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2013

Australian Institute of Criminology (2013)

Australian crime: facts & figures: 2012.

Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2013)

Alcohol and other drug treatment services in Australia 2010-11: state and territory findings.

Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2013)

Healthy for life: results for July 2007-June 2011.

Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

This report presents data from services receiving Healthy for life (HfL) funding, including the number of clients and health outcomes measured by 10 essential indicators (EIs) covering maternal and child health and chronic disease care:

  • timing of first antenatal visit
  • average birthweight
  • low and high birthweight babies
  • risk factors identified during pregnancy
  • immunisation rates
  • conduct of adult health checks
  • chronic disease management plans, GP management plans and team care arrangements
  • glycosylated haemoglobin (HbA1c) blood tests for clients with Type 2 diabetes (whether done in the last 6 months, and the results)
  • blood pressure tests for clients with Type 2 diabetes (whether done in the last 6 months, and the results)
  • blood pressure tests for clients with coronary heart disease (whether done in the last 6 months, and the results)

It is the first publicly released report published since data collection and reporting for the Healthy for life program began in 2007. Healthy for life (HfL) program was established with a set of key objectives to improve the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. The report provides comparisons over time, making it easy to see how the program has developed and its major achievements.

About 100 health services were funded as part of the program, but not all were required to provide data. Those providing data for the report represent 85% of all services funded in the 2010-11 reporting period. The services are widely distributed in every state and territory, from major cities to very remote areas.

The HfL aligns with the principles and priorities of the National Strategic Framework for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health (NSF), 2003- 2013 and the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) Closing the gap initiative, and is the first Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health (OATSIH) funded program with a strong focus on continuous quality improvement (CQI) to collect and report on health outcome data that goes beyond service activity reporting.

Abstract adapted from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW)

Lea T, Costello M, Mao L, Prestage G, Zablotska I, Ward J, Kaldor J, de Wit J, Holt M (2013)

Elevated reporting of unprotected anal intercourse and injecting drug use but no difference in HIV prevalence among Indigenous Australian gay and bisexual men compared with their Anglo-Australian peers.

Sexual Health; 10(2): 146-155

Lilley G, Mak DB, Fredericks T (2013)

Needle and syringe distribution trends in Western Australia, 1990 to 2009.

Drug and Alcohol Review; 32(3): 320–327

National Indigenous Drug and Alcohol Committee (2013)

An economic analysis for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander offenders: prison vs residential treatment.

Canberra: Australian National Council on Drugs

This report was commissioned by the National Indigenous Drug and Alcohol Committee to:

  • identify the patterns and prevalence of Indigenous Australians in the prison system
  • outline the impacts and implications of incarceration for Indigenous Australians
  • analyse the costs and benefits of addressing Indigenous problematic substance use with treatment, particularly residential rehabilitation, as compared to prison.

A number of sources of information, including a scan of relevant literature and data repositories and consultations with key stakeholders, were used to inform the analysis.

The report highlights the cost and health benefits of diversionary programs and community residential rehabilitation for Indigenous people who have been convicted of non-violent, substance use related offences.

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Western Australian Council of Social Service, Western Australian Association for Mental Health, Western Australian Network of Alcohol and other Drug Agencies (2013)

Justice & community safety in Western Australia: a call for efficient investment in effective outcomes.

Perth, WA: Western Australian Council of Social Service

This report outlines offending and justice issues in Western Australia (WA), and recommends a policy shift to 'justice reinvestment', an approach that aims to address the risk factors of crime, crime prevention, and adequate rehabilitation of offenders. This report provides details on:

  • current levels of offending in WA and the economic costs associated with these levels
  • the health and social determinants of offending
  • the role of the community sector
  • barriers to the adoption of a 'justice reinvestment' approach in WA
  • the 'delivering community services in partnership' policy in WA
  • recommendations.

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2012

Allan J, Kemp M, Golden A (2012)

The prevalence of cognitive impairment in a rural in-patient substance misuse treatment programme.

Mental Health and Substance Use; 5(4): 303-313

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2012)

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health services report, 2010-11: OATSIH services reporting - key results.

Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

This report presents the main findings from the Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health (OATSIH) Services Reporting data collection. Data were collected by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) from primary health-care services, substance use services and Bringing Them Home and Link Up counselling services that received funding through OATSIH in 2010-11. The health services included those provided through Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal community controlled health organisations.

The information covered the number of clients seen, episodes of care and client contacts. This information helps to inform Indigenous health policy, and program development and implementation. Primary health care services provided 2.5 million episodes of care to about 428,000 Indigenous clients; substance use services provided treatment and assistance to about 28,600 clients and Bringing Them Home and Link Up counselling services were accessed by about 11,800 clients.

