FEBRUARY: South Australia (SA)
For the month of February, the team here at the Knowledge Centre have put together a ‘South Australian Resource Package’ which includes information on programs, projects, organisations, resources, publications and conferences to assist those who have an interest in Aboriginal AOD work in SA.
Programs:
Cyril Lindsay House program
Dunjiba
Footsteps
Kumangka drug and alcohol diversion service (IDDI)
Sobering-up shelter (Ceduna/Koonibba Aboriginal Health Service)
Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara lands (APY Lands) substance misuse service
Drug substitution options and support (SOS)
Young street centre (Port Augusta)
Mobile assistance patrol (MAP)
Nunga users HIV/HCV intervention team (NUHIT)
Street youth service
Projects:
Using rapid assessment procedures to investigate the impact of injecting drug use amongst
Indigenous Australians in metropolitan Adelaide
Clinical management of Aboriginal people with co-existing diabetes and alcohol-related health problems
Strengthening dementia care in Indigenous communities
Organisations:
Aboriginal Drug and Alcohol Council (ADAC)
Aboriginal Prisoners and Offenders Support Services (APOSS)
Aboriginal Sobriety Group Inc
Port Lincoln Aboriginal Health Service (PLAHS)
Umoona Tjutagku Health Service Aboriginal Corporation
Nunkuwarrin Yunti Inc
Kalparrin Community Inc
Health Promotion Resources:
Alcohol and your body: the animated DVD (2006)
Alcohol and substance use poster (kids)
Alcohol effects on the body (2006)
Alcohol Gubbi Woma: its effects on me and my family (2006)
Alcohol Muthan: its effects on me and my family (2003)
Alcohol Upuria: its effects on me and my family (2006)
Don’t gamble with your health (nd)
Strengthening dementia care in Indigenous communities [comic] (2008)
Amphetamines (2004)
Cannabis (2004)
Ecstasy (2004)
Don’t mess with meth (2008)
Health Practice Resources:
Alcohol guidelines to reduce the lifetime health risks from drinking alcohol (2011)
Alcohol and other drug VET qualifications and training providers database (2011)
Alcohol, tobacco and other drugs: clinical guidelines for nurses and midwives: version3 (2012)
Can I ask…? An alcohol and drug clinician’s guide to addressing family and domestic violence (2013)
Petrol sniffing and other solvents: a community resource (2002)
Petrol sniffing and other solvents workshop ADAC [DVD] (2010)
Publications:
Aboriginal health in South Australia 2011-2014: a case study (2011)
A travellin’ man (2014)
Alcohol consumption and related harm in South Australia: summary of available data
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health performance framework 2012 report: South Australia (2013)
Providing opioid substitution treatment to Indigenous Heroin users within a community health service setting in Adelaide
APY Lands: monitoring the use of marijuana
Conferences, workshops and events:
13 March 2015: Hepatitis V treatments: unravelling the maze
1 April 2015: Grey matters national conference
Please contact us if you know of any programs, organisations or resources that have a particular focus in South Australia or any other areas of Aboriginal health and AOD use that you would like to share. We would love to hear from you! Please send me an email at: j.read@ecu.edu.au
As always, you can follow us on Twitter to keep up-to-date with everything AOD! We currently have 531 followers but we would love more so find us at our new twitter handle: @AIAODKC.
I hope you all have a top day!
Jaime Read
Research Assistant
AOD Knowledge Centre Yarning Place
emsg_substance@healthinfonet.org.au
JANUARY: New South Wales (NSW)
Welcome back to another year filled with plenty of information sharing! We hope you all had a safe and enjoyable break.
To kick us off for 2015, the AOD team at the Knowledge Centre have put together a ‘New South Wales Resource Package’ which includes information on programs and projects, organisations, resources and publications to assist those who have an interest in Aboriginal AOD work in NSW.
Programs:
Preventing domestic violence and alcohol abuse program
Deadly liver mob project
Sydney Medically Supervised Injecting Centre
Bulgarr Ngaru alcohol and other drug program
Langton Centre alcohol and other drug services
Benelong’s haven
Projects:
Reducing alcohol-related injury and violence in rural Aboriginal communities
Naltrexone for reducing alcohol consumption: a health promotion project
Social and cultural resilience and emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal mothers in prison
Organisations:
Aboriginal Counselling Services (ACS)
Aboriginal Drug and Alcohol Network (ADAN)
Gunawirra
Namatjira Haven
The Glen (Ngaimpe Aboriginal Corporation)
Weigelli Centre
Marrin Weejali Aboriginal Corporation
Gamarada
Casino Aboriginal Medical Service
Health Promotion Resources:
Alcohol awareness kit (2012)
Don’t share a bloody thing (2011)
Hep C ain’t for me (2011)
Stay strong and healthy: pregnancy resources for Aboriginal women (2012)
Your Room, the place for drug and alcohol information: A-Z of drugs (2013)
Health Practice Resources:
Handbook for Aboriginal alcohol and drug work (2012)
Injecting drug use among Aboriginal people in New South Wales (2012)
Clinical guidelines for nursing and midwifery practice in NSW: identifying and responding to drug and alcohol issues (2013)
NSW drug and alcohol withdrawal clinical practice guidelines (2008)
NSW needle and syringe program guideline (2013)
Publications:
Who are the New South Wales Aboriginal drug and alcohol workforce? A first description (2014)
Professional strengths and needs of the New South Wales Aboriginal drug and alcohol workforce (2013)
Dedicated ‘cannabis only’ treatment clinics in New South Wales, Australia: Client and treatment characteristics and associations with first-time treatment seeking (2014)
Culture in treatment for Aboriginal Australian men in New South Wales residential drug and alcohol rehabilitation services (2013)
Please contact us if you know of any programs, organisations or resources that have a particular focus in New South Wales or any other areas of Aboriginal health and AOD use that you would like to share. We would love to hear from you! Please send me an email at: j.read@ecu.edu.au
As always, you can follow us on Twitter to keep up-to-date with everything AOD! We currently have 531 followers but we would love more so find us at our new twitter handle: @AIAODKC.
I hope you all have a top day!
Jaime Read
Research Assistant
AOD Knowledge Centre Yarning Place emsg_substance@healthinfonet.org.au
Helping to 'close the gap' by providing the evidence base to inform practice and policy in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health
