Flora Tzelepis
Biographic Data
| ID | 5567764 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Flora Tzelepis |
| GIVEN NAMES | Flora |
| FAMILY NAME | Tzelepis |
| SIGNATURE | TZELEPIS F |
| AFFILIATIONS | Hunter Medical Research Institute |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9914-2732 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Addiction perceptions among users of smokeless or combustible tobacco attending a tertiary care hospital in India
Association between perceived addiction and cessation behaviours among users of smokeless or combustible tobacco in India
The effectiveness of smoking cessation interventions in rural and remote populations
Alcohol and other drug health‐care providers and their client's perceptions of e‐cigarette use, safety and harm reduction
Barriers and Facilitators to the Uptake of Online and Telephone Services Targeting Health Risk Behaviours among Vocational Education Students
Uptake of online and telephone services targeting health behaviours is low among vocational education students and barriers and facilitators are unknown. This study aimed to explore barriers and facilitators to uptake of online and telephone services for smoking, nutrition, alcohol, and physical activity (SNAP) risk behaviours via semi-structured individual telephone interviews with fifteen vocational education students. Two authors independently…
Recruiting and retaining young adults
Objective: To describe strategies used to recruit and retain young adults in nutrition, physical activity and/or obesity intervention studies, and quantify the success and efficiency of these strategies. Design: A systematic review was conducted. The search included six electronic databases to identify randomised controlled trials (RCT) published up to 6 December 2019 that evaluated nutrition, physical activity and/or obesity interventions in you…
Connectivity of Real-Time Video Counselling Versus Telephone Counselling for Smoking Cessation in Rural and Remote Areas
This study compared the connectivity of video sessions to telephone sessions delivered to smokers in rural areas and whether remoteness and video app (video only) were associated with the connectivity of video or telephone sessions. Participants were recruited into a randomised trial where two arms offered smoking cessation counselling via: (a) real-time video communication software (201 participants) or (b) telephone (229 participants). Particip…
Integrating Smoking Cessation Care into a Medically Supervised Injecting Facility Using an Organizational Change Intervention
Background: Clients accessing supervised injecting facilities (SIFs) smoke at high rates. An SIF piloted an organizational change intervention to integrate smoking cessation care as routine treatment. This study aims to explore staff acceptability, perceived facilitators, and perceived barriers to implementing six core components of an organizational change intervention to integrate smoking cessation care in an SIF. Staff and client views on the …
Quality of Patient-Centered Care Provided to Patients Attending Hematological Cancer Treatment Centers
The Institute of Medicine has recommended that improvements are needed in patient-centered care. This study examined hematological cancer patients' perceptions of which aspects of cancer care were being delivered well and areas that required improvement, and whether patient characteristics, or the treatment center they attended, were associated with quality of patient-centered care. Participants were recruited via three Australian hematological c…
Tobacco smoking policies in Australian alcohol and other drug treatment services, agreement between staff awareness and the written policy document
Tobacco smoking within Australian AOD services is mostly regulated by a written policy document. Staff policy awareness was modest and perceived policy enforcement was poor
Targeting multiple health risk behaviours among vocational education students using electronic feedback and online and telephone support
Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry ACTRN12615000105549; Registered 5/2/15
A randomised controlled trial of proactive telephone counselling on cold-called smokers' cessation rates
Australian New Zealand Clinical Trial Registry; ACTRN012606000221550
Australian pension funds and tobacco investments
There has been no systematic examination of issues surrounding pension funds and their tobacco shareholdings. This paper describes two studies designed to document the tobacco investment policies and practices of pension funds, and to assess community and fund member attitudes to pension fund shareholdings in the tobacco industry. Chief executives (n = 282) of Australian pension funds were mailed questionnaires. Of 241 eligible funds, 107 (44.4%)…
A monetary incentive increases postal survey response rates for pharmacists
Background: Achieving acceptable response rates from health care providers via postal questionnaires is an ongoing challenge. The use of monetary incentives is one of the most effective strategies for increasing response rates. However, the effect and cost of such an incentive on retail pharmacists’ response rates has not been well studied. Methods: A sample of 700 pharmacies was selected at random from the electronic Yellow Pages in NSW Australi…
Delay in Seeking Advice for Symptoms that Potentially Indicate Bowel Cancer
As there has been no change in help seeking for potential symptoms of bowel cancer from similar studies conducted 15 years ago, there are concerns for encouraging behaviors that will result in the early detection of colorectal cancer
