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The Horizons Project: An empirical analysis of alcohol and drug treatment funding, purchasing and workforce mechanisms
Status: Current
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... Read more
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Viability of an Early Warning System (ViEWS) study
Status: Current
The Australian National Advisory Council on Alcohol and Drugs (ANACAD) has funded NDARC to conduct a feasibility study for an early warning system (EWS) project, involving a data collection model... Read more
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Pathways to prevention: The effectiveness of universal and selective prevention in altering the developmental pathways to alcohol related harms in young adults
Status: Current
The Climate and Preventure (CAP) study was initiated in 2011 by Nicola Newton, Maree Teesson, Tim Slade and Patricia Conrod as a school-based prevention initiative targeting alcohol and drug use. The... Read more
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Drugs on the darknet: Assessing the global health risks of a rapidly expanding market
Status: Current
This project is an international collaboration to assess the nature and extent of health outcomes from drug cryptomarkets, globally and specifically for Australians.
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Increasing the capacity of community pharmacy for screening, brief intervention and referral for treatment of pharmaceutical opioid use disorders
Status: Current
This translational research project will embed screening, brief intervention and referral into community pharmacy practice, in addition to establishing clear referral pathways with primary, secondary... Read more
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Adding an electronic-cigarette to standard behavioural treatment for low-socioeconomic status smokers: A randomised trial
Status: Current
Smoking is a leading cause of preventable disease and death. Limited progress has occurred in reducing smoking rates over the past decade for the most disadvantaged Australians (2001 = 24%, 2013 = 21... Read more
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A multiple health behaviour approach to prevent common and emerging risk factors for chronic
Status: Current
The overall aim is to evaluate the efficacy of the Climate Schools: Healthy Lifestyles program, the first online program to simultaneously target the Big 6 risk factors among adolescents.
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Trending: Social media analysis to monitor cannabis and synthetic cannabinoid use
Status: Current
Cannabis remains one of the most commonly used psychoactive substances in the United States, and current epidemiological studies indicate broadening acceptability. This aim of this project is to... Read more
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Liquor licensing legislations and the role of community members and groups
Status: Current
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... Read more
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A systematic review of alcohol and other drug prevention strategies
Status: Current
The use of alcohol and illicit drugs is a serious public health concern and entails considerable burden of disease.  Recent estimates indicate that about 4.5% of the global burden of disease as... Read more