Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people Archives

Submisison to the Inquiry into Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders

FARE and the Public Health Association of Australia’s submission to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs Inquiry into Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) addresses each of the Terms of Reference (prevention strategies, intervention needs and management issues for FASD) and examines the higher prevalence rates of FASD among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

25/12/2011

Kalgoorlie alcohol action project

The aim of this project was to form a partnership with government and non-government agencies to implement a whole-community plan to reduce alcohol misuse within the region.

01/12/2010

Submission on National Binge Drinking Strategy Community Sponsorship Fund

FARE’s submission to the Commonwealth Government consultation process regarding the development of a Community Sponsorship Fund under the National Binge Drinking Strategy provides feedback on a number of issues raised in the paper and makes a total of nine recommendations.

25/10/2010

Clash of the paradigms: Night patrols in remote central Australia

This thesis explores the origins of Night Patrols in Remote Central Australia and how they address the necessity of developing new forms of social regulation, which acknowledge Indigenous cultural laws and ways of knowing in Central Australia.

01/06/2010

Building Indigenous research workforce capacity

The original objectives of this project were to create a three-year research internship for an Indigenous graduate; to provide the intern with ‘on-the-job’ research training in both a national research institution and an Indigenous community-controlled substance misuse agency; to enable the intern to manage a research project, and to undertake two or three other projects in his or her own right; and to equip him or her to embark upon a career in the alcohol and other drugs field.

01/09/2008

Evidence-based healthy lifestyle brief intervention on alcohol, tobacco, nutrition, and physical activity

The project aims to develop a research plan for a major study and or research trial of the lifestyle intervention, including an evaluation of its effectiveness at changing behaviours and overall cost effectiveness.

01/03/2008

Rio Tinto Child Health Research Partnership

The Rio Tinto Child Health Research Partnership involved funding provided by Rio Tinto (and its subsidiaries in Australia), the Foundation, the Queensland, Western Australian and Northern Territory Governments, and the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research.

01/03/2008

Drug and alcohol prevention among culturally diverse northern Australian adolescents: Investigation of a school drug and alcohol prevention program for year 8 students

This research explores themes associated with adolescent drug and alcohol prevention among culturally diverse Northern Australian adolescents. It was undertaken because important differences are often associated with specific cultural groups and local knowledge is often needed as a means of informing effective prevention programs.

01/02/2008

Learning to drink then and now: a new approach to understanding and intervening in problem drinking among Indigenous Australians

The prevailing belief that Indigenous alcohol problems are due to colonisation has resulted in a sense of powerlessness in relation to Indigenous alcohol misuse, both on the part of service providers and those receiving the services.

18/01/2008

A prospective study of substance misuse and of a community-driven preventive measures in remote Aboriginal communities

This project looks at substance misuse in three Aboriginal Arnhem Land communities and includes a prospective evaluation of a community-driven preventive youth initiative, and an examination of patterns of substance use and related mental health problems.

30/06/2007

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Submisison to the Inquiry into Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders

Kalgoorlie alcohol action project

Submission on National Binge Drinking Strategy Community Sponsorship Fund

Clash of the paradigms: Night patrols in remote central Australia

Building Indigenous research workforce capacity

Evidence-based healthy lifestyle brief intervention on alcohol, tobacco, nutrition, and physical activity

Rio Tinto Child Health Research Partnership

Drug and alcohol prevention among culturally diverse northern Australian adolescents: Investigation of a school drug and alcohol prevention program for year 8 students

Learning to drink then and now: a new approach to understanding and intervening in problem drinking among Indigenous Australians

A prospective study of substance misuse and of a community-driven preventive measures in remote Aboriginal communities

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