Projects completed more than 5 years ago

Year completed: 1997
Turning Point Alcohol & Drug Centre
	Desire to drink in low- and high-risk social drinkers
Year completed: 1998
La Trobe University, School of Psychological Science
	Cognitive impairment in alcoholics
Year completed: 1999
National Drug Research Institute
	The relationship between alcohol consumption patterns and injury. National database on opiate overdose prevention strategies
St Vincent's Mental Health Service. NEXUS Dual Diagnosis Service
	Co-occurring mental illness and problematic drug use in clients of alcohol and drug services in eastern metropolitan Melbourne
University of Western Australia. Dept. of Public Health
	Drinking games and alcohol consumption among Australian university students
Year completed: 2000
Burnet Institute
	Drugs in a multicultural community: an assessment of involvement
Curtin University of Technology. Western Australian Centre for Health Promotion Research
	Initiation, maintenance and cessation of illegal anabolic-androgenic steroid use
New South Wales. Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research
	New South Wales Drug Court evaluation: program and participant profiles New South Wales Drug Court: monitoring report
The Burnet Institute
	The Vietnamese Harm Reduction Project: Stage 2
Victoria. Dept. of Human Services
	Drugs in a multicultural community : an assessment of involvement
Year completed: 2001
Australian Injecting and Illicit Drug Users' League (AIVL)
	National injecting equipment disposal study
Australian National Council on Drugs
	Heroin overdose: prevalence, correlates, consequences and interventions Structural determinants of youth drug use Evidence supporting treatment
Edith Cowan University
	Smoking Cessation for Youth Project (SCYP). A harm minimisation intervention trial targeting tobacco use by high school youth.
National Centre for Education and Training on Addiction
	Population health education for clinicians (PHEC) Proceedings of the NCETA Workforce Development Symposium 2001
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre
	A magnetic resonance imaging study of brain structure and function in long term cannabis users Development of a brief intervention for cannabis dependence for use by primary health care providers Development of a monitoring and evaluation framework for the COAG initiatives on illicit drugs Efficacy of moderation-oriented cue exposure for problem drinkers: a randomised controlled trial Estimating the number of dependent heroin users in New South Wales and Australia Evaluation of the Drug Assessment and Aid Panel in South Australia Hair morphine concentrations of fatal heroin overdose cases and living heroin users Investing in drug and alcohol treatment National Evaluation of Pharmacotherapies for Opioid Dependence (NEPOD) Patterns of use and harms associated with illicit ketamine use Young cannabis users' attitudes and beliefs about cannabis and school drug education
National Drug Research Institute
	Evaluation of a community based drug law enforcement model for intersectoral harm reduction (NCBADLE) Evaluation of the Australian Drug Information Network (ADIN) project Review of the principles for drug education in schools Carnarvon Partysafe Project Exploring testing injecting drug users for hepatitis and HIV/AIDS Mapping Indigenous drug and alcohol programs School Health and Alcohol Harm Reduction Project (SHAHRP) Pilbara substance misuse service review
New South Wales. Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research
	Temporal and regional aspects of alcohol-related violence and disorder Assaults on licensed premises in inner-urban areas Reducing cannabis consumption
University of New South Wales. National Centre in HIV Social Research
	The injection of methadone syrup in New South Wales (Australia)
Western Australia. Drug and Alcohol Office
	Characteristics, retention and readmission of opioid dependent clients treated with oral naltrexone.
