Ongoing projects

Aboriginal Drug and Alcohol Council (SA) Inc.
	Aboriginal Family Intervention Project Barbeque Evaluation of the 'Making Tracks' 2 project Police Drug Diversion Liaison Project Strong Spirit Strong Mind Young NUNGAS Yarning Together
Alcohol and other Drugs Council of Australia
	An evidence-based approach for the AOD sector Cannabis resource audit National Inhalant Information Service
Anglicare Tasmania
	Managing alcohol and drug issues: profiling the impact of clients' substance use on a non-government organisation
Australian Catholic University. St Patrick's Campus
	The Influence of social-cognitive, personality and comorbidity factors on the drinking behaviour of young Australians
Australian Centre for Addiction Research
	A controlled trial of an opportunistic intervention to reduce suicide risk among alcohol and other substance users. Controlled Drinking By Correspondence Programme: A state-wide program to reduce excessive drinking in the community. Coping self-efficacy in partners and significant others of substance abusers. Development and appraisal of the Client Treatment Goals Form.
Australian General Practice Network
	The 'Can Do' Initiative : managing mental health and substance use in general practice
Australian Institute of Criminology
	Drug Use Monitoring in Australia (DUMA) National Project on Drink Spiking: Investigating the nature and extent of drink spiking in Australia South East Queensland Drug Court evaluation Specialty courts in Australia
Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health
	Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health
Australian National Council on Drugs
	Mapping AOD treatment capacity
Australian National University. Centre for Mental Health Research
	Alcohol, cognition and the brain in the PATH Through Life Study Mental health, cognition and well-being among MDMA and/or amphetamine users: results from a community sample of young adults.
Avondale College
	Graeco-Roman attempts to explain and contain alcohol's personal and societal impact
Burnet Institute
	Australian Trial for Acute Hepatitis C (ATAHC) HIV/AIDS Surveillance Networks II: Immunological, virological and behavioural factors influencing HCV infection among IDUs
Cancer Council Victoria
	International Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation Study (ITCPES) Maximising the effectiveness of interactive automated programs for smoking cessation Reducing cancer by improving tobacco control – an application of Actor-Network Theory
Centre for Adolescent Health
	A brief family-system intervention to address adolescent drug abuse and related health and social problems: Behaviour Exchange Systems Training (BEST) Plus. Reverse gateways? Frequent cannabis use as a predictor of tobacco initiation and nicotine dependence The Healthy Neighbourhoods Project: neighbourhood differences in adolescent health and behaviour problems What factors influence the development of antisocial behaviour in Australian adolescents?
Centre for Health Research & Psycho-oncology
	Trial of proactive telemarketing of smoking cessation services ('Cold Calling Study')
Centre for Youth Drug Studies
	Evaluation of support groups for family members of drug and alcohol users
Charles Darwin University
	The construction of drinking experiences: an analysis of youth discourses
Curtin University of Technology
	Identifying elements of alcohol TV ads that impact on underage youth Using advertising to reconstruct Australian youth’s memories of their binge drinking experiences
Curtin University of Technology. School of Nursing and Midwifery
	A preventative intervention trial for illicit drug using mothers and their infants: a randomised controlled trial
Drug and Alcohol Services South Australia (DASSA)
	Designer Drug Early Warning Network (D2EWS) Illicit Drug Reporting System (IDRS) The Ecstasy and related Drugs Reporting System (EDRS) (South Australia) formerly the Party Drugs Initiative (PDI)
Drug Education Network
	Breaking down the barriers
Drug Policy Modelling Program
	A conceptual analysis of drug policies Australian Drug Treatment Outcomes: what do we know and what should we know? Consultation and modelling in relation to the ACT AOD treatment service system Coordinating illicit drug policy in Australia: structures, processes and insights into coordination at the national level Developing a common metric to evaluate policy options (the Harm Index) Developing a model to assess the economic consequences of cannabis policy options Examining the economic consequences of different types of law enforcement interventions directed towards methamphetamine Identifying current and alternate police options for intervening with MDMA Integrated Modelling Project Integration and Implementation Sciences: providing concepts and methods for synthesising disciplinary and practice-based knowledge and connecting research with practice Melbourne Injecting Drug User Cohort Study (MICS) Opioid pharmacotherapy review Problem-oriented and partnership policing: LEAPS evaluation Public Opinion Surveys: review Reducing the methamphetamine problem in Australia: evaluating innovative partnerships between police, pharmacies and other third parties SimHero – modelling the impacts of policing strategies in the context of a major heroin shortage Stocks and flows model of cannabis diversion Structural analysis of the Australian heroin drought The development of a Harm Index for use by Victoria Police
Edith Cowan University. Child Health Promotion Research Unit
	Optimising school nurse involvement in youth based tobacco control programs
Flinders University
	Sad boys or bad boys? The media, policy responses and petrol sniffing on the Anangu Pitjantjatjara/ Yankunytjatjara Lands 1995-2005.
