ACT Drug and Alcohol Court: Developing a program logic and evaluation framework
In 2016 the ACT committed to scoping and designing a Drug and Alcohol Court (DAC).
Project Status:
Completed
Alcohol
Embedding research into Aboriginal drug and alcohol residential rehabilitation services
NDARC has been invited to undertake research in partnership with NSW Aboriginal drug and alcohol Residential Rehabilitation Services. This research is unique in being embedded into the routine delivery of their services.
The Horizons Project: An empirical analysis of alcohol and drug treatment funding, purchasing and workforce mechanisms
Alcohol and other drug (AOD) treatment is key for improving health and reducing the social impact of AOD use. However, the treatment itself is not the only variable that impacts on whether health outcomes are improved.
Project Status:
Current
Liquor licensing legislations and the role of community members and groups
To reduce alcohol related harms, the World Health Organisation recommends regulating the sale and supply of alcohol, including limiting the number of premises selling alcohol as well as the hours during which alcohol can be sold.
Project Status:
Current
A systematic review of alcohol and other drug prevention strategies
Project Status:
Current
Exploration of partnerships between rural Aboriginal communities and researchers to prevent and treat drug and alcohol-related harms: Three examples in remote NSW
This project seeks to develop knowledge about effective models of partnership between rural Aboriginal communities and researchers across a range of community-led programs delivered from 2012-2016, which aimed to reduce drug and alcohol-related harm.
Project Status:
Current
Evaluation of the Supporting pregnant women who use alcohol or other drugs
Substance use among pregnant women is a significant public health issue. A range of adverse effects have been noted including increased risk of miscarriage and still birth, reduction in fetal growth, birth defects, developmental delay, growth retardation and neurological abnormalities.
Project Status:
Current
Update of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders in Australia: Monograph of the InterGovernmental Committee on Drugs Working Party on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
The monograph is an outcome of the Intergovernmental Committee on Drugs (IGCD) Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Working Party.
Project Status:
Completed
Review of adolescent substance use and responses in the WHO Western Pacific Region
Substance use amongst adolescents (those in the age group of 10-19) is an important public health issue in many countries of the region.
Project Status:
Completed
An evaluation of the New South Wales Involuntary Drug and Alcohol Treatment (IDAT) Program
The IDAT Program, established under the Drug and Alcohol Treatment Act 2007 of New South Wales, aims to “provide short-term care, with an involuntary supervised withdrawal component, to protect the health and safety of people with severe substance dependence who have experienced, or are at risk o
Project Status:
Current