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Delay in Seeking Advice for Symptoms that Potentially Indicate Bowel Cancer
As there has been no change in help seeking for potential symptoms of bowel cancer from similar studies conducted 15 years ago, there are concerns for encouraging behaviors that will result in the early detection of colorectal cancer
A monetary incentive increases postal survey response rates for pharmacists
Background: Achieving acceptable response rates from health care providers via postal questionnaires is an ongoing challenge. The use of monetary incentives is one of the most effective strategies for increasing response rates. However, the effect and cost of such an incentive on retail pharmacists’ response rates has not been well studied. Methods: A sample of 700 pharmacies was selected at random from the electronic Yellow Pages in NSW Australi…
Australian pension funds and tobacco investments
There has been no systematic examination of issues surrounding pension funds and their tobacco shareholdings. This paper describes two studies designed to document the tobacco investment policies and practices of pension funds, and to assess community and fund member attitudes to pension fund shareholdings in the tobacco industry. Chief executives (n = 282) of Australian pension funds were mailed questionnaires. Of 241 eligible funds, 107 (44.4%)…
A randomised controlled trial of proactive telephone counselling on cold-called smokers' cessation rates
Australian New Zealand Clinical Trial Registry; ACTRN012606000221550
Targeting multiple health risk behaviours among vocational education students using electronic feedback and online and telephone support
Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry ACTRN12615000105549; Registered 5/2/15
Tobacco smoking policies in Australian alcohol and other drug treatment services, agreement between staff awareness and the written policy document
Tobacco smoking within Australian AOD services is mostly regulated by a written policy document. Staff policy awareness was modest and perceived policy enforcement was poor
Quality of Patient-Centered Care Provided to Patients Attending Hematological Cancer Treatment Centers
The Institute of Medicine has recommended that improvements are needed in patient-centered care. This study examined hematological cancer patients' perceptions of which aspects of cancer care were being delivered well and areas that required improvement, and whether patient characteristics, or the treatment center they attended, were associated with quality of patient-centered care. Participants were recruited via three Australian hematological c…
Integrating Smoking Cessation Care into a Medically Supervised Injecting Facility Using an Organizational Change Intervention
Background: Clients accessing supervised injecting facilities (SIFs) smoke at high rates. An SIF piloted an organizational change intervention to integrate smoking cessation care as routine treatment. This study aims to explore staff acceptability, perceived facilitators, and perceived barriers to implementing six core components of an organizational change intervention to integrate smoking cessation care in an SIF. Staff and client views on the …
Connectivity of Real-Time Video Counselling Versus Telephone Counselling for Smoking Cessation in Rural and Remote Areas
This study compared the connectivity of video sessions to telephone sessions delivered to smokers in rural areas and whether remoteness and video app (video only) were associated with the connectivity of video or telephone sessions. Participants were recruited into a randomised trial where two arms offered smoking cessation counselling via: (a) real-time video communication software (201 participants) or (b) telephone (229 participants). Particip…
Alcohol and other drug health‐care providers and their client's perceptions of e‐cigarette use, safety and harm reduction
Barriers and Facilitators to the Uptake of Online and Telephone Services Targeting Health Risk Behaviours among Vocational Education Students
Uptake of online and telephone services targeting health behaviours is low among vocational education students and barriers and facilitators are unknown. This study aimed to explore barriers and facilitators to uptake of online and telephone services for smoking, nutrition, alcohol, and physical activity (SNAP) risk behaviours via semi-structured individual telephone interviews with fifteen vocational education students. Two authors independently…
Recruiting and retaining young adults
Objective: To describe strategies used to recruit and retain young adults in nutrition, physical activity and/or obesity intervention studies, and quantify the success and efficiency of these strategies. Design: A systematic review was conducted. The search included six electronic databases to identify randomised controlled trials (RCT) published up to 6 December 2019 that evaluated nutrition, physical activity and/or obesity interventions in you…
Addiction perceptions among users of smokeless or combustible tobacco attending a tertiary care hospital in India
Association between perceived addiction and cessation behaviours among users of smokeless or combustible tobacco in India
The effectiveness of smoking cessation interventions in rural and remote populations
Medicine (12 works) · Family medicine (7 works) · Smoking Behavior and Cessation (7 works) · Environmental health (5 works) · Internal Medicine (5 works) · Nursing (5 works) · Psychiatry (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes (5 works) · Smoking cessation (4 works)