Griffith University
	The Parents Under Pressure Program: a randomised controlled trial of high risk pregnant women
Hunter Area Health Service, NSW. Hunter Population Health
	The Alcohol Linking Program
Hunter Medical Research Institute
	The DAISI project – Depression & Alcohol Integrated & Single-focussed Interventions
King Edward Memorial Hospital
	Pilot study of the WA register of buprenorphine use in pregnancy and lactation: maternal infant outcomes.
La Trobe University. The Bouverie Centre
	Experiences and needs of non-using family members, in response to the substance mis-use of a loved one.
LMS Consulting
	External evaluation of the Of Substance magazine
Lyndon Community
	Unique approaches for the engagement of primary health care workers in the provision of drug and alcohol and mental health interventions in rural NSW
Melbourne Institute of Experiential Creative Arts Therapy
	The role of the experiential creative arts therapist in a rehab setting
Menzies School of Health Research
	Australian integrated mental health initiative, Northern Territory. Best practice guidelines for evaluating Indigenous residential alcohol and drug programs The neurological, cognitive and social consequences of petrol sniffing and the abuse of cannabis, kava and alcohol among Indigenous Australians.
Monash University
	Does social drug use affect circadian rhythms? Under Construction: The social and cultural politics of hepatitis C in Australia
National Centre for Education and Training on Addiction
	Dissemination and Implementation Strategies Project: identification and evaluation of effective dissemination and implementation strategies for the AOD field NSW Workforce Development Council
National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research
	The role of resiliency in responding to blood-borne viral and sexually transmitted infections in Indigenous communities Vulnerability to blood-borne viral infections among ethnic Vietnamese injecting drug users
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre
	Alcohol Action in Rural Communities (AARC) An examination of contents of confiscated injecting equipment and needlestick injuries in prisons Assessing the hospital costs related to admission with any indication of illicit drug or alcohol use Brief intervention for cannabis dependence training workshops. Cannabis Cohort Research Consortium CLIMATE Schools: Alcohol Module: the development and evaluation of a universal computer driven school-based prevention program for problems with alcohol misuse and related harms CLIMATE Schools: Psychostimulant and Cannabis Module: The development and evaluation of an interactive computer based prevention program for psychostimulants and cannabis Development and evaluation of specialist services for female drug users in Iran Development and pilot testing of a health lifestyle intervention package for delivery by urban Aboriginal community health centres. Development of Guidelines: Drug detoxification and drug treatment in areas of high HIV prevalence or risk and closed institutions Drug Policy Modelling Program Emerging trends in drug use and high risk behaviours among the homeless Health Evaluation and Research Outcomes Network (HERON) : substance use in pregnancy stream Integrating treatment for alcohol use problems and comorbid PTSD Methamphetamine Treatment Cohort Study Mortality among opioid dependent persons in pharmacotherapy, NSW 1985-2006 National Comorbidity Clinical Guidelines National correspondence program to reduce alcohol consumption and co-occurring disorders (depression or anxiety): a randomised controlled trial. National Illicit Drug Indicators Project Opioid dependence : candidate genes and genetic x environment interactions (Comorbidity and Trauma Study (CATS)) Program of International Research and Training (PIRT) Reducing alcohol-related harm in rural communities Secretariat of the Reference Group to the United Nations on HIV and injecting drug use Steps Through Amphetamines: cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) for regular amphetamine use and depression: a stepped care approach Ten-year follow up of a cohort of heroin dependent prisoners The Ecstasy and Related Drugs Reporting System (EDRS) The efficacy of an intervention for post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among illicit drug users The efficacy of peer-led interventions with ecstasy and related drugs (ERDs) users The establishment of a cohort of substance using pregnant women and their babies The health and psychological consequences of ecstasy use The Illicit Drug Reporting System (IDRS) The introduction of Suboxone® (buprenorphine-naloxone) in Australia: extent of diversion and related harms The role of commercial drug injecting rooms (shooting galleries) in the regulation of public injecting and amenity in Kings Cross and their impact on the evaluation of the medically supervised injecting centre. Two concurrent randomised placebo controlled trials of modafinil in methamphetamine and cocaine dependence Using epidemiology to inform psychiatric classification (DSM-V and ICD-11)
