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Risk factor area evidence references from the practice manual

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Smoking

1. Begg S, Vos T, Barker B. The burden of disease and injury in Australia 2003. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare; Canberra: 2007.
   
   
2. Collins D, Lapsley H. The costs of tobacco, alcohol and illicit drug abuse to Australian society in 2004/05. Department of Health and Ageing, Commonwealth of Australia; Canberra: 2008. Report No.: ISBN: 1-74186-436-4.
   
   
3. Fiore M, Jaen C, Bake T, Bailey W, Benowitz N et al. Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence: 2008 Update. Rockville, MD: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Public Health Service; May 2008.
   
   
4. Doll R, Peto R, Boreham J, Sutherland I. Mortality in relation to smoking: 50 years' observations on male British doctors. BMJ. 2004; 329:1519-27.
   
   
5. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. 2007 National Drug Strategy Household Survey: first results. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare; Canberra: 2008.
   
   
6. Zwar N, Richmond RL, Harris M. General practice patients - their readiness to quit smoking. Aust Fam Physician. 2008 Jan-Feb; 37(1-2): 81-3.
   
   
7. Brennan E, Durkin S, Wakefield M, Dunlop S. Victorian current and former smokers' quitting activity, and the impact of cessation aids, services and anti-smoking campaigns. Centre for Behavioural Research in Cancer, The Cancer Council Victoria; Melbourne: 2007.
   
   
8. Balmford J, Borland R. What does it mean to want to quit? Drug Alcohol Rev. 2008 Jan; 27(1): 21-7. Top of page
   
   
9. Hughes JR, Marcy TW, Naud S. Interest in treatments to stop smoking. J Subst Abuse Treat. 2009 Jan; 36(1): 18-24.
   
   
10. Gilbert H, Sutton S, Sutherland G. Who calls QUIT? The characteristics of smokers seeking advice via a telephone helpline compared with smokers attending a clinic and those in the general population. Public Health. 2005; 119(10): 933-9.
    
    
11. Doran CM, Valenti L, Robinson M, Britt H, Mattick RP. Smoking status of Australian general practice patients and their attempts to quit. Addict Behav. 2006 May; 31(5): 758-66.
    
    
12. Tobacco Working Group. Technical Report No 2. Tobacco in Australia: Making Smoking History. National Preventative Health Taskforce, Canberra: 2008
    
    
13. Hughes J, Keely J, Naud S. Shape of the relapse curve and long-term abstinence among untreated smokers. Addiction. 2004; 99(1): 29-38.
    
    
14. Baillie A, Mattick R, Hall W. Quitting smoking: estimation by meta-analysis of the rate of unaided smoking cessation. Aust J Public Health. 1995 1995 Apr; 19(2): 129-31.
    
    
15. Scollo MM, Winstanley M. Tobacco in Australia: Facts and Issues. Cancer Council Victoria; Melbourne: 2008.
    
    
16. Stead LF, Bergson G, Lancaster T. Physician advice for smoking cessation. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2008(2): CD000165.
    
    
17. Zwar NA, Richmond R, Borland R, Peters MJ, Stillman S, Litt J, et al. Update on Smoking Cessation Pharmacotherapy for General Practice. Royal Australian College of General Practitioners; Melbourne: 2007.
    
    
18. Benowitz NL. Neurobiology of nicotine addiction: implications for smoking cessation treatment. Am J Med. 2008 Apr; 121 (4 Suppl 1): S3-10.
    
    
19. Parsons AC, Shraim M, Inglis J, Aveyard P, Hajek P. Interventions for preventing weight gain after smoking cessation. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2009(1): CD006219. Top of page
    
    
20. Kassel JD, Stroud LR, Paronis CA. Smoking, stress, and negative affect: correlation, causation, and context across stages of smoking. Psychol Bull. 2003 Mar; 129(2): 270-304.
    
    
21. Rubak S, Sandbaek A, Lauritzen T, Christensen B. Motivational interviewing: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Br J Gen Pract. 2005 Apr; 55(513): 305-12.
    
    
22. Hyland A, Borland R, Li Q, Yong HH, McNeill A, Fong GT, et al. Individual-level predictors of cessation behaviours among participants in the International Tobacco Control (ITC): Four country survey. Tob Control. 2006 Jun; 15 Suppl 3:iii 83-94.
    
