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U0.3 | BRIEF INTERVENTIONS FOR A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE - Maternal health: Smoking

 

MODULE NAME:Maternal health: Smoking
MODULE CODE:U0.3-3
COURSE NAME:BRIEF INTERVENTIONS FOR A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE
LEARNING LEVEL:Training for Non AOD/MH workers
TARGET AUDIENCE:Workers in all healthcare and community service settings - including those employed in statutory and welfare contexts - where smoking, alcohol and drug use, and physical and oral health may be an issue, but may not necessarily be the primary or sole focus of your role. 
Note: It is recommended you complete the "Introduction to Brief Interventions for a Healthy Lifestyle" eLearning to give you a foundation of the skills applied in this module.
MODULE TYPE:Elective
MODULE AIM:Maintaining a healthy lifestyle throughout the maternal journey is essential for improved long-term outcomes for mother and child. This eLearning will help you discuss smoking (tobacco and e-cigarettes) with women and apply the ‘Ask, Advise and Help’ skills to support them to improve their health.
LEARNING OUTCOMES:

By the end of this module, leaners will be able to:

  • understand the effects of smoking for women in pre-pregnancy, pregnancy and post pregnancy
  • understand the effect of smoking on the foetus and infants
  • apply brief interventions (3-step model) to support women and families to change their health behaviours around smoking
  • describe how to use a carbon monoxide monitor to illustrate the impact smoking can have on the pregnant women and her unborn baby
  • understand the use of nicotine replacement therapy to support quitting
  • identify quit smoking support available, as well as resources and further learning to support the use of brief interventions.
LENGTH:1 hour
CPD:This module may contribute towards CPD. A Statement of Completion will be issued on completion of this module.
REFERENCE LIST:The full reference list for this module is available on request.
SUGGESTED CITATION:Insight Centre for AOD Training and Workforce Development. Brief interventions for a healthy lifestyle: Maternal health: Smoking. Brisbane: Queensland Health; 2024. Available from: https://insight.qld.edu.au/training/elearning
COPYRIGHT INFORMATION:This resource is licensed under Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-ND 4.0). This license requires that reusers give credit to the creator. It allows reusers to copy and distribute the material in any medium or format in unadapted form only, even for commercial purposes.
LAST UPDATED:July 2024