National Drug Research Institute
	A longitudinal study of pharmacological smoking cessation aids efficacy in real-life settings A multi-component intervention for smoking cessation (NSW, QLD, WA) A multi-site investigation of the social meanings of alcohol misuse among young adults in recreational settings. Alcohol and Drugs in the Workplace Project with South Australia Alcohol outlet density and related harm Alcohol use and an ageing population: an examination Alcohol use during pregnancy. Formative Intervention Research - qualitative Alcohol use during pregnancy. Formative Intervention Research - quantitative An examination of cannabis potency and contamination in Australia An Investigation of pharmaceutical drug misuse and harms among drug treatment clients in Victoria, Tasmania, Western Australia and Queensland Analysis of Indigenous Child Death Review cases Analysis of video recordings of clients at the Sydney Medically Supervised Injecting Centre - informing hepatitis C prevention Assessment of the effectiveness of the regulation on alcohol in WA (WALL) Beyond the Big Smoke - a clear vision for Aboriginal tobacco control Bibliographic database on Indigenous Australian alcohol and other drug use Building Indigenous research workforce capacity Cannabis Commission chapter on reforms at national and subnational levels Cochrane Collaboration Review of Workplace AOD Programs Conceptualising varying patterns of drug use: Exploring drug users' socially constructed conceptualisations of drug use in the search for an alternative discourse Continuing dissemination of the School Health and Alcohol Harm Reduction project Develop key performance indicators for local governments in Australia: achievements on drugs and alcohol action and community safety Development of a Drug Research Action Plan Development of best practice guidelines for the development of Indigenous residential alcohol and drug rehabilitation programs. (Fellowship) Development of Tangentyere Council research hub. Development of the National Amphetamine-Type Strategy - 2007-2009 Does moderate drinking prevent heart disease? A meta-analysis Ecstasy and Related Drugs Initiative in WA (ERDS) 2007 & 2008 Enhancement of the patrol monitoring and evaluation database Estimating the impact of extended trading hours for licensed hotels and liquor stores on emergency department presentations in Perth [Consultancy] Evaluation of Pathways to Prevention initiatives for children and families in Western Australia Evaluation of the 'Make Smoking History' passive smoking campaign: ghost cigarette (Waves 17 & 18) Evaluation of the 'Makin Tracks' 2 project Future directions in the prevention of hepatitis C among injecting drug users. What are the needs of the using community? GENACIS Hepatitis C in magazines aimed at youth Identifying areas of greatest need in Indigenous substance misuse intervention Illicit Drug Reporting System (IDRS) Impact of parental substance use on infant development and family functioning Improving understanding of psychostimulant-related harms in Australia: an integrated ethno-epidemiological approach. Indigenous alcohol and other drug misuse and harm service provision International Dissemination of the SHAHRP program Interventions to reduce alcohol use during pregnancy: Systematic literature review Jaru Pirrjirdi Suicide Prevention Project Kalgoorlie Alcohol Action Project (KAAP) Laboratory study to assess the efficacy of rinsing needle and syringes with water in removing hepatitis C viral material Loss and its consequences among town campers in Alice Springs: the role of alcohol and other drugs Medications and crash involvement fo older drivers: a population based study Monitoring of alcohol-related violence and crime in NSW Mt Theo Enhancing Capacity Management project (Mt Theo Palka-Jarrija Project) Multivariate analysis of Cannabis Infringement Notice data MY-Peer project NAIP Component Study: economic costs associated with alcohol attributable mortality and morbidity in Australian states and territories NAIP Component Study: expansion of NAIP to include Indigenous Australians National Alcohol Indicators Project (NAIP) National Amphetamine-Type Stimulant Strategy 2007-2009 Not just scholars but leaders: learning circles in Indigenous health research. People with Mental Health Disorders and Cognitive Disability in the Criminal Justice System (ARC linkage project) Pouring practices of 65-74 year old current drinkers: implications for drinking guidelines and estimates of risk Re-analysis of the 2004 NDSHS drinking prevalance estimate Research into the cultures and contexts of ecstasy and related drug use in Victoria: new bases for prevention and harm minimisation Review of alcohol and prostate cancer Review of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community controlled alcohol and other drugs sector in Queensland Secondary analysis of the relationship between cannabis use, dependence, mental health and associated outcomes in the Victorian Adolescent Cohort study Sexual