Year completed: 2002
Australian National Council on Drugs
	Rural and regional alcohol and other drugs consultation forums Drug policy : the Australian approach
Centre for Mental Health Services Research (Western Australia)
	Evaluation of the Alcohol, Drug and Psychiatric Treatment program (ADAPT)
Drug and Alcohol Services South Australia (DASSA)
	Functional use of amphetamine-type stimulants amongst high-risk occupational groups
National Centre for Education and Training on Addiction
	Policing licensed premises Review of alcohol and other drugs (AOD) tertiary training
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre
	Australian Prevalence and Estimation of Treatment (APET) study Development and dissemination of a brief intervention for cannabis use disorder for use by primary health care providers Feasibility of long-term follow-up of ATOS cohort Injecting and non-injecting cocaine use in Australia: physical and psychological morbidity Suicide among heroin users: rates, risk factors and methods Who seeks treatment for alcohol dependence? Findings from the Australian National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing
National Drug Research Institute
	Harm reduction needs of Aboriginal injecting drug users Prevention is a two-way bet Needs assessment of a Perth-based Indigenous safe house and detoxification service Alcohol restrictions in Port Hedland Evaluation of public health and safety impact of Extended Trading Permits for Perth hotels and nightclubs Indigenous Australian alcohol and other drug issues: research from the National Drug Research Institute Port Hedland liquor licensing restrictions Evaluation of the National Illicit Drug Strategy Community Partnerships Initiative Naloxone trial - a proposal to scope the need and circumstances for a naloxone trial in Victoria Novice injecting drug users and hepatitis C: assessing the risks and designing harm reduction messages. Investigation of issues around the national collection of alcohol sales data WHO systematic review on prevention Carnarvon Health and Men Project (CHAMP) Systematic literature review of school drug education An investigation of the links between social and economic disadvantage, alcohol consumption and related harm (Alcohol & Poverty). Evaluation of a school leavers intervention on Rottnest Island 2000 Preliminary SHAHRP Dissemination Study Repeat drink drivers study SHAHRP 2000: An alcohol education program for senior secondary students
National Heart Foundation. New South Wales Division
	The Koori Tobacco Cessation Project
New South Wales. Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research
	New South Wales Drug Court Evaluation: Cost-effectiveness NSW Drug Court evaluation: a process evaluation. NSW Drug Court evaluation: health, well-being and participant satisfaction. Young adults' experience of responsible service practice in NSW
Undefined
	What leads young men to cease their drug usage? A hermeneutic approach
University of Western Australia. Injury Research Centre
	A cohort study of drink driving motor vehicle crashes and alcohol-related diseases.
University of Western Australia. School of Medicine and Pharmacology
	Alcohol intake and incidence of coronary disease in Australian Aborigines
Western Australia. Drug and Alcohol Office
	Comorbidity in a cohort of heroin and amphetamine dependents in Western Australia between 1985-1998: A record linkage study. Methadone related deaths in Western Australia 1993-1999
Year completed: 2003
Australia. Dept. of Health and Ageing. Research and Marketing Group
	Alcohol consumption patterns among Australian 15-17 year olds from February 2000 to February 2002. Evaluation of the third phase of the National Alcohol Campaign: June-September 2002
Australian Institute of Family Studies
	In the driver's seat: understanding young adults' driving behaviour.
Australian National Council on Drugs
	National fetal alcohol syndrome workshop Diversion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island youth from juvenile detention Rural and regional comorbidity workshops
Burnet Institute
	IDUs' social networks and hepatitis C An Integrated response to reduce the spread of HIV amongst Vietnamese Australian injecting drug users
DRUG ARM Australasia
	Volatile substance misuse in Brisbane: the Lighthouse Inhalants Project report
Menzies School of Health Research
	Cognitive impairment in Aboriginal people with heavy episodic patterns of alcohol use
National Centre for Education and Training on Addiction
	Methadone training outcomes Attitudes towards illicit drug users: development of a psychological model of attitude formation and change Development of a monograph on best practice in policing licensed premises The work-related drug use of adolescent apprentices: Testing a revised theory of planned behaviour. Evaluating the impact of alcohol and other drug education: development of a measurement tool Updating the Handbook for Medical Practitioners and Other Health Care Workers on Alcohol and Other Drug Problems, and developing a National Training Package for Medical Practitioners on Illicit Drug Issues Evaluation of Hepatitis C training program
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre
	A cost benefit study of a prison methadone program Collection of information on injecting drugs and HIV in prison in developing countries Evaluation and monitoring of the Council of Australian Governments' initiatives related to the National Illicit Drugs Strategy Feasibility of clinical trials of therapeutic cocaine vaccines Follow-up study of the subjects in the RCT of the NSW Prison MMT Health effects of ketamine HIV/HCV clusters in NSW prisons IDU and HIV/AIDS risk reduction, prevention and treatment measures for prison populations Illicit drug use and driving among injecting drug users International survey of supervised injecting centres (SICs) Investing in families and children: facilitating a national policy approach to the early years Models for promoting behaviour change among health care providers The epidemiology of comorbidity between alcohol use disorders and mental disorders in Australia The Management of Alcohol Dependence Project Comorbidity between alcohol use disorders, anxiety and depression and the impact on treatment outcomes for alcohol disorders Temazepam project: Investigating the impact of the restriction in publicly subsidised 10mg temazepam gel capsules Disseminating and implementing the Guidelines for the Treatment of Alcohol Problems A trial of two brief interventions for cannabis problems among young offenders in NSW
