Publications: specific topics

Publications about various aspects of Indigenous alcohol misuse have been provided under the topics listed below. Included on this page are journal articles, reports, theses, and other literature about social impacts.

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Social impacts


2008

Australian Bureau of Statistics, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2008)
Health risk factors. In: The Health and Welfare of Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare and the Australian Bureau of Statistics
View report sections: (PDF - 653KB)
View website: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
View website: Australian Bureau of Statistics

Department of Indigenous Affairs (WA) (2008)
WA State Government response to the Hope report.
Perth: Government of Western Australia
View report (PDF - 291KB)
View website: Department of Indigenous Affairs

Weatherburn DJ (2008)
The role of drug and alcohol policy in reducing Indigenous over-representation in prison.
Drug and Alcohol Review; 27(1):91-94
View abstract: Informaworld
View website: Drug and Alcohol Review


Xiao J, Rowe T, Somerford P, Draper G, J. M (2008)
Impact of alcohol on the population of Western Australia.
Perth: Department of Health WA
View report: (PDF - 1.33MB - large file warning!)
View website: Department of Health

2007

Weatherburn D (2007)
Drugs, alcohol and Indigenous imprisonment.
Of Substance;5(2):12-13
View article: (PDF - 748KB)
View website

2006

Australian Medical Association (2006)
Undue punishment?: Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islanders in prison: an unacceptable reality.
Barton, ACT: Australian Medical Association
View HealthInfoNet abstract
View report (PDF - 196KB)
View The good news report (PDF - 153KB)
View website: Australian Medical Association

Franks C (2006)
Gallinyalla: a town of substance?: a descriptive study of alcohol, tobacco, medicines and other drug use in a rural setting.
Rural and Remote Health;6(1):Article 491.
View article: Rural and Remote Health
View article: RRH (PDF - 448KB)
View website: Rural and Remote Health

Hogan E, Boffa J, Rosewarne C, Bell S, Ah Chee D (2006)
What price do we pay to prevent alcohol-related harms in Aboriginal communities?: the Alice Springs trial of liquor licensing restrictions.
Drug and Alcohol Review;25(3):207-212
View abstract: Drug and Alcohol Review
View website: Taylor and Francis (publishers)

Krieg AS (2006)
Aboriginal incarceration: health and social impacts.
Medical Journal of Australia;184(10):534-536
View article: Medical Journal of Australia (HTML)
View article: Medical Journal of Australia (PDF - 175KB)
View website: Medical Journal of Australia

Ministerial Council for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs (2006)
Bringing them home: a report on the economic and social characteristics of those impacted on by past policies of forcible removal of children.
Canberra: Ministerial Council for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs
View report (PDF - 144KB)
View website: Ministerial Council for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs

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2005

Franks C (2005)
Gallinyalla: a town of substance?: alcohol, tobacco, medicines and other drug use in the Port Lincoln community.
Port Lincoln, SA: Port Lincoln Aboriginal Health Service Inc.
View abstract: HealthBulletin
View website: Port Lincoln Aboriginal Health Service Inc.

Prichard J, Payne J (2005)
Alcohol, drugs and crime: a study of juveniles in detention. (Research and public policy series no.67)
Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology
View report (PDF - 1.37MB - large file warning!)
View website: Australian Institute of Criminology

Putt J, Payne J, Milner L (2005)
Indigenous male offending and substance abuse.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology
View HealthInfoNet abstract
View report (PDF - 186KB)
View website: Australian Institute of Criminology

2003

Brady , M., J. Byrne, et al. (2003)
"Which bloke would stand up for Yalata?': the struggle of an Aboriginal community to control the availability of alcohol."
Australian Aboriginal Studies 2: 62-71.
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View website: Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies

Kowalyszyn M, Kelly A (2003)
Family functioning, alcohol expectancies and alcohol-related problems in a remote Aboriginal Australian community: a preliminary psychometric validation study.
Drug and Alcohol Review;22(1):53-59
View abstract: Drug and Alcohol Review
View website: Taylor and Francis (publishers)

 

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Last updated: 13 October 2008