Alcohol and community sporting clubs [pdf: 603.72Kb]
Bosco Rowland and John Toumbourou. Prevention Research Quarterly. Drug Info Clearinghouse, December 2009.
This Issues Paper, by Bosco Rowland and Professor John Toumbourou, examines the link between alcohol and community sporting clubs. The paper argues that there are steps sporting clubs can take to reduce the link between alcohol and sport, and create a setting that will cultivate and develop healthy individuals and sporting clubs.
Australian Social Trends, December 2009 [website]
Australian Bureau of Statistics
This December issue reveals that over the last decade, the number of jobless families has fallen, while the number of people who live alone has been increasing. We also see that Australians are less likely to smoke than in the past, but more likely to be obese and that many workers work non-traditional hours.
EDRS: The Personal Wellbeing of Regular Ecstasy Users in Australia [webpage]
Fabian Kong and Paul Dietze, NDARC, Ecstasy and related Drug Trends Bulletin December 2009.
People start, or stop, using ecstasy for a variety of reasons. Ecstasy users have themselves reported the risks and benefits of taking ecstasy3, and are known to take active measures to reduce the negative consequences associated with their use of illicit drugs4.
Guidelines on the management of co-occurring alcohol and other drug and mental health conditions in alcohol and other drug treatment settings [website]
Katherine L Mills [et al]. National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, December 2009
The Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing funded the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC) to develop guidelines on the management of co-occurring mental health conditions in alcohol and other drug (AOD) treatment settings. The Guidelines are based on the best available evidence and draw upon the experience and knowledge of clinicians, researchers, consumers and carers.
IDRS: Examining differences between younger and older injecting drug users in the 2009 National Illicit Drug Reporting System sample [webpage]
Joanne Cassar, Jennifer Stafford & Lucy Burns. NDARC, Drug Trends Bulletin December 2009.
Key issues in alcohol-related violence [website]
Anthony Morgan and Amanda McAtamney. Research in practice no. 4. Australian Institute of Criminology, December 2009
The harm associated with the consumption of alcohol, particularly among young people, is an area of growing concern within the Australian community and presents a major challenge to all levels of government. Developing policies and initiatives that attempt to influence drinking behaviour is notoriously difficult, largely because the consumption of alcohol is both widely accepted as a significant part of Australian culture and at the same time responsible for a range of social and health-related problems. There is a well established drinking culture in Australia of 'drinking to get drunk', whereby the consumption of alcohol, frequently at excessive and harmful levels, is associated with many forms of entertainment and participation in social events.
State and Territory Alcohol and other Drug Treatment Services 2007-08: Report on the National Minimum data set
Australian Institute of health and welfare, December 2009.
These data bulletin summarises the main findings from the 2007-08 Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Services National Minimum Data Set (AODTS-NMDS) data for each stste and territory. Please see below for each state and territory covered in December 2009;
HIV futures 6 - making positive lives count [pdf: 419.26Kb]
Jeffrey Grierson, and others. Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society. January 2010
Now in its twelth year this survey aims to collect data to help inform health workers, policy makers and people living with AIDS aware of the health and social issues experienced by the AIDS community. The HIV Futures 6 survey was completed by 1106 HIV positive Australians from all states and territories. This represents approximately 6.6% of the estimated HIV positive population.
The trend in mental health-related mortality rates in Australia 1916-2004 [website]
Harvey Whiteford, Darrel P. Doessel, Ruth F.G. Williams, Australia and New Zealand Health Policy January 2010
This study determines the trend in mental health-related mortality (defined here as the aggregation of suicide and deaths coded as "mental/behavioural disorders"), and its relative numerical importance, and to argue that this has importance to policy-makers.
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