The second session was focused on research partnerships and engaging with families, communities and services.
Held during NAIDOC week, presentations highlighted NDARC research that focuses on Indigenous communities. Speakers also included Indigenous alcohol and other drug leaders in research and service providers.
Session Chair: Professor Anthony Shakeshaft
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Welcome to Country |
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Alcohol management plans in Queensland’s Indigenous communities: Perceived effectiveness of among service providers, stakeholders and community residents ABSTRACT |
Dr Michelle Fitts, Senior Research Fellow, Menzies School of Health Research |
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How can we improve the quality of evaluations of programs for vulnerable young people delivered by governments and NGOs? A systematic critique of existing evaluations. ABSTRACT |
Mr George Economidis, Research Assistant at NDARC |
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Identifying best-evidence principles of Indigenous data sovereignty and how they might be operationalised: a systematic literature review. ABSTRACT
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Ms Skye Trudgett, Research Officer at NDARC |
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Q&A |
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The quality and effectiveness of supported accommodation interventions to improve health and criminal justice outcomes of people released from prison: A systematic literature review. WATCH HERE |
Ms Daisy Gibbs, Research Officer at NDARC |
Featured Poster |
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Trajectories of parental and peer supply of alcohol across adolescence. WATCH HERE |
Ms Alexandra Aiken, Senior Research Officer at NDARC |
Featured Poster |
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A systematic review of interventions to reduce harms associated with alcohol and other drug use in licensed entertainment settings and outdoor music festivals. WATCH HERE |
Mr Christopher Eassey, Research Assistant at NDARC |
Featured Poster |
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Patterns of transitions across physiological and psychosocial alcohol-related harms in adolescence. WATCH HERE |
Ms Wing See Yuen, Research Assistant at NDARC |
Featured Poster |
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Engaging with prisons to address alcohol and drug use. ABSTRACT |
Dr Michael Doyle, Senior Research Fellow at the Central Clinical School, the University of Sydney |
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Partnering with international partners to adapt an Australian framework for the uptake of clinician-driven integrated care ABSTRACT |
Dr Catherine Foley, Postdoctoral Fellow at NDARC |
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Partnerships in practice: Focus on Milliya Rumurra. ABSTRACT |
Mr Andrew Amor, Director of Milliya Rumurra Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Centre, Broome |
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Discussion (inc. Q&A) |
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Dr Michelle Fitts
Michelle is Senior Research Fellow at Menzies School of Health Research in Alice Springs and Adjunct Research Fellow at James Cook University. She has worked for ten years on multi-site projects surrounding alcohol, disability and road safety. With communities in Queensland, Michelle’s work has led to important outcomes including a community drink driving program and traumatic brain injury resources for patients and carers.
Mr George Economidis
George joined NDARC in 2018, after completing a Bachelor of Psychology (Honours) at the University of New South Wales. He is currently working as the Trial Coordinator of the Their Futures Matter project under the supervision of Professor Anthony Shakeshaft. The program evaluates the process, outcome and economic objectives of two programs funded by the Department of Family and Community Services, Functional Family Therapy - Child Welfare (FFT-CW) and Multisystemic Therapy for Child Abuse and Neglect (MST-CAN) on rates of children taken into out-of-home care. In 2019, George will commence a PhD in the School of Public Health and Community Medicine.
Ms Skye Trudgett
Skye is a proud mother and First Nations woman who is currently completing a PhD in Indigenous Data Sovereignty and models of care for high risk young people, at the University of NSW. Skye is an experienced social researcher and evaluator, in addition to her study, Skye is supporting the National Centre of Indigenous Excellence (NCIE) to establish an evaluation unit, Blak Impact. Skye has contributed to numerous research and evaluation projects nationally. Skye has a particular interest in Indigenous data sovereignty and governance and grounds these principles within her work and research. She brings a unique approach to evaluation which considers sustainable First Nations community defined and led concepts.
Dr Michael Doyle
Michael is Bardi from the Kimberley Region of Western Australia and is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Research Excellence (CRE) in Indigenous Health and Alcohol, and is based in the Discipline of Addiction Medicine, Central Clinical School. His research focuses on alcohol and other drug treatment for men involve in the criminal justice system.
Dr Catherine Foley
Dr Catherine Foley is a psychologist with a clinical background in substance use, mental illness, and trauma. She works as a research fellow with the Australian National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), and as a clinician and program manager with MNCLHD Integrated Child, Youth and Family Wellbeing Services. Dr. Foley’s research and expertise is focused on improving health experiences and outcomes for people who have complex and co-occurring conditions, with an emphasis on rural and regional areas. This objective is underpinned by the prioritisation of active collaboration with service users, service providers and policy makers across diverse healthcare settings.
Mr Andrew Amor
Andrew is of Gija descent from the East Kimberley region of Western Australia. Andrew has been the CEO of Milliya Rumurra since 1997. Milliya Rumurra is based in Broome and provides a range of AOD services to the Kimberley community.
Andrew has been involved in the health sector for the past 30 years and has an interest in the stress related disorders and how stress influences long-term health and wellbeing including the impact on Aboriginal society.
All posters this year can be accessed online and are accomnaied by a two minute presentation.