Topics: Substance use

Fitzroy Valley liquor restriction report: an evaluation of the effects of a six month restriction on take-away alcohol relating to measureable health and social benefits and community perceptions and behaviours

3 September, 2008 | Posted in Vol 8 No 3  Substance use  Alcohol misuse  Western Australia  

Henderson-Yates L, Wagner S, Parker H, Yates D. (2008)
Fitzroy Valley liquor restriction report: an evaluation of the effects of a six month restriction on take-away alcohol relating to measurable health and social benefits and community perceptions and behaviours.
Perth: Drug and Alcohol Office (WA)

Quarterly report on key indicators in Queensland’s discrete Indigenous communities: January-March 2008

3 September, 2008 | Posted in Vol 8 No 3  Injury  Alcohol misuse  Hospitalisation  Queensland  

Queensland Government (2008)
Quarterly report on key indicators in Queensland’s discrete Indigenous communities: January-March 2008
Brisbane: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships

Indigenous health in Australia still lagging.

20 August, 2008 | Posted in Vol 8 No 3  Health  Alcohol misuse  

Pincock S (2008)
Indigenous health in Australia still lagging.
The Lancet;372:Article 9632

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

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

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

The effect of passive smoking on the risk of otitis media in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children in the Kalgoorlie-Boulder region of Western Australia

8 July, 2008 | Posted in Vol 8 No 3  Ear health  Tobacco use  Western Australia  

Jacoby PA, Coates HL, Arumugaswamy A, Elsbury D, Stokes A, et al. (2008)
The effect of passive smoking on the risk of otitis media in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children in the Kalgoorlie-Boulder region of Western Australia.
Medical Journal of Australia;188(10):599-603

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

4 July, 2008 | Posted in Vol 8 No 3  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

Inhalant abuse flipcharts

1 July, 2008 | Posted in Vol 8 No 3  Substance use  Inhalant misuse  Male health  Women  

Cairney S, Fitz J (2008)
When men and boys sniff [flip chart].
Darwin: Menzies School of Health Research and Niblock Publishing
Cairney S, Fitz J (2008)
When girls and women sniff [flip chart].
Darwin: Menzies School of Health Research and Niblock Publishing

Toxicity of Kava Kava

1 July, 2008 | Posted in Vol 8 No 3  Substance use  Misuse of kava and other drugs  

Fu PP, Xia Q, Guo L, Yu H, Chan P-C (2008)
Toxicity of Kava Kava.
Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part C;26(1):89-112

Responding to substance abuse and offending in Indigenous communities: review of diversion programs

1 July, 2008 | Posted in Vol 8 No 3  Substance use  Justice  

Joudo J (2008)
Responding to substance abuse and offending in Indigenous communities: review of diversion programs. (Research and Public Policy series no. 88)
Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology

Pregnancy characteristics of women giving birth to children with fetal alcohol syndrome in Far North Queensland

27 June, 2008 | Posted in Vol 8 No 2  Substance use  Alcohol misuse  Women  Pregnancy  Queensland  

Coyne KL, De Costa CM, Heazlewood RJ, Newman HC (2008)
Pregnancy characteristics of women giving birth to children with fetal alcohol syndrome in Far North Queensland.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology;48(3):240-247