Topics: Alcohol misuse

Improving coordination of care for Aboriginal people with mental health, alcohol and drug use problems: progress report on an ongoing collaborative action research project

21 January, 2010 | Posted in Vol 10 No 1, January 2010 - March 2010  Health services  Alcohol misuse  Illicit drug use  Research  Social and emotional wellbeing  

Kowanko I, de Crespigny C, Murray H, Ah Kit J, Prideaux C, et al. (2009)
Improving coordination of care for Aboriginal people with mental health, alcohol and drug use problems: progress report on an ongoing collaborative action research project.
Australian Journal of Primary Health;15(4):341-347

Review of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community-controlled alcohol and other drugs sector in Queensland

18 September, 2009 | Posted in Vol 9 No 3, July 2009 - September 2009  Substance use  Alcohol misuse  

Gray D, Green M, Saggers S, Wilkes E (2009)
Review of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community-controlled alcohol and other drugs sector in Queensland.
Brisbane: Queensland Aboriginal and Islander Health Council

The importance and challenges of assessing cognition in Indigenous Australians

27 August, 2009 | Posted in Vol 9 No 3, July 2009 - September 2009  Alcohol misuse  Illicit drug use  Inhalant misuse  Social and emotional wellbeing  

Dingwall K, Cairney S (2009)
The importance and challenges of assessing cognition in Indigenous Australians.
Australasian Psychiatry;17(S1):S47 - S50

Beyond addiction: connections to the future - Drug and Alcohol Nurses of Australasia 2009 Conference

21 August, 2009 | Posted in Vol 9 No 3, July 2009 - September 2009  Substance use  Alcohol misuse  Illicit drug use  Social and emotional wellbeing  

Drug and Alcohol Nurses of Australasia (DANA) aims to provide leadership to nurses and midwives with a professional interest in alcohol, tobacco and other drug issues.

Revision of the preventable chronic disease strategy: background paper: preventable chronic diseases in Aboriginal populations

21 August, 2009 | Posted in Vol 9 No 3, July 2009 - September 2009  Cardiovascular disease  Diabetes  Kidney health  Respiratory disease  Alcohol misuse  Tobacco use  Health risk factors  Nutrition  Northern Territory  

Northern Territory Department of Health and Families (2009)
Revision of the preventable chronic disease strategy: background paper: preventable chronic diseases in Aboriginal populations.
Darwin: Northern Territory Department of Health and Families

Cultural identity and peer influence as predictors of substance use among culturally diverse Australian adolescents

20 August, 2009 | Posted in Vol 9 No 3, July 2009 - September 2009  Alcohol misuse  Illicit drug use  Tobacco use  Adolescents  Queensland  

Gazis N, Connor JP, Ho R (2009)
Cultural identity and peer influence as predictors of substance use among culturally diverse Australian adolescents.
Journal of Early Adolescence OnlineFirst;(online)

The health and nutrition of young Indigenous women in north Queensland - intergenerational implications of poor food quality, obesity, diabetes, tobacco smoking and alcohol use

6 August, 2009 | Posted in Vol 9 No 3, July 2009 - September 2009  Diabetes  Alcohol misuse  Tobacco use  Obesity  Queensland  

McDermott R, Campbell S, Li M, McCulloch B (2009)
The health and nutrition of young Indigenous women in north Queensland - intergenerational implications of poor food quality, obesity, diabetes, tobacco smoking and alcohol use.
Public Health Nutrition;online

Estimating alcohol-attributable mortality among Indigenous Australians: towards Indigenous-specific alcohol aetiologic fractions

29 July, 2009 | Posted in Vol 9 No 3, July 2009 - September 2009  Deaths  Alcohol misuse  

Pascal R, Chikritzhs T, Gray D (2009)
Estimating alcohol-attributable mortality among Indigenous Australians: towards Indigenous-specific alcohol aetiologic fractions.
Drug and Alcohol Review;28(2):196-200

The growing burden of trauma in the Indigenous population: towards a better and safer future

17 July, 2009 | Posted in Vol 9 No 3, July 2009 - September 2009  Injury  Alcohol misuse  Women's health  Northern Territory  

Jacob O (2009)
The growing burden of trauma in the Indigenous population: towards a better and safer future.
ANZ Journal of Surgery;79(s1):A69

A review of engagement of Indigenous Australians within mental health and substance abuse services

18 June, 2009 | Posted in Vol 9 No 2, April 2009 - June 2009  Alcohol misuse  Illicit drug use  Services  Social and emotional wellbeing  

Berry SL, Crowe TP (2009)
A review of engagement of Indigenous Australians within mental health and substance abuse services.
Australian e-Journal for the Advancement of Mental Health;8(1):1-12