Yarning about the misuse of kava and other drugs
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© Roderick Collard
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Sydney 2007
The painting:
Rod says his artwork reflects his ancestry and Dreamtime spirit of which he has a strong spiritual passion. This helps him to create his designs and colour which come from within. 'This really inspires me which enables me to become more creative, this also gives me a real purpose in life'.
The artist:
Roderick Collard (a Nyungar man, the original peoples of the southwest of Western Australia). Born in 1951, Pingelly, Western Australia.
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Programs, projects and lessons
Details and links (where available) relating to relevant programs, projects and lessons learned are provided here.
Programs and projects
2007
Community Services and Health Industry Skills Council (2007)
Improving 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, background
report.
Sydney: Community Services and Health Industry Skills Council
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report (PDF - 1.2MB - large file warning!)
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website: Community Services & Health Industry Skills Council
2006
Boyd M (2006)
Misuse of pharmaceuticals project: final research report.
Preston, Vic.: City of Darebin and Moreland City Council
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report (PDF - 924KB)
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website: Darebin City 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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report (PDF - 1.5MB - large file warning!)
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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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report (PDF - 11.8MB - large file warning!)
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Australian National Council on Drugs
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
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abstract: IngentaConnect
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website: IngentaConnect
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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Office of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health
2002
Clough AR, Bailie R, Burns CB, Guyula T, Wunungmurra R, et
al. (2002)
Validity and utility of community health workers’ estimation
of kava use.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health;26(1):52-57
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abstract: HealthBulletin
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Public Health Association of Australia
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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report (PDF - 565KB)
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website: National Drug Research Institute
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