- Title
- Awareness and use of telephone-based behaviour change support services among clients of a community mental health service
- Creator
- Fehily, Caitlin; Latter, Joanna; Bartlem, Kate; Wiggers, John; Bradley, Tegan; Rissel, Chris; Reakes, Kate; Reid, Kate; Browning, Ellen; Bowman, Jenny
- Relation
- NHMRC.GNT9100001 & 1142272 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1142272
- Relation
- Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health Vol. 44, Issue 6, p. 482-488
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.13039
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2020
- Description
- Objective: To determine the prevalence of, and factors associated with, awareness and use of telephone-based behaviour change support services among clients of a community mental health service. Methods: Adult clients (n=375) of one Australian community mental health service completed a telephone interview and self-reported not meeting Australian National Guidelines for smoking, nutrition, alcohol consumption and/or physical activity. Descriptive statistics summarised awareness and use of the New South Wales Quitline® and Get Healthy Service® for participants with lifestyle risk factors addressed by each service. Chi-squares and logistic regressions explored associations between client characteristics, and service awareness and use. Results: Awareness (16.1%) and use (1.9%) of the Get Healthy Service was lower than that of Quitline (89.1%; 18.1%). Television was the most common source of awareness (39.7% Get Healthy Service; 74.0% Quitline). In the regression models, persons in a relationship were more likely to have heard of the Get Healthy Service (OR:2.19, CI:1.15–4.18), and persons aged 36–50 were more likely to have used the Quitline (OR:5.22, CI:1.17–23.37). Conclusions: Opportunities exist for increasing awareness and use of both services, particularly the Get Healthy Service, among clients of community mental health services. Implications for public health: Strategies to optimise reach for this population group are recommended.
- Subject
- risk behaviours; chronic disease prevention; mental health conditions; telephone services
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1446955
- Identifier
- uon:43017
- Identifier
- ISSN:1326-0200
- Language
- eng
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