on work than non-work days. Introducing smokefree legislation was associated with teachers changing when they smoked, cutting down, quitting or trying to quit. Perceived compliance with the legislation was high, although 30% of teachers reported seeing staff smoking. Proportionately, significantly more teachers from low than from high socioeconomic schools perceived poor compliance and staff visibly smoking. Smokefree legislation affects people's smoking behaviour. Smoking in NZ is becoming confined to population subgroups defined by socioeconomic status and ethnicity. Our findings argue for supporting cessation among those who work with children and young people, and for targeting support at school communities in areas of low socioeconomic status or with large populations of Māori or Pacific peoples.
  Health promotion journal of Australia: official journal of Australian Association of Health Promotion Professionals 12/2011; 22(3):166-71. · 0.59 Impact Factor
• Article: Smoking is rank! But, not as rank as other drugs and bullying say New Zealand parents of pre-adolescent children.

  Marewa Glover, Anette Kira, Sandar Min, Robert Scragg, Vili Nosa, Judith McCool, Chris Bullen
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  ABSTRACT: Despite the established risks associated with smoking, 21% of New Zealand adults smoke. Prevalence among Māori (indigenous) and Pacific Island New Zealanders is disproportionately high. Prevention of smoking initiation is a key component of tobacco control. Keeping Kids Smokefree--a quasi-experimental trial--aimed to do this by changing parental smoking behaviour and attitudes. However, little is known about parents' attitudes to smoking in comparison with other concerns. Parents of 4,144 children attending five urban schools in a high smoking prevalence population in Auckland, New Zealand, were asked to rank seven concerns on a paper-based questionnaire, including smoking, alcohol and bullying, from most to least serious. Methamphetamine and other illicit 'hard' drugs were ranked as most serious followed by marijuana smoking, alcohol drinking, bullying, cigarette smoking, sex and obesity. Never smokers ranked cigarette smoking as more serious than current or ex-smokers. Parents' under-estimation of the serious nature of tobacco smoking relative to other drugs could partly explain low participation rates in parent-focused smoking initiation prevention programs.
  Health promotion journal of Australia: official journal of Australian Association of Health Promotion Professionals 12/2011; 22(3):223-7. · 0.59 Impact Factor
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  Article: A qualitative study of what motivates Māori, Pacific Island and low socio-economic peoples in Aotearoa/New Zealand to stop smoking

  Marewa Glover, Vili Nosa, Donna Watson, Janine Paynter
  11/2010;