Health & Attitudes of Australian Prisoners Survey (Queensland component) Social, cultural and economic processes in illicit drug markets and their public health consequences. Systematic review - amphetamines and hepatitis C The ethno-epidemiology of party drug use and related harms in the Melbourne club/rave scene The ethno-epidemiology of psychostimulant use and related harms amongst street-based injecting drug users in Sydney The ethno-epidemiology of recreational party drug use and related harms in Perth The harms associated with concurrent alcohol and party drug use amongst young people: Risk environments and the implications for prevention. The influence of fathers on infant feeding practices in Western Australia (FIFI-WA) The range and magnitude of alcohol's harm to others The relationship between non-fatal overdose of pharmaceutical medications, suicidality and depression Towards developing a model of care for injecting drug users in hepatitis C treatment: assessing current services and identifying barriers to participation Training of health staff for the implementation of the Smoke Free WA Health System Policy Understanding the barriers to improved access, engagement and retention of methamphetamine users in health services Use of online forums by Australian party drug users: making drug use safer or more dangerous? WA CIN scheme : cannibis evaluation - phase 2 (substudy 2 : regular users study) Web-based alcohol and tobacco intervention Young people, alcohol & other drug use at large events - Phd Scholarship
Northern Sydney Central Coast Health
	Therapeutic Playgroup for substance using women with children 0-5yrs.
ORYGEN Research Centre
	Determining the effectiveness of a new model of care for young people with co-occurring depression and substance misuse Development of mental health first aid guidelines for alcohol misuse Investigating the interaction between depression, tobacco and alcohol use in teenage Australians - can we identify a high risk group for poor outcome? A longitudinal study The evaluation and effectiveness of an integrated treatment service and training program for young people with co-occurring substance misuse and mental health problems The neuropsychological effects of inhalant abuse during adolescence
Queensland Alcohol and Drug Research and Education Centre
	Ecstasy and Related Drug Reporting System (EDRS) Injection Related Injuries and Diseases project (IRID) Longitudinal treatment outcomes for methamphetamine dependence: a treatment cohort study (MACS) Mater-University Study of Pregnancy (MUSP) Parental marital conflict and marital change: effects on child/adolescent and young adult developmental outcomes (based on MUSP data) Patterns of Alcohol and other Drug use In an Emergency department (PADIE II) Patterns of drug use and risk-taking at Schoolies The Young adult outcomes of childhood and adolescent antisocial behaviour: an Australian cohort (based on MUSP data)
Research Matters
	Looking beyond dual diagnosis: young people speak out
RMIT University
	An investigation of illicit tobacco use – its prevalence, economic impact and the motivations and perceptions of consumers
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (Sydney, N.S.W.)
	Brain banking for neuroscience research
South Eastern Sydney and Illawarra Area Health Service
	Assessing acute pain levels and preferred pain management methods in substance users following an inpatient episode Proof of liability in relation to tobacco smoke-induced injury
South Sydney Youth Services
	South Sydney Youth Service dual diagnosis program
Sydney South West Area Health Service
	Randomised control trial of monoamine precursors for the management of psychostimulant withdrawal
Telethon Institute for Child Health Research
	Alcohol and pregnancy: health promotion for health professionals Epidemiological studies of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Western Australian born children, 1980-2002: patterns and trends of mortality
Turning Point Alcohol & Drug Centre
	"Heads Up" Project Alcohol Epidemiology Project Amphetamine Clinical Treatment Guidelines Assessment of drug treatments and recommendations for improved responses for amphetamine-type substance use and dependence. Banyule City Council Alcohol and Drug Profile: a local area analysis 2004-2005 to 2005-2006 Bargoongagat Case Coordination Panel review Benzodiazepines: Treatment Capacity Building project Clinical Treatment Guidelines Drug use in the City of Maribyrnong : a local profile Earlier Identification of Drug Harms Project (EIDHP) Ecstasy and related Drugs Reporting System (EDRS) Evaluation of a best practice integrated intervention for regular methamphetamine users with comorbid depression Evaluation of brief interventions in primary care Evaluation of hospital based withdrawal models Evaluation of the 'from Go to Whoa' dissemination project Evaluation of the pilot web-based counselling intervention www.counsellingonline.org.au From GO to WHOA dissemination GENACIS Gender Alcohol and Culture: an International Study. Drinking patterns, gender and social roles in alcohol problems in Victoria : an international comparative context Identification of an AOD screening tool for the Service Coordination Tool Template (SCTT) Identification of the incidence of high prevalence mental health disorders Identifying local area community and gaming industry risk and protective factors that impact upon the prevalence of problem gambling Illicit Drug Reporting System (IDRS) Illicit Drug Reporting System Party Drug Initiative (PDI) Local government AOD profilers/needs analyses Longitudinal treatment outcomes for methamphetamine dependence : a treatment cohort study Methamphetamine Clinical Treatment Guidelines Monitoring the implementation of combination buprenorphine-naloxone (suboxone) National Alcohol Strategy Campaign - Key Alcohol Indicators (NAIP) Non-fatal Heroin Overdose Monitoring Project Psychostimulants information and education resources Specialist methamphetamine clinics: evaluation Surveillance of drug related events attended by ambulance in Melbourne Translating research into practice: PsyCheck dissemination Victorian Alcohol Statistics Handbook Victorian Drug Statistics Handbook Working with Clients with Dual Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders: Guidelines for Alcohol and Other Drug Workers Youth Drug Reporting System (YDRS)
Undefined
	National Australian Drug & Alcohol Testing register
University of Adelaide. Discipline of Pharmacology
	Stimulants and Thermoregulation
University of Melbourne
	Development of alcohol misuse first aid guidelines for Indigenous Australians
University of Melbourne. Dept. of General Practice
	Managing alcohol issues in general practice: How prepared are Australian GP Registrars?
University of Melbourne. School of Population Health
	Helping smokers with a history of depression quit smoking safely: Depression and smoking cessation outcomes among clients of a tailored Quitline callback service offering doctor-Quitline co-management of smoking cessation and depression
University of Melbourne. School of Social Work
	Living with Drugs in the Family project: the needs and experiences of siblings
University of New South Wales. National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research
	Qualitative Interviews Concerning Key Issues and Experiences (QUICKIE) project
University of New South Wales. National Centre in HIV Social Research
	Comparing the role of takeaways in Methadone maintenance treatment in New South Wales and Victoria National Treatment Service Users Project Pharmacy Fitpack Study: a mixed-method exploration of access to sterile injecting equipment and information among people who do not attend needle and syringe programs (NSPs) Sexually transmissible infections and blood borne viruses in Aboriginal communities in NSW: survey of knowledge, risk practice and access to services
University of New South Wales. School of Psychology
	Functional neuroanatomy of contextual control of drug-relapse
University of Queensland
	Effect of alcoholism and chronic tobacco use on gene expression in the corticolimbic system Excitotoxic mechanisms in alcoholic brain damage Parents Under Pressure Program: results from a randomised controlled trial The role of cognitive behaviour therapy in cessation of long term benzodiazepine use and outcome at 6 months
University of Queensland. School of Psychology
	Alcohol expectancies, drinking refusal self-efficacy and drinking behaviour in Asian and Australian students.
University of Tasmania
	Mental illness, substance use, and people with complex needs Trialling 'Social Norms' strategies for minimising alcohol-related harm among rural youth
University of Western Australia. Combined Universities Centre for Rural Health
	Family interventions to reduce tobacco smoke exposure of Pilbara Aboriginal children
University of Western Australia. Injury Research Centre
	A review of the statutory blood alcohol concentration level for provisionally licensed drivers in Western Australia
University of Western Sydney
	Researching with Women in Recovery from Alcohol Dependence in Australia. Final stage recruiting: participants - practitioners with more than 10 years experience and women in recovery with more than 7 years abstinence Researching with women in recovery from alcoholism
Vietnamese Community in Australia (SA Chapter)
	Vietnamese alcohol community education project Vietnamese drug users treatment program
Westmead Hospital, Sydney
	Cannabis, Vomiting and Compulsive Bathing
Wintringham
	Older people with acquired brain injury and associated complex behaviours: a psychosocial model of care that supports long-term residential care needs
World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Research in the Treatment of Drug and Alcohol Problems
	Expansion of evidence-based drug treatment in developing countries. Illicit Drugs Initiative (IDI): toolkit for opioid dependence treatment and rehabilitation, and related HIV/AIDS prevention. An integrated planning, training and implementation guide.

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