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Tobacco-Related Specific Population Datasets | Data custodian |
| 43. Australian Secondary Students’ Alcohol and Drug Survey (ASSADS) | Centre for Behavioural Research in Cancer, Cancer Council Victoria |
| 44. NSW Inmate Health Survey (IHS) | NSW Department of Health |
| 45. Young People in Custody (YPiCHS) | Juvenile Justice NSW |
| 46. National Police Custody Survey (NPCS) | Australian Institute of Criminology |
| 47. National Prisoner Health Data Collection (NPHDC) | AIHW |
| 48. National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey (NATSIHS) | ABS |
| 49. National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey (NATSISS) | ABS |
| 50. People living with psychotic illness 2010 | Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing |
Tobacco-Related Specific Population Datasets
43. Australian Secondary Students’ Alcohol and Drug Survey (ASSADS)
Data Custodian: Centre for Behavioural Research in Cancer, Cancer Council VictoriaAvailable for analysis: Yes, by request to the data custodian
Purpose: A national school-based survey that asks secondary school students a core set of questions about their lifetime and current use of tobacco, including their source of cigarettes, with state-specific supplementary questions about smoking attitudes and practices. This is a collaborative survey funded by the Commonwealth Department of Health and ageing and all states and territories. The data custodian is the Cancer Council Victoria. States own their own state data, which is pooled to provide national estimates.
Comprises a random sample of students enrolled in randomly selected schools across all Australian states and territories. This study involves interviews of approximately 20,000 teenagers aged 12-17 years (and reports on 12-15 year olds and 16-17 year olds), including Indigenous teenagers, with a self-completed questionnaire every three years. State-specific data are available at: http://www.cancervic.org.au/module_research/module_research_projects/project_tobacco_and_alcohol_us.html
Commonwealth report website: http://www.nationaldrugstrategy.gov.au/internet/drugstrategy/publishing.nsf/Content/resources-menu?OpenDocument&CATEGORY=7Monographs&SUBMIT=Search
Frequency: Triennial
Commenced: 1984
Most recent: 2011
Sample size (year):
26,194 (2011) 24,408 (2008)
21,805 (2005) 23,417 (2002)
25,486 (1999) 20,000 (1996)
20,000 (1993) 20,000 (1990)
20,000 (1987) 20,000 (1984)
Strengths: Has been active for a long period of time. The large sample size permits state comparisons. Data collected in-person by research staff at schools. Core questions remain consistent between survey waves and across states.
Limitations: Excludes 16-17 year olds who do not attend school and this proportion has varied over time.
Publications: All ASSAD survey reports and publications produced by Cancer Council Victoria are available at:http://www.cancervic.org.au/about-our-research/behavioural/cbrc-tobacco/publications_research_area_tobacco_control.html#1Tobacco%20and%20alcohol%20use
44. NSW Inmate Health Survey (IHS)
Data Custodian: New South Wales Department of HealthAvailable for analysis: Yes
Purpose: In 1996, 2001 and 2009 the NSW Corrections Health Service conducted Inmate Health Surveys to assess the health issues and trends for prisoners in the NSW prison system and to establish an evidence base for the development and evaluation of health service delivery for this disadvantaged group.
Tobacco consumption was recorded in the IHS, along with other health information.
Frequency: Intermittent
Commenced: 1996
Most recent: 2009
Sample size (year):
996 (2009)
747 (2001)
789 (1996)
Strengths: This broad-ranging examination of prisoner health provides reliable evidence of the needs of individuals incarcerated in NSW. Urine and blood samples are included.
Limitations: Indicators used were not directly comparable with measures used in state and national surveys of health outcomes and behaviours.
Publication:http://www.justicehealth.nsw.gov.au/about-us/publications/2009-ihs-report.pdf
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45. Young people in Custody Health Survey (YPiCHS)
Data Custodian: Juvenile Justice NSWAvailable for analysis: From reports only
Purpose: This survey examined the physical and mental health needs of young people in custody using a broad definition of health, including social and demographic factors, physical and mental health, and intellectual and educational performance. Blood samples and a brief physical assessment are undertaken. Includes information on how many young people in custody report tobacco as their substance of choice and how many have ever tried smoking tobacco.
Frequency: Intermittent
Commenced: 2003
Most recent: 2009
Sample size (year):
361 (2009)
242 (2003)
Strengths: The survey included an extensive array of physical health tests, a lengthy health questionnaire and psychological tests. The 2009 YPICHS provides important information to inform policy and practice across a range of sectors.
Limitations: Because smoking is not allowed in juvenile detention, participants may have under-reported their smoking behaviours while in detention. As only 40 females were involved in the study, extrapolation of the study results should be made with caution. Translation services were not available for non-English speaking young people in custody so they were not included in the survey.
Publications:
http://www.justicehealth.nsw.gov.au/about-us/publications/ypichs.pdf
http://www.justicehealth.nsw.gov.au/about-us/publications/ypichs-full.pdf
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46. National Police Custody Survey (NPCS)
Data Custodian: Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC)Available for analysis: From reports only
Purpose: This periodic monitoring program stems from the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody. Data is collected for every occasion a person is taken into custody and physically lodged in a police cell, at any location in Australia during a one month period. The survey aims to obtain information on the extent and nature of police custody incidents in order to identify flows into and out of police custody, and to provide comparisons of those in custody over time. Tobacco offences are included; however, NPCS smoking behaviour is not reported.
