A longitudinal study of influences on alcohol consumption and related harm in Central Australia, with a particular emphasis on the role of price

• Reach:

  NT

• Focus area:

  Mainstream with Indigenous content

• Status:

  Current

• Evaluated:

  No

Overview

This project is being conducted by staff from the National Drug Research Institute and the Central Australian Aboriginal Congress. The aim of the project is to examine, and prepare a report upon, the association between price-related controls on the availability of alcohol, and levels of consumption and related harm in Central Australia for the period 2000-2010.

The specific objectives of the project are to:

• describe long-term trends in alcohol consumption in Central Australia
• describe long-term trends in key indicators of alcohol-related harm
• describe key interventions aimed at reducing alcohol-related harm between 1999-2009 and the dates of their implementation
• using time-series analyses, identify any changes in consumption and indicators of harm and to test whether, or to what extent, these can be attributed to particular interventions or combinations of them
• report on the implications for alcohol policy and strategies to reduce alcohol-related harm.

Abstract adapted from the National Drug Research Institute

Contacts

Central Australian Aboriginal Congress Inc.
25 Gap Road
Alice Springs NT 0870
Ph: (08) 8951 4400
Fax: (08) 8953 0350

National Drug Research Institute
Curtin University of Technology
Health Research Campus
Level 2, 10 Selby Street
Shenton Park WA 6008
Ph: (08) 9266 1600
Fax: (08) 9266 1611
Email: ndri@curtin.edu.au

Links

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• View website: National Drug Research Institute