title: Brief intervention resource kits for Indigenous Australians: generally evidence-based, but missing important components.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Little is known about the content and quality of brief intervention kits specifically targeting SNAP risk factors (smoking, poor nutrition, alcohol misuse or physical inactivity) among Indigenous Australians. This paper reviews the type and quality of these kits.
  
  
  METHODS
  Brief intervention kits were primarily identified by contacting 74 health-related organisations in Australia between 1 February 2007 and 4 March 2007.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Ten brief intervention kits met inclusion criteria: four targeted smoking; three targeted alcohol; one targeted alcohol, smoking and other drugs; one targeted alcohol, other drugs and mental health; and one targeted all SNAP risk factors. Brief intervention kits were reviewed using criteria developed from clinical guidelines for SNAP risk factors and guidelines for evaluating health promotion resources. Three kits met all review criteria. Five kits were consistent with evidence-based guidelines, but lacked a training package, patient education materials and/or behavioural change strategies. All kits used images and language identifiable with Indigenous Australia, however, their cultural appropriateness for Indigenous Australians remains unclear.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The specific content of the missing components should be guided by the best-available evidence, such as established mechanisms for health care provider feedback to patients as a behaviour change strategy, as well as the needs and preferences of health care providers and patients.
authors.affiliation: National Drug & Alcohol Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney. a.clifford@unsw.edu.au
authors.forename: Anton
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Clifford
authors.forename: Lisa Jackson
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Pulver
authors.forename: Robyn
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Richmond
authors.forename: Anthony
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shakeshaft
authors.forename: Rowena
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ivers
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D055317:Evidence-Based Practice / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic