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2013
Lea T, Costello M, Mao L, Prestage G, Zablotska I, Ward J, Kaldor J, de Wit J, Holt M (2013)
Elevated reporting of unprotected anal intercourse and injecting drug use but no difference in HIV prevalence among Indigenous Australian gay and bisexual men compared with their Anglo-Australian peers.
Sexual Health; 10(2): 146-155
National Indigenous Drug and Alcohol Committee (2013)
An economic analysis for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander offenders: prison vs residential treatment.
Canberra: Australian National Council on Drugs
This report was commissioned by the National Indigenous Drug and Alcohol Committee to:
- identify the patterns and prevalence of Indigenous Australians in the prison system
- outline the impacts and implications of incarceration for Indigenous Australians
- analyse the costs and benefits of addressing Indigenous problematic substance use with treatment, particularly residential rehabilitation, as compared to prison.
A number of sources of information, including a scan of relevant literature and data repositories and consultations with key stakeholders, were used to inform the analysis.
The report highlights the cost and health benefits of diversionary programs and community residential rehabilitation for Indigenous people who have been convicted of non-violent, substance use related offences.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Ward J, Bryant J, Worth H, Hull P, Solar S, Bailey S (2013)
Use of health services for sexually transmitted and blood-borne viral infections by young Aboriginal people in New South Wales.
Australian Journal of Primary Health; 19(1): 81-86
2012
Allan J, Kemp M, Golden A (2012)
The prevalence of cognitive impairment in a rural in-patient substance misuse treatment programme.
Mental Health and Substance Use; 5(4): 303-313
Andrews JY, Kinner SA (2012)
Understanding drug-related mortality in released prisoners: a review of national coronial records.
BMC Public Health; 12: 270
Retrieved 4 April 2012 from http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-12-270
Indigenous health snapshot (2012)
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
This factsheet provides a one-page summary of Indigenous health in 2012, including:
- life expectancy
- risk factors
- disease
- Closing the gap program.
The factsheet is a snapshot of information taken from the thirteenth biennial health report of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW): Australia's health 2012.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Bohanna I, Clough AR (2012)
Cannabis use in Cape York Indigenous communities: high prevalence, mental health impacts and the desire to quit.
Drug and Alcohol Review; 31(4): 580–584
Clough AR, Jacups S, Robertson J, Rogerson B, Graham V (2012)
Listening to what Indigenous people in remote communities say about alcohol restrictions and cannabis use: “Good thing that the alcohol’s gone, but the gunja has kept going” [letter].
Medical Journal of Australia; 197(5):
de Wit J, Holt M, Treloar C(Eds) (2012)
HIV/AIDS, hepatitis and sexually transmissible infections in Australia: annual report of trends in behaviour 2012.
Sydney: National Centre in HIV Social Research, The University of New South Wales
Doolan I, Najman JM, Cherney A (2012)
Health needs of Australian Indigenous young people entering detention.
Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health; 48(10): 896–901
Gately N, Fleming J, Morris R, McGregor C (2012)
Amphetamine users and crime in Western Australia, 1999–2009.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology
Heffernan E, Anderson K, Dev A (2012)
Inside Out: the mental health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in custody report.
Brisbane: Queensland Health
Howard J, Alperstein D, Cox S, Zorz H, – LINC Owen Smith (2012)
Young men and yarndi: a pilot to diffuse information on cannabis, its use and potential risks among young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians.
Sydney: National Cannabis Prevention and Information Centre
This edition of the National Cannabis Prevention and Information Centre (NCPIC) bulletin provides information on the Young men and yarndi program, a camp run in New South Wales that provides young Indigenous men with information about cannabis. This report provides information on:
- the rationale for the program
- the theoretical underpinnings of the program
- the aims of the program
- how the program is operated
- lessons learned from the program.
This report also includes the slides of a Power point presentation about the Young men and yarndi program.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Hunter EM, Gynther BD, Anderson CJ, Onnis L-A L, Nelson JR, Hall W, Baune BT, Groves AR (2012)
Psychosis in Indigenous populations of Cape York and the Torres Strait.
Medical Journal of Australia; 196(2): 133-135
Lee L, Midford R, Malone S (2012)
The Dampier Peninsula Prevention Project: working with a group of remote Australian Aboriginal communities to address alcohol and drug use.
International Journal of Health Promotion and Education; 50(3): 111-124
Paquette D, McEwan M, Bryant J (2012)
Risk practices among Aboriginal people who inject drugs in New South Wales, Australia.
AIDS and Behavior; Online First(http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10461-012-0226-x):
Taylor L, Hutchinson D, Rapee R, Burns L, Stephens C, Haber PS (2012)
Clinical features and correlates of outcomes for high-risk, marginalized mothers and newborn infants engaged with a specialist perinatal and family drug health service.
Obstetrics and Gynecology International; 2012: 867265
Retrieved 22 November 2012 from http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ogi/2012/867265/
The Kirby Institute (2012)
Bloodborne viral and sexually transmitted infections in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: surveillance and evaluation report 2012.
Sydney: University of New South Wales
The Kirby Institute (2012)
Highlighting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander research at The Kirby Institute.
Sydney: The Kirby Institute
The Australian Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander health program was established at the Kirby Institute in 2007, with an aim to close the gap in the health disparity between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and non-Indigenous Australians. The key focus of the Institute's work is sexual health and blood borne viruses, working in collaboration with other key health sectors involved in substance use, offender health, and social and emotional wellbeing research.
This report outlines a number of projects being conducted by the Kirby Institute across Australia. Information for each project includes:
- description of the project
- Aboriginal community involvement
- expected benefits to the community
- investigators
- collaborating organisations
- funding body
- contacts.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
The Kirby Institute (2012)
HIV, viral hepatitis and sexually transmissible infections in Australia: annual surveillance report 2012.
Sydney: University of New South Wales
Thomas SL, Kalsi H, Graham S (2012)
Sexually transmissible infections and bloodborne viruses in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations.
New South Wales Public Health Bulletin; 23(4): 92
Thomson N, MacRae A, Brankovich J, Burns J, Catto M, Gray C, Levitan L, Maling C, Potter C, Ride K, Stumpers S, Urquhart B (2012)
Overview of Australian Indigenous health status, 2011.
Perth, WA: Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet
Victorian Dual Diagnosis Education and Training Unit (2012)
The relationship between alcohol and drugs and mental health: a resource book for Aboriginal workers.
Fitzroy, Vic: Victorian Dual Diagnosis Education and Training Unit
This book provides information on the relationship between mental health and alcohol and other drug use for the Aboriginal alcohol and other drug (AOD), and social and emotional wellbeing (SEWB) workforce. The book covers the following topics:
- drugs and the body and mind connection
- mental illness
- the relationship between mental health, and alcohol and other drugs
- stages of change
- interventions
- treatment options
- resources and services.
This book is one of three key resources produced as part of the of the Our healing ways project. It was developed by the Victorian Dual Diagnosis Initiative (VDDI) Education and Training Unit and funded by the Mental Health, Drugs and Regions Division of the Department of Health Victoria.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
2011
Ngarra 2011 booklet (2011)
Australasian Society for HIV Medicine
This resource showcases the sexual health initiatives taking place across Australia which have been specifically designed for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. It highlights the work of both individuals and organisations who focus on the sexual and reproductive health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population groups. The resource is produced by the Australasian Society for HIV Medicine (ASHM) in collaboration with the National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO).
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2011)
Substance use among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2011)
The health of Australia's prisoners 2010.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Butler T, Indig D, Allnutt S, Mamoon H (2011)
Co-occurring mental illness and substance use disorder among Australian prisoners.
Drug and Alcohol Review; 30(March): 188-194
Butler T, Lim D, Callander D (2011)
National prison entrants’ bloodborne virus and risk behaviour survey report 2004, 2007, and 2010: prevalence of HIV, HBV, HCV, and risk behaviours among Australian prison entrants: national report.
Sydney: Kirby Institute
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- View report: National prison entrants’ bloodborne virus and risk behaviour survey report 2004, 2007, and 2010: prevalence of HIV, HBV, HCV, and risk behaviours among Australian prison entrants: national report (PDF - 1.8 MB)
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Commission for Children and Young People and Child Guardian (2011)
Your views... Detention Queensland 2011.
