Programs, projects and lessons

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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
View report (PDF - 1.2MB - large file warning!)
View website: Community Services &Health Industry Skills Council

2004

Yiriman Project
The Yiriman project of Fitzroy Crossing takes young people considered 'at risk' back to their traditional homelands with the aim of helping them to re-connect with their culture. The project was a recent finalist in the National Drug and Alcohol Awards in the category for Excellence in services for young people. To read more about this project view the website.
View website: Yiriman Project

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
View report (PDF - 1.5MB - large file warning!)
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
View report (PDF - 11.8MB - large file warning!)
View website: Australian National Council on Drugs

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Web information about programs and projects

Health Information Service, State Library of NSW
Drug info @ your library
Drug info @ your library provides up to date information about alcohol and drugs on this website and through local public libraries in New South Wales.
View resource (HTML)
View website: State Library of New South Wales

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 the webpage and scroll down to view current projects.
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View website: National Drug Research Institute

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Lessons learned

2008

Lee KS, Conigrave KM, Clough AR, Wallace C, Silins E, et al. (2008)
Evaluation of a community-driven preventive youth initiative in Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia.
Drug and Alcohol Review; 27(1):75-82
View abstract: Informaworld
View website: Drug and Alcohol Review

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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

Delahunty B, Putt J (2006)
The policing implications of cannabis, amphetamine and other illicit drug use in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies and Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
View paper (PDF - 702KB)
View website: National Drug Law Enforcement Research Fund

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
View report (PDF - 224KB)
View website: Department of Health and Ageing

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
View report (PDF - 1.5MB - large file warning!)
View website: Australian National Council on Drugs

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
View report (PDF - 565KB)
View website: National Drug Research Institute

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Last updated: 16 May 2008