National Drug Research Institute
	A contemporary Aboriginal model of alcohol and other drug harm reduction BluePrint: evidence based drug education project (UK) Investigation of hepatitis C risk practices among injecting drug users: identifying specific risk behaviours and their context (ABRIDUS). Survey of the attitudes of Aboriginal town campers to the Alice Springs liquor licensing restrictions An investigation of retail heroin markets from a public health perspective. Education and training of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander workers in the illicit drug field: a literature review Indigenous drug and alcohol programs: examples of best practice Injecting drug users: Social networks and molecular epidemiology of HCV. Randomised controlled trial of an educational intervention designed to prevent the transmission of Hepatitis C amongst injectors An ethnographic study of heroin markets and health-related harm in Melbourne Development of a prevention monograph and companion document to inform the evidence base of the National Drug Strategy Prevention Agenda Early risk factors for alcohol, tobacco and cannabis use, risk and harm - Australian Temperament Project Evaluation of a school leavers intervention 2001 The New Zealand Ministry of Youth Affairs Effective Drug Education Project Driving after drinking on licensed premises Substance misuse and primary health care among Indigenous Australians Alcohol labelling policies: a pilot study on the adequacy and suitability of existing alcohol labelling requirements Database on Indigenous Australian alcohol and other drug projects Evaluation of the COMGAS Scheme
New South Wales. Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research
	Driving under the influence of cannabis in a New South Wales rural area Liquor licensing enforcement activity in New South Wales Sentencing high-range PCA drink-drivers in NSW
Turning Point Alcohol & Drug Centre
	ATOS project
Undefined
	Global indicators for monitoring the illicit drug environment in NSW
University of Sydney. School of Public Health
	"Some convincing arguments to pass back to nervous customers": the role of the tobacco retailer in the Australian tobacco industry's smoker reassurance campaign 1950-1978. Analysis of tobacco industry internal documents, Australia
University of Western Australia. Injury Research Centre
	A review of the use of alcohol ignition interlocks in Aboriginal communities in Western Australia
Western Australia. Drug and Alcohol Office
	Evaluating the health outcomes and service utilisation of illicit drug users using linked data.
Wintringham
	Causes of homelessness among older people in Melbourne, Australia
Year completed: 2004
Alcohol and other Drugs Council of Australia
	Psychostimulants Scoping Project Drug Action Week evaluation report 2004
Australian Centre for Addiction Research
	An evaluation of a community-based opportunistic intervention to reduce substance use among psychiatric patients. Development and appraisal of the MYAMI (Manage Your Addiction and Mental Health) Screener.
Australian Injecting and Illicit Drug Users' League (AIVL)
	Young women's injecting drug users' (YWIDU) project National Treatment Service Users consultation
Australian National Council on Drugs
	Young People and Drugs
Australian National University
	Impact of Federal drug law enforcement on the supply of heroin in Australia
Centre for Adolescent Health
	The International Youth Development Study
Charles Darwin University
	Perceptions, utilisation and experiences of drug treatment in Greater Darwin, Northern Territory
Edith Cowan University. Child Health Promotion Research Unit
	The Marijuana Education Project
Monash University. School of Political and Social Inquiry
	Alcohol consumption contexts
National Centre for Education and Training on Addiction
	Summer School on Inequalities and Addiction (February 25-27 2004) GP training package
National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health
	Analysis of needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander illegal drug users in the ACT and region for treatment and other services
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre
	Development of a brief multi-dimensional instrument designed to measure outcomes for clients receiving alcohol and other drug treatment : the Brief Treatment Outcome Measure (BTOM) Drug information needs, sources and credibility among 'party drug' users Investigating the harms associated with injecting and non-injecting cocaine use in New South Wales, Australia Pharmacotherapies for excessive alcohol use : economic considerations Pharmacotherapies for nicotine dependence : economic considerations Risks for hepatitis C transmission: transition and initiation to injecting drug use among youth in a range of injecting drug user networks Structural determinants of drug abuse Assessment of the psychometric properties of the adult and adolescent versions of the Cannabis Problems Questionnaires Modelling the costs and the outcomes of changing general practitioner behaviours with respect to at-risk drinking Educating tertiary students in Sydney about what constitutes a ‘standard drink’ Computer delivered brief intervention for alcohol problems in general practice : a randomised clinical trial Evaluation of the Odyssey House aftercare program The characteristics of amphetamine treatment clients The Prison Opiate Dependence Treatment Trial
National Drug Research Institute
	Evaluation of the 'Making Tracks' mobile petrol sniffing team project Party Drugs Initiative in WA 2003/2004 Priorities for the delivery of treatment services across the Northern Territory Evaluation of the School Drug Education Project's 'In Touch' Program The policy response to Indigenous petrol sniffing--and how to improve it Heavy cannabis use in two remote Aboriginal communities NAIP Component Study: re-evaluation of the public health impact of the Northern Territory's Living With Alcohol Program SHAHRP Dissemination Project WHO international comparative study of emergency room data on alcohol and injury Prevention of substance use, risk and harm in Australia: a review of the evidence.