Brisbane: Commission for Children and Young People and Child Guardian
Communicable Diseases Network Australia (2011)
National blood-borne virus and sexually transmissible infections surveillance and monitoring plan: 2010 - 2013.
Canberra: Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Department of Health (2011)
The second Western Australian Aboriginal sexual health and blood-borne virus strategy and regional implementation plan template 2010 to 2014.
Perth: Department of Health, Western Australia
Entwistle P, Entwistle D, Piper K, Stothers K, Centre for Remote Health (2011)
AOD Indigenous Communities Project 2009-2011 : final evaluation report.
Darwin: Amity Community Services
Harrod ME, Ward J, Graham S, Butler T (2011)
Australian prisons: the key to closing the gap and ensuring HIV remains low in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.
HIV Australia; 9(1): 17-19
Katelaris AG (2011)
Why are prisoners dying after they’re released?.
Medical Journal of Australia; 195(2): 59
Kinner SA, Preen DB, Kariminia A, Butler T, Andrews JY, Stoové M, Law M (2011)
Counting the cost: estimating the number of deaths among recently released prisoners in Australia.
Medical Journal of Australia; 195(2): 64-68
Kratzmann M, Mitchell E, Ware J, Banach L, Ward J, Ryan J, Sutton L, Griffiths P, Saunders M (2011)
Injecting drug use and associated harms among Aboriginal Australians.
Canberra: Australian National Council on Drugs
The project Injecting drug use and associated harms among Aboriginal Australians was undertaken by Anex and the
National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO), and commissioned by Australian National Council on Drugs (ANCD). The findings from the project are summarised in this report. Copies can be obtained from the ANCD Secretariat or the ANCD website.
Abstract adapted from ANCD
May J (2011)
From the inside out: injecting drug use in the Australian prison system.
HIV Australia; 9(1): 29-31
Mission Australia (2011)
National survey of young Australians 2011: key and emerging issues.
Sydney: Mission Australia
Rychetnik L, Madronio CM (2011)
The health and social effects of drinking water-based infusions of kava: a review of the evidence.
Drug and Alcohol Review; 30(1): 74-83
Sexual Health and Blood-borne Virus Program (2011)
Hepatitis C model of care implementation plan 2010-2014.
Perth: Department of Health, Western Australia
Stafford J, Burns L (2011)
Australian drug trends 2010: findings from the Illicit Drug Reporting System (IDRS).
: National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales
The Kirby Institute (2011)
Bloodborne viral and sexually transmitted infections in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: surveillance and evaluation report 2011.
Sydney: University of New South Wales
The Kirby Institute (2011)
HIV, viral hepatitis and sexually transmissible infections in Australia: annual surveillance report 2011.
Sydney: University of New South Wales
Ward J, Topp L, Iversen J, Wand H, Akre S, Kaldor J, Maher L (2011)
Higher HCV antibody prevalence among Indigenous clients of needle and syringe programs.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health; 35(5): 234-245
Watkins RE, Mak DB, Connelly C (2011)
Identifying high risk groups for sexually transmitted infections and blood borne viruses upon admission to prison in Western Australia.
Rural and Remote Health; 11: 1621
Retrieved 16 March 2011 from http://www.rrh.org.au/publishedarticles/article_print_1621.pdf
2010
Anex (2010)
With conviction: the case for controlled needle and syringe programs in Australian prisons.
Melbourne: Anex
Australian Department of Health and Ageing (2010)
Sixth national HIV strategy 2010-2013.
Canberra: Department of Health and Ageing, Australia
Australian Department of Health and Ageing (2010)
Third national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander blood borne viruses and sexually transmissible infections strategy 2010 – 2013.
Canberra: Department of Health and Ageing, Australia
The Third National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Blood Borne Viruses and Sexually Transmissible Infections Strategy was released in March 2010. It is one of a set of five national strategies aimed at reducing the transmission of sexually transmissible infections (STIs) and blood borne viruses (BBVs) and their morbidity, mortality and personal and social impacts.
The strategy highlights ongoing challenges in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities relating to STIs and BBVs. These include:
- sustained and unacceptably high rates of bacterial STIs in many remote communities
- the rate of acquisition of HIV and viral hepatitis through injecting drug use
- ongoing incidence of HIV infections among men who have sex with men
- lack of access for many communities to culturally appropriate primary health care services.