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2012)

Alcohol and other drug treatment services in Australia 2010-11: report on the National Minimum Data Set.

Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Indigenous health snapshot (2012)

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

This factsheet provides a one-page summary of Indigenous health in 2012, including:

  • life expectancy
  • risk factors
  • disease
  • Closing the gap program.

The factsheet is a snapshot of information taken from the thirteenth biennial health report of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW): Australia's health 2012.

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2012)

National opioid pharmacotherapy statistics annual data collection: 2011 report.

Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

This report provides information gathered from the National Opioid Pharmacotherapy Statistics Annual Data (NOPSAD) collection. Information in this report includes:

  • definition of opioids, and information on opioid dependence and treatment options
  • demographic information on clients
  • information about prescriber services and 'dosing points'
  • information about the opioid pharmacotherapy system in Australia.

This report includes information specific to Indigenous Australians.

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Bohanna I, Clough AR (2012)

Cannabis use in Cape York Indigenous communities: high prevalence, mental health impacts and the desire to quit.

Drug and Alcohol Review; 31(4): 580–584

Clough AR, Jacups S, Robertson J, Rogerson B, Graham V (2012)

Listening to what Indigenous people in remote communities say about alcohol restrictions and cannabis use: “Good thing that the alcohol’s gone, but the gunja has kept going” [letter].

Medical Journal of Australia; 197(5):

de Wit J, Holt M, Treloar C(Eds) (2012)

HIV/AIDS, hepatitis and sexually transmissible infections in Australia: annual report of trends in behaviour 2012.

Sydney: National Centre in HIV Social Research, The University of New South Wales

Doolan I, Najman JM, Cherney A (2012)

Health needs of Australian Indigenous young people entering detention.

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health; 48(10): 896–901

Heffernan E, Anderson K, Dev A (2012)

Inside Out: the mental health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in custody report.

Brisbane: Queensland Health

Howard J, Alperstein D, Cox S, Zorz H, – LINC Owen Smith (2012)

Young men and yarndi: a pilot to diffuse information on cannabis, its use and potential risks among young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians.

Sydney: National Cannabis Prevention and Information Centre

This edition of the National Cannabis Prevention and Information Centre (NCPIC) bulletin provides information on the Young men and yarndi program, a camp run in New South Wales that provides young Indigenous men with information about cannabis. This report provides information on:

  • the rationale for the program
  • the theoretical underpinnings of the program
  • the aims of the program
  • how the program is operated
  • lessons learned from the program.

This report also includes the slides of a Power point presentation about the Young men and yarndi program.

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Hunter EM, Gynther BD, Anderson CJ, Onnis L-A L, Nelson JR, Hall W, Baune BT, Groves AR (2012)

Psychosis in Indigenous populations of Cape York and the Torres Strait.

Medical Journal of Australia; 196(2): 133-135

Injecting drug use among Aboriginal people in New South Wales (2012)

McEwan M, Paquette D, Bryant J

This publication provides a variety of demographic information about Indigenous injecting drug users in New South Wales. It also discusses the higher prevalence of hepatitis C among Indigenous people.

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Paquette D, McEwan M, Bryant J (2012)

Risk practices among Aboriginal people who inject drugs in New South Wales, Australia.

AIDS and Behavior; Online First(http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10461-012-0226-x):

Queensland Health (2012)

The health of Queenslanders 2012: advancing good health. Fourth report of the Chief Health Officer Queensland.

Brisbane: Queensland Health

Taussig I, Jones C (2012)

Penalties and reconviction risk among offenders convicted of drug driving.

Sydney: NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research

The Kirby Institute (2012)

Bloodborne viral and sexually transmitted infections in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: surveillance and evaluation report 2012.

Sydney: University of New South Wales

The Kirby Institute (2012)

Highlighting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander research at The Kirby Institute.

Sydney: The Kirby Institute

The Australian Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander health program was established at the Kirby Institute in 2007, with an aim to close the gap in the health disparity between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and non-Indigenous Australians. The key focus of the Institute's work is sexual health and blood borne viruses, working in collaboration with other key health sectors involved in substance use, offender health, and social and emotional wellbeing research.

This report outlines a number of projects being conducted by the Kirby Institute across Australia. Information for each project includes:

  • description of the project
  • Aboriginal community involvement
  • expected benefits to the community
  • investigators
  • collaborating organisations
  • funding body
  • contacts.

