Topics: Illicit drug use

Community safety in Australian Indigenous communities: service providers’ perceptions

17 January, 2011 | Posted in Vol 11 No 1, January 2011 – March 2011  Alcohol use  Illicit drug use  Research  Social issues  

Willis M (2010) Community safety in Australian Indigenous communities: service providers’ perceptions Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology

Yarnin’ about yarndi

17 January, 2011 | Posted in Vol 11 No 1, January 2011 – March 2011  Illicit drug use  Volatile substance use  

Hall M, Koori AOD Workers Network Victoria (2010) Yarnin’ about yarndi Melbourne: Australian Drug Foundation

Bloodborne viral and sexually transmitted infections in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: surveillance and evaluation report 2010

10 January, 2011 | Posted in Vol 11 No 1, January 2011 – March 2011  Hepatitis  HIV/AIDS  Sexual health  Illicit drug use  

National Centre in HIV Epidemiology & Clinical Research (2010) Bloodborne viral and sexually transmitted infections in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: surveillance and evaluation report 2010 Sydney, NSW: National Centre in HIV Epidemiology & Clinical Research, University of New South Wales

The health and welfare of Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, Oct 2010

15 December, 2010 | Posted in Vol 10 No 4, October - December 2010  Closing the gap  Environmental health  Oral health  Social and emotional wellbeing  Alcohol use  Illicit drug use  Tobacco use  Social issues  

Australian Bureau of Statistics (2010) The health and welfare of Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, Oct 2010 Canberra: Australian Bureau of Statistics

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  Social and emotional wellbeing  Alcohol use  Illicit drug use  Research  

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  Social and emotional wellbeing  Alcohol use  Illicit drug use  Volatile substance use  

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  Social and emotional wellbeing  Substance use  Alcohol use  Illicit drug use  

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  Adolescents  Alcohol use  Illicit drug use  Tobacco use  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  Rural  Urban  Pregnancy  Illicit drug use  

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

Review of the misuse of kava among Indigenous people

2 July, 2009 | Posted in Vol 9 No 3, July 2009 - September 2009  Substance use  Illicit drug use  

Urquhart, B and Thomson, N Review of the misuse of kava among Indigenous people. Australian Indigenous HealthBulletin 9(3). Retrieved [access date] from http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/Review-of-the-misuse-of-kava-among-Indigenous-people

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