The new priority action areas identified in the strategy are:
- annual, routine and systematic testing, treatment and follow-up for bacterial STIs of sexually active Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people
- increased access to treatment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people who test positive to bacterial STIs;
- increased primary prevention activities that seek to reduce the number of new cases of HIV and viral hepatitis among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who inject drugs
- competent and accredited workforces consistent across all jurisdictions to address the scope of work outlined in the strategy.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Australian Department of Health and Ageing (2010)
Third national hepatitis C strategy 2010 - 2013.
Canberra: Department of Health and Ageing, Australia
Boonwaat L, Haber PS, Levy MH, Lloyd AR (2010)
Establishment of a successful assessment and treatment service for Australian prison inmates with chronic hepatitis C.
Medical Journal of Australia; 192(9): 496-500
Department of Health and Ageing (2010)
National needle and syringe programs strategic framework 2010-2014.
Canberra: Department of Health and Ageing, Australia
Department of Health and Families (2010)
Northern Territory sexual health and blood borne viruses unit surveillance update [vol. 11 No 1, Jan-Mar & Apr-Jun 2010].
Darwin: Department of Health and Families, Northern Territory
Department of Health and Families (2010)
Northern Territory sexual health and blood borne viruses unit surveillance update [vol. 11 no. 2, Jul-Sep 2010 & Oct-Dec 2010].
Darwin: Department of Health and Families, Northern Territory
Dietze P, Stoové M, Miller P, Kinner S, Bruno R, Alati R, Burns L (2010)
The self-reported personal wellbeing of a sample of Australian injecting drug users.
Addiction; 105(12): 2141-2148
Dingwall K, Cairney S (2010)
New tools assess Indigenous substance abusers.
Of Substance; 8(1): 6
Dingwall KM, Cairney S (2010)
Detecting psychological symptoms related to substance use among Indigenous Australians.
Drug and Alcohol Review; 30(1): 33-39
Gray D, Wilkes E (2010)
Reducing alcohol and other drug related harm.
Canberra: Closing the Gap Clearinghouse
This resource sheet provides an overview of approaches to reducing alcohol and other drug related harm amongst Indigenous Australians. Included is information on what is currently known about these approaches and what information needs to be developed in this area. This resource sheet was produced as part of a series by the Closing the gap clearinghouse to disseminate information which could be used to help develop solutions to 'close the gap'.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Iversen J, Topp L, Shying K, Maher L (2010)
Australian NSP Survey National Data Report 2005-2009: prevalence of HIV, HCV and injecting and sexual behaviour among IDUs at Needle and Syringe Programs.
Sydney: National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research
Iversen J, Wand H, Gonnermann A, Maher L (2010)
Gender differences in hepatitis C antibody prevalence and risk behaviours amongst people who inject drugs in Australia 1998-2008.
International Journal of Drug Policy; 21(6): 471-476
Jamieson LM, Gunthorpe W, Cairney SJ, Sayers SM, Roberts-Thomson KF, Slade GD (2010)
Substance use and periodontal disease among Australian Aboriginal young adults.
Addiction; 105(4): 719-726
Kwan K, Mak D, Giele C, Bastian L, Bevan J, Greville H, Lilley G (2010)
The epidemiology of notifiable sexually transmitted infections and blood-borne viruses in Western Australia 2008.
Perth, WA: Public Health, Western Australia
Larney S (2010)
Does opioid substitution treatment in prisons reduce injecting-related HIV risk behaviours? A systematic review.
Addiction; 105(2): 216 - 223
McMahon T, Moreton RJ, Luisi BN (2010)
Guarding against an HIV epidemic within an Aboriginal community and cultural framework; lessons from NSW.
New South Wales Public Health Bulletin; 21(4): 83-85
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
This annual report provides statistical information on the incidence of sexually transmissible infections (STIs) and bloodborne viruses (BBVs) among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and other Australians. In most instances, the data utilised in this report are to the end of 2009 and relate specifically to chlamydia, donovanosis, gonorrhoea, syphilis, HIV, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C. Consistent with previous surveillance reports, this report reveals that Indigenous peoples continue to experience significantly higher rates of STIs and BBVs when compared with non-Indigenous Australians. Numerous factors are identified as contributing to the higher rates of STIs and BBVs in the Indigenous population including: less access to health services; shortage of clinical staff; transmission dynamics; high rates of screening; a younger, more mobile population; socioeconomic disadvantage; shame and historical factors; and mainstream STI and BBV social marketing messages. Ultimately this report seeks to encourage further dialogue on minimising the risks associated with the transmission of STIs and BBVs among Indigenous peoples, as well as the resultant personal and social implications.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
National Centre in HIV Epidemiology & Clinical Research (2010)
HIV, viral hepatitis and sexually transmissible infections in Australia: annual surveillance report 2010.