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The Kirby Institute (2012)

HIV, viral hepatitis and sexually transmissible infections in Australia: annual surveillance report 2012.

Sydney: University of New South Wales

Thomas SL, Kalsi H, Graham S (2012)

Sexually transmissible infections and bloodborne viruses in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations.

New South Wales Public Health Bulletin; 23(4): 92

Thomson N, MacRae A, Brankovich J, Burns J, Catto M, Gray C, Levitan L, Maling C, Potter C, Ride K, Stumpers S, Urquhart B (2012)

Overview of Australian Indigenous health status, 2011.

Perth, WA: Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet

Topp L, Iversen J, Baldry E, Maher L (2012)

Housing instability among people who inject drugs: results from the Australian Needle and Syringe Program Survey.

Journal of Urban Health; Online First(http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11524-012-9730-6):

White V, Bariola E (2012)

Australian secondary school students’ use of tobacco, alcohol, and over-the-counter and illicit substances in 2011.

Canberra: Drug Strategy Branch, Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing

2011

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2011)

2010 National Drug Strategy Household Survey report.

Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

The 2010 National Drug Strategy Household Survey was conducted between late-April and early-September 2010. This was the 10th survey in a series which began in 1985, and was the fifth to be managed by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW). More than 26,000 people aged 12 years or older participated in the survey, in which they were asked about their knowledge of and attitudes towards drugs, their drug consumption histories, and related behaviours. Most of the analysis presented is of people aged 14 years or older, so that results can be compared with previous reports.

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2011)

National opioid pharmacotherapy statistics annual data collection: 2010 report.

Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2011)

Substance use among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Butler T, Lim D, Callander D (2011)

National prison entrants’ bloodborne virus and risk behaviour survey report 2004, 2007, and 2010: prevalence of HIV, HBV, HCV, and risk behaviours among Australian prison entrants: national report.

Sydney: Kirby Institute

Commission for Children and Young People and Child Guardian (2011)

Views of young people in detention centres, Queensland, 2011.

Brisbane: Commission for Children and Young People and Child Guardian

Kratzmann M, Mitchell E, Ware J, Banach L, Ward J, Ryan J, Sutton L, Griffiths P, Saunders M (2011)

Injecting drug use and associated harms among Aboriginal Australians.

Canberra: Australian National Council on Drugs

The project Injecting drug use and associated harms among Aboriginal Australians was undertaken by Anex and the
National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO), and commissioned by Australian National Council on Drugs (ANCD). The findings from the project are summarised in this report. Copies can be obtained from the ANCD Secretariat or the ANCD website.

Abstract adapted from ANCD

Mission Australia (2011)

National survey of young Australians 2011: key and emerging issues.

Sydney: Mission Australia

Ness A, Payne J (2011)

Patterns of mephedrone, GHB, Ketamine and Rohypnol use among police detainees: findings from the DUMA program.

Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology

Rodas A, Bode A, Dolan K (2011)

Supply, demand and harm reduction strategies in Australian prisons: an update.

Canberra: National Drug and Alcohol Centre, University of New South Wales

Stafford J, Burns L (2011)

Australian drug trends 2010: findings from the Illicit Drug Reporting System (IDRS).

: National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales

The Kirby Institute (2011)

Bloodborne viral and sexually transmitted infections in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: surveillance and evaluation report 2011.

Sydney: University of New South Wales

2010

Australian Crime Commission (2010)

Illicit drug data report 2008-09.

Canberra: Australian Crime Commission

Crime and Misconduct Commission Queensland (2010)

Illicit drug markets in Queensland: a strategic assessment.

Brisbane: Crime and Misconduct Commission Queensland

Department of Health and Families (2010)

Northern Territory sexual health and blood borne viruses unit surveillance update [vol. 11 no. 2, Jul-Sep 2010 & Oct-Dec 2010].

Darwin: Department of Health and Families, Northern Territory

Gray D, Wilkes E (2010)

Reducing alcohol and other drug related harm.

Canberra: Closing the Gap Clearinghouse

This resource sheet provides an overview of approaches to reducing alcohol and other drug related harm amongst Indigenous Australians. Included is information on what is currently known about these approaches and what information needs to be developed in this area. This resource sheet was produced as part of a series by the Closing the gap clearinghouse to disseminate information which could be used to help develop solutions to 'close the gap'.

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Gray DA (2010)

The Northern Territory Emergency Response and cannabis use in remote Indigenous communities: after the intervention — letter.