Frequency: Irregular
Commenced: 1988
Most recent: 2007
Sample size (year): 27,047 (2002)
Strengths: Provides a comprehensive national dataset of criminal offences and demographics of offenders.
Limitations: Problems with missing data for several variables. Survey only conducted for a one month period every year. “Tobacco offences” are aggregated with several other types of offence, including trespass, offensive language, etc. In this format the data is of limited use.
Publications: 2012 report available at: http://www.aic.gov.au/publications/current%20series/tbp/1-20/tbp013.html
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47. National Prisoner Health Data Collection (NPHDC)
Data Custodian: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW)Available for analysis: Yes. Full report for $38 and free to download from AIHW website.
Purpose: Prison entrants, prisoners in custody using the prison health clinic, and prisoners taking prescribed medication are invited to participate in the NPHDC over a specified 2-week period. In 2012, prisoners preparing to be discharged within 4 weeks of the collection were added to the NPHDC to gather information about their health status and experiences during their current incarceration. Questions asked include age at which the prison entrants smoked their first full cigarette; smoking status (current, ex-smoker, non-smoker) of entrants and dischargees; smoking rates (daily, weekly or occasionally); intentions of prison entrants to quit smoking; and success with quitting smoking in prison. The 2012 NPHDC report is due for release in late July 2013.
Frequency: Intermittent (under negotiation at time of writing)
Commenced: 2009
Most recent: 2012
Sample size (year): Between 549-794 (2009, 2010 and 2012)
Strengths: The NPHDC is a rich data source, containing a set of information with no parallel either nationally or internationally. The indicators reported are aligned to the National Health Performance Framework which adds strength to the study. The collection aims to eventually include all prisoners in all jurisdictions.
Limitations: While the NPHDC is a national data collection, not all states and territories have participated in every wave. All jurisdictions participated in the first collection (2009), but in 2010, Victoria and New South Wales did not participate and in 2012, Western Australia did not participate. While data was collected from both entrants and dischargees, they are discrete populations and comparisons between the two cannot be drawn. Further, due to difficulties in accessing dischargees, the participation rate was substantially lower among entrants.
Publications: http://www.aihw.gov.au/WorkArea/DownloadAsset.aspx?id=10737421312&libID=10737421312
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48. National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey (NATSIHS)
Data Custodian: Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)Available for analysis: ABS Cat. No. 4715.0
Purpose: The NATSIHS was conducted in remote and non-remote areas throughout Australia in 2004–05. It was designed to collect a range of information from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people about their health-related issues, including smoking prevalence rates, health status, risk factors and actions, and socioeconomic circumstances. The NATSIHS involved a random selection of dwellings within a random selection of discrete Indigenous communities and outstations across Australia from a specially developed Indigenous Community Frame, constructed using 2001 Census counts and information collected in the 2001 Community Housing and Infrastructure Needs Survey.
The first results from the 2011–12 NATSIHS will be released in November 2013.http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/mf/4715.0
Frequency: Planned for ever six years
Commenced: 2004-2005
Most recent: 2013
Sample size (year): 10,439 (2004-2005)
Strengths: Considerably large indigenous sample. Personal interview design. High response rate (78%). Questions were formerly part of the National Health Survey (2001) and methodology is similar so results are directly comparable.
Limitations: The NATSIHS only surveyed people aged 18 years and over about tobacco. Top of Page
49. National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey (NATSISS)
Data Custodian: Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)Available for analysis: ABS Cat. No. 4714.0.55.005
Purpose: The survey provides information about the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations for a wide range of social and health concerns including smoking prevalence rates, education, culture and labour force participation. Information was collected by personal interview from approximately 10,000 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged 15 years and over throughout Australia, including those living in remote areas. Involved a random selection of dwellings within a random selection of discrete Indigenous communities and outstations across Australia from a specially developed Indigenous Community Frame, constructed using Census counts and information collected in the Community Housing and Infrastructure Needs Survey. http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/mf/4720.0.55.001
Frequency: Data collected continuously and summarised in reports annually. Planned for every six years.
Commenced: 1994
Most recent: 2008
Sample size (year): 13,300 (2008)
Strengths: Personal interview design. Extensive measures were used to increase response rates. Underreporting does not appear to be a problem as the mean cigarette consumption reported per person is the same as that estimated by store turnover in 22 remote NT communities.
Limitations: Sampled only private households, not those in hostels, short-stay caravan parks, prisons and other correctional facilities, and hospitals at the time of the survey. Top of Page
50. People living with psychotic illness 2010
Data Custodian: Commonwealth Department of Health and AgeingAvailable for analysis: Yes
Purpose: The second national survey of psychotic illness was conducted in 2010 to provide updated estimates of the number of people being treated for psychosis and to determine who these people are, the health services they receive and the impact of these illnesses. For tobacco use, the key measure was the proportion of individuals currently smoking.
Frequency: 10 yearly
Commenced: 1997-1998
Most recent: 2010
Sample size (year): 1,126 (1997-1998)
Strengths: The survey shows that people with psychotic illness have substantially poorer physical health than the general population and remain at considerably greater risk of higher levels of smoking.
Limitations: The main focus of the 2010 survey was on consumers of public specialised mental health services administered by state/territory governments. It did not cover people with psychotic illness who were being treated only in private sector or by their general practitioner.
Publications: http://www1.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/mental-pubs-p-psych10
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