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Donna Lei Rioli
Donna is a young Nyungar woman who is dedicated to the heritage and culture of the Nyungar people on her mother's side, Robyn Collard, and the Tiwi people on her father's side, Maurice Rioli. Whadjuk/Balardong is her mother's country and her father and grandfather's country is at Wulawunga on Melville Island north of Darwin.
About this web resource
Why develop a web resource about alcohol misuse among Indigenous peoples? Find out more below.
The need for better information and resources
The development of this web resource recognises the urgent need to improve approaches to alcohol misuse among Indigenous peoples. It is one component of the efforts required to improve the information and knowledge base necessary for the formulation of committed, long-term strategies and policies addressing the misuse of alcohol among Indigenous peoples.
Content of the Indigenous alcohol misuse web resource
In aiming to provide access to good quality information and resources for people involved in addressing alcohol misuse among Indigenous peoples, this web resource will include: reviews; guidelines; resources; programs, projects and lessons; policies and strategies; publications; and links. It will also include information about research activity, funding opportunities, organisations, agencies and individuals working in the field, news and events and training programs.
Sharing information about research and practice
The web resource also provides the capacity for people involved in the area to actively share their information and experiences. It does this through support of a yarning place (an electronic network) that encourages electronic yarning and networking among people working across Australia to address alcohol misuse among Indigenous peoples. » more information
Development of the Indigenous alcohol misuse web resource
Development of this web resource and the associated yarning place has been made possible with funds provided to the HealthInfoNet by the Alcohol and Indigenous Programs Section of the Australian Department of Health and Ageing’s Drug Strategy Branch.
Alcohol and Other Drugs Reference Group
Development of this web resource and the associated yarning place is guided by a national reference group. The Alcohol and Other Drugs Reference Group, comprising Indigenous and non-Indigenous people working as practitioners, policy-makers and/or researchers in the area of alcohol and other drug use among Indigenous peoples, provides advice on:
- content of the web resources, including the co-opting of people for expert advice;
- priorities for future development of content areas;
- promotion of the resource and of the HealthInfoNet 's work among people and organisations involved in areas that address the misuse of alcohol and other drugs among Indigenous peoples. This includes the development and enhancement of linkages with relevant organisations/agencies. They will also look at aspects of the associated 'yarning places' – electronic networks based on the ‘community of practice' (CoP) model – in their area(s) of interest (including how to promote their use, providing contact details for potential members, etc);
- appointment of HealthInfoNet Consultants in the area of the use of alcohol and other drugs among Indigenous peoples.
Members of the Alcohol and Other Drugs Reference Group are:
- Wendy Casey, Principal Advisor, Aboriginal Alcohol and
Other Drugs Program, Western Australia Drug and Alcohol
Office, Perth.
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- Dr Alan Clough, NHMRC Postdoctoral Fellow, Menzies School
of Health Research, Institute of Advanced Studies, Charles
Darwin University, Darwin.
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- Associate Professor Kate Conigrave, Disciplines of Medicine
and Psychological Medicine, and School of Public Health
, and Staff Specialist, Drug Health Services, Royal Prince
Alfred Hospital, Sydney
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- Associate Professor Dennis Gray, Deputy Director, National
Drug Research Institute, Curtin University of Technology,
Perth
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- Superintendent Frank Hansen, Manager of Drug and Alcohol
Coordination, NSW Police Service, Sydney
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- Dr Noel Hayman, Clinical Director, Inala Indigenous Health Service, and Senior Lecturer, School of Medicine, University of Queensland.
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- Professor Neil Thomson, Director of the Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet.
The reference group meetings also involve the HealthInfoNet's research/project officers working on the development of the resources on alcohol and other drugs, and a representative of the Alcohol and Indigenous Programs Section of the Australian Department of Health and Ageing’s Drug Strategy Branch.
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