Sydney, NSW: National Centre in HIV Epidemiology & Clinical Research, University of New South Wales
Resnick I, Brener L (2010)
Hepatitis C and the Aboriginal population.
Sydney: National Centre in HIV Social Research, The University of New South Wales
South Australian Mental Health Policy Unit (2010)
South Australia's mental health and wellbeing policy 2010-2015.
Adelaide: South Australian Department of Health
Stafford J, Burns L (2010)
Australian drug trends 2009: findings from the Illicit Drug Reporting System (IDRS).
Sydney: National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales
Stough C, King R (2010)
The role of alcohol and other drugs in road deaths and serious injuries.
Prevention Research Quarterly; Issues paper no.12(Drugs and driving): 1-26
URBIS (2010)
Review of OATSIH's investment in sexual health and blood borne virus activities: final report.
Sydney: URBIS
Wang Z, Si D, Hoy WE (2010)
Mental disorders due to substance use and cardiovascular disease risk in Aboriginal adults: letter.
Medical Journal of Australia; 192(10): 566
Wilkes E, Gray D, Saggers S, Casey W, Stearne A (2010)
Substance misuse and mental health among Aboriginal Australians.
In: Purdie N, Dudgeon P, Walker R, eds. Working together: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health and wellbeing principles and practice. Canberra: Department of Health and Ageing: 117-134
2009
Anangu Lands Paper Tracker (2009)
APY Lands: monitoring the use of marijuana.
Adelaide: Anangu Lands Paper Tracker
Craib KJP, Spittal PM, Patel SH, Christian WM, Moniruzzaman A, Pearce ME, Demerais L, Sherlock C, Schechter MT (2009)
Prevalence and incidence of hepatitis C virus infection among Aboriginal young people who use drugs: results from the Cedar Project.
Open Medicine; 3(4): e220-e227
Hepatitis Australia, National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation, Aldo Spina Consultancy Services (2009)
Mapping and scoping of hepatitis C education and prevention activities in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities: survey of Aboriginal community controlled health services.
Canberra: Hepatitis Australia
Kelly K, Dudgeon P, Gee G, Glaskin B (2009)
Living on the edge: social and emotional wellbeing and risk and protective factors for serious psychological distress among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Darwin: Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health
O'Donnell M, Nassar N, Leonard H, Hagan R, Mathews R, Patterson Y, Stanley F (2009)
Increasing prevalence of neonatal withdrawal syndrome: population study of maternal factors and child protection involvement.
Pediatrics; 123(4): e614-e621
Stafford J, Sindicich N, Burns L, Cassar J, Cogger S, de Graaff B, George J, Moon C, Phillips B, Quinn B, White N (2009)
Australian Drug Trends 2008: findings from the Illicit Drug Reporting System (IDRS).
Sydney: National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales
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
Urquhart B, Thomson N (2009)
Review of the misuse of kava among Indigenous people.
Australian Indigenous HealthBulletin; 9(3): 1-14
Wilson D, Kwon A, Anderson J, Thein R (2009)
Return on investment 2: evaluating the cost-effectiveness of needle and syringe programs in Australia.
Sydney: Department of Health and Ageing, Australia
2008
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet (2008)
Summary of hepatitis C among Indigenous Australians.
Retrieved from http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/infectious-conditions/hepatitis/reviews/our-review-c
Butler T, Papanastasiou C (2008)
National prison entrants’ bloodborne virus and risk behaviour survey report 2004 and 2007.
Perth, WA: National Drug Research Institute
Catto M, Thomson N (2008)
Review of illicit drug use among Indigenous peoples.
