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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.
Programs, projects and lessons
Details and links (where available) relating to relevant programs, projects and lessons learned are provided here.
Programs and projects
2007
Improving Capacity of Workers in Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Communities to Recognise and Respond to Mental Illness and Alcohol & Other Drug Issues
The project aims to develop resources, support materials and learning strategies to improve the capacity of workers in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities to recognise and respond to mental illness and related alcohol and other drug issues
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Community Services & Health Industry Skills Council
2003
Strempel P, Saggers S, Gray D, Stearne A (2003)
Indigenous drug and alcohol projects: elements of best practice.
Canberra: Australian National Council on Drugs
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View website: Australian National Council on Drugs
2002
Gray D, Sputore B, Stearne A, Bourbon D, Strempel P (2002)
Indigenous drug and alcohol projects 1999-2000.
Canberra: Australian National Council on Drugs
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View website: Australian National Council on Drugs
Web information about programs and projects
National Drug Research Institute's programs and projects
On behalf of the National Drug Research Institute, Dennis
Gray has conducted numerous research projects on alcohol and
other drug use; including patterns of use, liquor licensing,
the supply and promotion of alcohol to Aboriginal people,
and the evaluation of Aboriginal intervention programs. This
research has had practical outcomes for Indigenous people
at the local, state/territory, and national levels. Go to
the webpage and scroll down to view current projects.
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View website: National Drug Research Institute
Lessons learned
2006
Clough A (2006)
Some costs and challenges of conducting follow-up studies of substance use in remote Aboriginal communities: an example from the Northern Territory.
Drug and Alcohol Review;25(5):455-458
View abstract: Drug and Alcohol Review
View website: Ingenta Connect
2005
Chikritzhs T, Stockwell T, Pascal R (2005)
The impact of the Northern Territory's Living With Alcohol program, 1992-2002: revisiting the evaluation.
Addiction;100(11):1625-1636
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View website: Blackwell Synergy (publishers)
Govan I (2005)
Report on the stakeholder evaluation for the training department of the Council for Aboriginal Alcohol Program Services Inc.
Council for Aboriginal Alcohol Program Services Inc.
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View website: Council for Aboriginal Alcohol Program Services Inc.
2004
Gray D, Saggers S, Atkinson D, Strempel P (2004)
Substance misuse and primary health care among Indigenous
Australians: review of the Australian Government's Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander Primary Health Care Program.
Canberra: Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Health
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report (PDF - 224KB)
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Department of Health and Ageing
Hunter E, Brown J, McCulloch B (2004)
Encouraging practitioners to use resources: evaluation of the national implementation of a resource to improve the clinical management of alcohol-related problems in Indigenous primary care settings.
Drug and Alcohol Review;23:89-100
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View website: Taylor and Francis
Strempel P, Saggers S, Gray D, Stearne A (2004)
Indigenous drug and alcohol projects: elements of best practice. (ANCD research paper no. 8)
Canberra: Australian National Council on Drugs
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View website: Australian National Council on Drugs
2002
Jamrozik K (2002)
Hard lessons from a randomised controlled trial [editorial].
Medical Journal of Australia;176:248-249.
View article: Medical Journal of Australia (HTML)
View article: Medical Journal of Australia (PDF - 112KB)
2001
Saggers S, Gray D, Catalano P (2001)
Port Hedland and Roebourne substance misuse services review.
Perth: National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University of Technology
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View website: Curtin University of Technology
2000
Gray D, Saggers S, Atkinson D, Sputore B, Bourbon D (2000)
Beating the grog: an evaluation of the Tennant Creek liquor licensing restrictions.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health;24(1):39-44
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View article (PDF - 1.2MB - large file warning!)
View website: Curtin University of Technology
Gray D, Saggers S, Sputore B, Bourbon D (2000)
What works? A review of evaluated alcohol misuse interventions among Aboriginal Australians.
Addiction;95:11-22.
View abstract: Addiction
View website: Blackwell Synergy (publishers)
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