Indigenous Cancer Care Unit, Ontario Health (Cancer Care Ontario), 505 University Avenue, Toronto, M5G 1X3, ON, Canada.
Can J Public Health. 2021 Aug;112(4):697-705. doi: 10.17269/s41997-021-00493-9. Epub 2021 Apr 8.
The Indigenous Tobacco Program (ITP) operated by the Indigenous Cancer Care Unit at Cancer Care Ontario provides customized tobacco prevention workshops to First Nations youth across Ontario, in partnership with First Nations communities and partner organizations.
First Nations youth in Canada are more likely than non-Indigenous youth to be smokers. The ITP aims to address the negative health impacts of commercial tobacco, using culturally relevant approaches, tools and resources while remaining respectful to the significance of sacred tobacco. This paper aims to determine whether a culturally tailored tobacco prevention workshop increases tobacco-related knowledge among First Nations youth in Ontario.
The workshops exhibited promise in impacting First Nations youth knowledge on the harms of commercial tobacco, as after the workshop intervention, all indicators showed improved knowledge. Building strong and ongoing relationships with communities and partner organizations is vital to the success of the program.
Culturally tailored workshops grounded in traditional knowledge and values provide an opportunity to increase the knowledge of the harms of commercial tobacco among First Nations youth in Ontario. With commercial tobacco use and exposure having tremendous health consequences, such interventions are essential.
安大略省癌症保健中心的土著癌症护理单位运营的土著烟草计划 (ITP) 与第一民族社区和合作伙伴组织合作，为安大略省各地的第一民族青年提供定制的烟草预防讲习班。
加拿大的第一民族青年比非第一民族青年更有可能吸烟。ITP 旨在通过使用文化相关的方法、工具和资源来解决商业烟草对健康的负面影响，同时尊重神圣烟草的重要性。本文旨在确定文化适应的烟草预防讲习班是否会增加安大略省第一民族青年对烟草相关知识的了解。
讲习班在影响安大略省第一民族青年对商业烟草危害的认识方面表现出了希望，因为在讲习班干预后，所有指标都显示出知识有所提高。与社区和合作伙伴组织建立强大和持续的关系对于该计划的成功至关重要。
以传统知识和价值观为基础的文化适应讲习班为增加安大略省第一民族青年对商业烟草危害的认识提供了机会。由于商业烟草使用和暴露对健康造成了巨大影响，因此此类干预措施至关重要。