Australian Indigenous HealthBulletin; 8(4): 1-32
Degenhardt L, Kinner SA, Roxburgh A, Black E, Bruno R, Fetherston J, Fry CL (2008)
Drug use and risk among regular injecting drug users in Australia: does age make a difference?.
Drug and Alcohol Review; 27(4): 357-360
Drug and Alcohol Office (WA) (2008)
Aboriginal blood-borne virus scoping project literature review.
Perth: Drug and Alcohol Office (WA)
The 'Aboriginal Blood-Borne Virus Scoping Project' was undertaken to investigate the enablers and barriers of accessing needle and syringe programs in Kalgoorlie and the south-west for Aboriginal people who inject drugs (APWIDs). The 'Sexual Health and Blood Borne Virus Program' from the Department of Health (WA) funded the Alcohol and Drug Office to conduct the scoping project.
The scoping project was undertaken in response to the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Sexual Health Strategy 2005-2008 (2005), identifying HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis B and C as significant health issues for Indigenous people who inject drugs, and the need to strengthen harm reduction programs in this area, as well as recent data identifying a higher number of HIV diagnoses as a result of injecting drug use among the Indigenous population compared to the non-Indigenous population, and greater rates of Hepatitis B and C diagnoses as a result of injecting drug use among the Indigenous population compared to the non-Indigenous population.
The 'Aboriginal Blood-Borne Virus Scoping Project Literature Review' was undertaken as a compendium to the project. The review examined recent national and local studies of Indigenous injecting drug use and associated harm reduction strategies, and related projects and initiatives.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Fu PP, Xia Q, Guo L, Yu H, Chan P (2008)
Toxicity of Kava Kava.
Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part C; 26(1): 89-112
Lee K (2008)
Heavy cannabis use in three remote Aboriginal communities in Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia: patterns of use, natural history, depressive symptoms and the potential for community-driven interventions.
Doctor of Philosophy thesis, James Cook University: Cairns
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
McLaren J, Lemon J, Robins L, Mattick RP (2008)
Cannabis and mental health: put into context.
Canberra: Department of Health and Ageing, Australia
RGBatey, TJones, CMcallister (2008)
Prisons and HCV: a review and a report on an experience in New South Wales Australia.
International Journal of Prisoner Health; 4(3): 156-163
Robertson J, Dowie R (2008)
Cannabis: a cloud over our community.
Of Substance; 6(3): 28-29
2007
Butler T, Boonwaat L, Hailstone S, Falconer T, Lems P, Ginley T, Read V, Smith N, Levy M, Dore G, Kaldor J (2007)
The 2004 Australian prison entrants' blood-borne virus and risk behaviour survey.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health; 31(1): 44-50
Drug and Alcohol Office (2007)
Western Australia Illicit Amphetamine Summit July 2007: background paper.
Perth: Drug and Alcohol Office
Levy MH, Treloar C, McDonald RM, Booker N (2007)
Prisons, hepatitis C and harm minimisation.
Medical Journal of Australia; 186(12): 647-649
McLaren J, Mattick RP (2007)
Cannabis in Australia: use, supply, harms, and responses.
Canberra: Drug Strategy Branch, Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
National Drug Strategy (2007)
National amphetamine-type stimulant strategy background paper.
Canberra: National Drug Research Institute and Australian Institute of Criminology
Onemda VicHealth Koori Health Unit (2007)
Evidence base for STI/BBV prevention and treatment for Koori people in prison.
Melbourne: Onemda VicHealth Koori Health Unit
Ross J (2007)
Illicit drug use in Australia: epidemiology, use patterns and associated harm (2nd edition).
Canberra: National Drug Strategy, Australian Government
Select Committee on Substance Abuse in the Community (2007)
Substance abuse in remote communities: confronting the confusion and disconnection.
Darwin: Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory
This comprehensive report is the result of an inquiry into substance abuse in Northern Territory remote communities. Essentially it identifies factors that contribute to the resiliency and vulnerability of communities in regards to substance abuse. The information pertains to: the inquisition process; the impact and prevalence of three commonly used substances; services in the Territory responding to substance abuse; and the social factors contributing to substance abuse. The report also includes recommendations for addressing the substance abuse problem.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Toomey T (2007)
Mental health and substance abuse: working with Aboriginal communities for improved health in mid-western NSW.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal; 31(3): 13-18
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