New South Wales. Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research
	Sentencing drink-drivers: the use of dismissals and conditional discharges The impact of increased drink-driving penalties on recidivism rates in NSW
Odyssey Institute of Study
	The nobody's clients project
Orygen Youth Health Research Centre
	Enhancing and integrating services to young people with both substance use and mental health needs – Beyondblue Research Project
Queensland Alcohol and Drug Research and Education Centre
	Sex worker project Hepatitis C interventions appropriate for young drug users at risk of detention
Royal Melbourne Hospital
	Alcohol use among young adults presenting to the Emergency Department
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (Sydney, N.S.W.)
	Predicting the risk of relapse to harmful alcohol use after liver transplantation for alcoholic liver disease
Social Research & Evaluation Pty Ltd
	Alcohol and other drug peer education in schools: a review for the ACT Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Strategy Evaluation Group. Evaluation of AIVL’s Hepatitis See On-line Newsletter, 2004
Turning Point Alcohol & Drug Centre
	Buprenorphine to naltrexone transfer (PRP) City of Melbourne Safe Syringe Bins Trial Mirabel Foundation evaluation Victorian Psychostimulant Monitoring Project (PMP) Drink driving literature review Benzodiazepine, pharmaceutical opiate use and crime High dose methadone to buprenorphine transfers (PRP) Rural service system review International consortium - buprenorphine and pregnancy Youth service system review Evaluation of Victoria's Dual Diagnosis Initiative Methadone Regional Outreach Worker program evaluation
Undefined
	Speak Out Youth Conference 2004
University of Melbourne. Dept. of criminology
	Heroin importation and higher level drug dealing in Australia : opportunistic entrepreneurialism
University of Melbourne. Key Centre for Women's Health in Society
	Housing stability over two years and HIV risk among newly homeless youth
University of New South Wales. National Centre in HIV Social Research
	Access to harm reduction services and "hidden" injectors - access issues, knowledge, and risk practice among people who infrequently use primary NSPs in South East Sydney : summary of findings
University of Sydney. Northern Rivers University Department of Rural Health
	Evaluation of the Lismore Magistrates Early Referral into Treatment (MERIT) pilot program
University of Sydney. School of Psychology. Gambling Research Unit
	Withdrawal and tolerance phenomenon in problem gambling
University of Sydney. School of Public Health
	Hazardous alcohol consumption and other barriers to antiviral treatment among hepatitis C positive people receiving opioid maintenance treatment
University of Western Australia. Injury Research Centre
	Community acquired needlestick injuries and disposal issues in Western Australia : an overview
Year completed: 2005
Australia. Dept. of Health and Ageing. Research and Marketing Group
	Alcohol consumption patterns among Australian 15-17 year olds from 2000 to 2004. Parental opinions and behaviour regarding teenage alcohol consumption.
Australian National Council on Drugs
	Situational analysis of illicit drug issues and responses in the Asia-Pacific region.
Charles Sturt University
	Riverina men’s study: a preliminary exploration of the diet, alcohol use and physical activity behaviours and attitudes of rural men in two Australian New South Wales electorates
Inner East Community Health Service (Victoria)
	Making The Difference
National Centre for Education and Training on Addiction
	Evaluation of police drug diversion training programs Alcohol and work: patterns of use, workplace culture, and workplace safety Clinical supervision guidelines project
National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research
	Participatory Action Research with young injecting drug users.
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre
	A drugs in pregnancy consumer consultation Naltrexone-related deaths in Australia. Review of the relationship between cannabis and mental health Characteristics and dynamics of cocaine supply and demand in Sydney and Melbourne Information brochure for people with coexisting mental health and substance use problems. Assessment of the best publications on HIV prevention and care among intravenous drug users (IDUs).
National Drug Research Institute
	Party Drugs Initiative in WA 2004/2005
Queensland Alcohol and Drug Research and Education Centre
	Ecstasy Market Indicators (EMI)
Royal Women's Hospital (Carlton). Women's Alcohol and Drug Service
	An exploration of the barriers to antenatal care attendance for women identified with drug and alcohol issues at the Royal Women's Hospital (RWH)
Turning Point Alcohol & Drug Centre
	Cocaine markets study Specialised alcohol and drug treatment in Victoria: using telephone services to determine prevalence of problematic alcohol drug use and treatment utilisation (The Multiplier Study)
University of Sydney. School of Public Health
	Analysis of tobacco industry internal documents, Australasia

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