    
23. Borland R, Segan CJ. The potential of quitlines to increase smoking cessation. Drug Alcohol Rev. 2006 Jan; 25(1): 73-8.
    
    
24. Stead LF, Lancaster T. Interventions to reduce harm from continued tobacco use. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2007(3): CD005231.
    
    
25. Fagerstrom KO. Can reduced smoking be a way for smokers not interested in quitting to actually quit? Respiration. 2005 Mar-Apr; 72(2): 216-20.
    
    
26. Hughes JR, Callas PW, Peters EN. Interest in gradual cessation. Nicotine Tob Res. 2007 Jun;9(6):671-5.
    
    
27. Litt J, Ling M-Y, McAvoy B. How to help your patients quit: practice-based strategies for smoking cessation. Asia Pacific Family Medicine. 2003; 2: 175-9.
    
    
28. Van Schayck O, Pinnock H, Ostrem O, Buffels J, Giannopoulos D, Henrichsen S, et al. Tackling the smoking epidemic: practical guidance for primary care. Primary Care Resp J. 2008; 17(3): 185-93.
    
    
29. Royal Australian College of General Practitioners. Putting Prevention into Practice.Guidelines for the implementation of prevention in the general practice setting (2nd ed). RACGP; Melbourne: 2006. Top of page

Nutrition

1. World Health Organization. Global strategy on diet, physical activity and health. WHO; Geneva: 2004.
   
   
2. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Australia's Health 2008. AIHW; Canberra: 2008.
   
   
3. Kant A, Graubard B, Schatzkin A. Dietary patterns predict mortality in a national cohort: The national health interview surveys, 1987 and 1992. J Nutr; 2004; 134:1793-1799.
   
   
4. The Report of the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee on Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2005
   
   
5. National Heart Blood and Lung Institute. Classification of Overweight and Obesity by BMI, Waist Circumference, and Associated Disease Risks. Accessed 2009 at www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/obesity/lose_wt/bmi_dis.htm.
   
   
6. National Health and Medical Research Council. Dietary Guidelines for Australian Adults. Australian Government; Canberra: 2003.
   
   
7. Ohkawara K, Tanaka S, Miyachi M, Ishikawa-Takata K & Tabata I. A dose-response relation between aerobic exercise and visceral fat reduction: systematic review of clinical trials. Int J Obes; 2007; Dec; 31(12):1786-97. Top of page

Alcohol

1. National Health & Medical Research Council. Australian Guidelines to Reduce Health Risks from Drinking Alcohol. Commonwealth of Australia; Canberra: 2009.
   
   
2. Unpublished secondary analysis by the National Centre for Education and Training on Addiction of data from Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. 2007 National Drug Strategy Household Survey: detailed findings. Drug statistics series no. 22. Cat. no. PHE 107. AIHW; Canberra: 2008.
   
   
3. Canagasaby A. & Vinson DC. Screening for hazardous or harmful drinking using one or two quantity frequency questions. Alcohol & Alcoholism; 2005; 40(3), 208-213.
   
   
4. Kriston L, Holzel L, Welser AK, Berner M & Harter M. Meta_analysis: Are 3 questions enough to detect unhealthy alcohol use? Ann Intern Med; 2008; 149, 879-888.
   
   
5. Kaner E, Dickinson H, Beyer F, Campbell F, Schlesinger C, Heather N et al. Effectiveness of brief alcohol interventions in primary care populations (Review). Cochrane Database Syst Rev: 2009. Top of page

Physical activity

1. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Australia's Health 2008. AIHW; Canberra; 2008.
   
   
2. US Department of Health and Human Services. 2008 Physical activity Guidelines for Americans. Department of Health and Human Services, Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, National Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion; USA: 2008.
   
   
3. Australian Bureau of Statistics. National Health Survey: summary of results, Australia 2004–05. ABS; Canberra: cat. no. 4364.0: 2006.
   
   
4. Smith B. 'Promotion of physical activity in primary health care: an update of the evidence on interventions'. J Sci Med Sport; 2004; 7(Suppl): 67–73.

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