Medical Journal of Australia; 192(10): 555

Indig D, McEntyre E, Page J, Ross B (2010)

2009 NSW inmate health survey: Aboriginal health report.

Sydney: Justice Health

Northern Territory Coordinator-General for Remote Services (2010)

Northern Territory Coordinator-General for Remote Services report #3 May to November 2010.

Darwin: Northern Territory Department of Housing, Local Government and Regional Services

Smith G, White V (2010)

Use of tobacco, alcohol, and over-the-counter and illicit substances among Indigenous students participating in the Australian Secondary Students Alcohol and Drug Survey 2008.

Canberra: Department of Health and Ageing, Australia

Stafford J, Burns L (2010)

Australian drug trends 2009: findings from the Illicit Drug Reporting System (IDRS).

Sydney: National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales

2009

Anangu Lands Paper Tracker (2009)

APY Lands: monitoring the use of marijuana.

Adelaide: Anangu Lands Paper Tracker

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Australian Crime Commission (2009)

Illicit drug data report 2007 - 2008.

Canberra: Australian Crime Commission

Lintzeris N (2009)

The new wave of opioid dependence.

Of Substance; 7(3): 10-11

Nielsen S, Lloyd B (2009)

Benzodiazepines: misuse, treatment and surveillance.

Of Substance; 7(3): 12-13

Plugge E, Yudkin P, Douglas N (2009)

Changes in women's use of illicit drugs following imprisonment.

Addiction; 104(2): 215-222

Stafford J, Sindicich N, Burns L, Cassar J, Cogger S, de Graaff B, George J, Moon C, Phillips B, Quinn B, White N (2009)

Australian Drug Trends 2008: findings from the Illicit Drug Reporting System (IDRS).

Sydney: National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales

Tetstall E, Liu AJ, An EI, Canalese J, Nanan R (2009)

Pregnancy and neonatal characteristics of opioid-dependent Indigenous Australians: a rural and metropolitan comparison.

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology; 49(3): 279-84

Urquhart B, Thomson N (2009)

Review of the misuse of kava among Indigenous people.

Australian Indigenous HealthBulletin; 9(3): 1-14

2008

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2008)

2007 national drug strategy household survey: first results.

Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2008)

2007 National Drug Strategy Household Survey: state and territory supplement.

Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2008

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2008)

National Drug Strategy Household Survey 2007 : detailed findings.

Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Butler T, Papanastasiou C (2008)

National prison entrants’ bloodborne virus and risk behaviour survey report 2004 and 2007.

Perth, WA: National Drug Research Institute

Catto M, Thomson N (2008)

Review of illicit drug use among Indigenous peoples.

Australian Indigenous HealthBulletin; 8(4): 1-32

Lee K (2008)

Heavy cannabis use in three remote Aboriginal communities in Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia: patterns of use, natural history, depressive symptoms and the potential for community-driven interventions.

Doctor of Philosophy thesis, James Cook University: Cairns

Robertson J, Dowie R (2008)

Cannabis: a cloud over our community.

Of Substance; 6(3): 28-29

Senior K, Chenhall R (2008)

Lukumbat Marawana: a changing pattern of drug use by youth in a remote Aboriginal community.

Australian Journal of Rural Health; 16(2): 75-79

2007

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2007)

Statistics on drug use in Australia 2006.

Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Drug and Alcohol Office (2007)

Western Australia Illicit Amphetamine Summit July 2007: background paper.

Perth: Drug and Alcohol Office

Lee KS, Clough AR, Conigrave KM (2007)

High levels of cannabis use persist in Aboriginal communities in Arnhem Land, Northern Territory [letter].

Medical Journal of Australia; 187(10): 594-595

McLaren J, Mattick RP (2007)

Cannabis in Australia: use, supply, harms, and responses.

Canberra: Drug Strategy Branch, Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing

National Drug Strategy (2007)

National amphetamine-type stimulant strategy background paper.

Canberra: National Drug Research Institute and Australian Institute of Criminology

Ross J (2007)

Illicit drug use in Australia: epidemiology, use patterns and associated harm (2nd edition).

Canberra: National Drug Strategy, Australian Government

Select Committee on Substance Abuse in the Community (2007)

Substance abuse in remote communities: confronting the confusion and disconnection.

Darwin: Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory

This comprehensive report is the result of an inquiry into substance abuse in Northern Territory remote communities. Essentially it identifies factors that contribute to the resiliency and vulnerability of communities in regards to substance abuse. The information pertains to: the inquisition process; the impact and prevalence of three commonly used substances; services in the Territory responding to substance abuse; and the social factors contributing to substance abuse. The report also includes recommendations for addressing the substance abuse problem.

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