Topics: Illicit drug use

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

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.

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)

Pregnancy and neonatal characteristics of opioid-dependent Indigenous Australians: a rural and metropolitan comparison

13 August, 2009 | Posted in Vol 9 No 3, July 2009 - September 2009  Illicit drug use  Rural  Urban  Pregnancy  

Tetstall E, Liu AJ, An EI, Canalese J, Nanan R (2009)
Pregnancy and neonatal characteristics of opioid-dependent Indigenous Australians: a rural and metropolitan comparison.
Australian And New Zealand Journal Of Obstetrics And Gynaecology;49(3):279-84

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

Don’t mess with meth

6 April, 2009 | Posted in Vol 9 No 2, April 2009 - June 2009  Illicit drug use  

Aboriginal Drug and Alcohol Council (SA) Inc (2008)
Don’t mess with meth.
Kent Town, South Australia: Aboriginal Drug and Alcohol Council (SA) Inc

Review of illicit drug use among Indigenous peoples

16 December, 2008 | Posted in Vol 8 No 4, October 2008 - December 2008  Illicit drug use  

Catto M, Thomson N (2008)
Review of illicit drug use among Indigenous peoples.
Retrieved [access date] from http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/review-of-illicit-drug-use-among-indigenous-peoples

Prevalence of and risk factors for hepatitis C in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal adolescent offenders

11 July, 2008 | Posted in Vol 8 No 3, July 2008 - September 2008  Substance use  Illicit drug use  Offenders  

Van der Poorten D, Kenny DT, George J (2008)
Prevalence of and risk factors for hepatitis C in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal adolescent offenders.
Medical Journal of Australia;188(10):610-614

Heavy cannabis use and depressive symptoms in three Aboriginal communities in Arnhem Land, Northern Territory

4 July, 2008 | Posted in Vol 8 No 3, July 2008 - September 2008  Substance use  Illicit drug use  Social and emotional wellbeing  Northern Territory  

Lee KSK, Clough AR, Jaragba MJ, Conigrave KM, Patton GC (2008)
Heavy cannabis use and depressive symptoms in three Aboriginal communities in Arnhem Land, Northern Territory.
Medical Journal of Australia;188(10):605-608