Special situations, settings and groups (2012)

Description

This chapter is from the Handbook for Aboriginal alcohol and drug work and provides information for alcohol and other drug (AOD) workers on special situations, settings and groups, including:

• contraception
• pregnancy, breastfeeding and early childhood
• alcohol use during pregnancy and foetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD)
• protecting and supporting families at risk
• preventing alcohol or drug issues among young people
• working with young people with alcohol or drug issues
• prison populations
• aggressive clients
• Torres Strait Islanders.

Abstract adapted from the University of Sydney

Contact details

Associate Professor Kate Conigrave
Head of Indigenous Substance Misuse Programs
Page Building
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
Missenden Road
Camperdown NSW 2050
Ph: (02) 9515 8650
Fax: (02) 9515 8970
Email: kate.conigrave@sydney.edu.au

Order enquiries:
Ph: (02) 6232 4400
Email: sarah.maloney@fare.org.au

Links

• View book: Handbook for Aboriginal alcohol and drug work (PDF - 3.9 MB)
  Special situations, settings and groups - see chapter 16, pages 343-404
• View information: Handbook for Aboriginal alcohol and drug work
• View website: University of Sydney, Indigenous substance misuse program

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