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Jaime Read

Member

4 February 2014

Hello Substance Use Mob Members!

Over the past couple of months we have seen a growth in prevalence and discussion surrounding methamphetamine, or ice. Therefore, the Substance Use Team at AIH have put together an ‘Ice Package’ which contains information on organisations, projects and resources which may help you and your community.

Resources:
Amphetamines (set of three leaflets)
http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/key-resources/promotion-resources?lid=20425
Break the ice (video for the gay and lesbian community)
http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/key-resources/promotion-resources?lid=24682
Don’t mess with meth (comic)
http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/key-resources/promotion-resources?lid=15610

Publication:
Department of Health (2008). Treatment approaches for users of methamphetamine: a practical guide for frontline workers
http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/key-resources/bibliography?lid=18261

Projects:
Policing implications of illicit drug use in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities (NSW)
http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/key-resources/programs-projects?pid=2084
Illicit drug reporting system (IDRS) (National)
http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/key-resources/programs-projects?pid=1030
Ecstasy and related drugs reporting system (National)
http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/key-resources/programs-projects?pid=1031
National illicit drug indicators project (NIDIP) (National)
http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/key-resources/programs-projects?pid=1032

Program:
Illicit drug diversion initiative (IDDI) (Tas)
http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/key-resources/programs-projects?pid=1863

Organisation:
Circular Head Aboriginal Corporation (Tas)
http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/key-resources/organisations?oid=1353
Drug and Alcohol Office (DAO) of Western Australia
http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/key-resources/organisations?oid=174
Australian Injecting and Illicit Drug Users League (AIVL) (National)
http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/key-resources/organisations?oid=746
Mallee District Aboriginal Services (Vic)
http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/key-resources/organisations?oid=1348
Aboriginal Drug and Alcohol Network (ADAN) (NSW)
http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/key-resources/organisations?oid=944
Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance Northern Territory (AMSANT) (NT)
http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/key-resources/organisations?oid=480
Aboriginal Drug and Alcohol Council (ADAC) (SA)
http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/key-resources/organisations?oid=168

News:
South-west Aboriginal leaders struggling for answers to ice epidemic
http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/gecko-admin2/content/10/?content_item_id=1782
Ted Wilkes awarded with Order of Australia award
http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/about/news/1834

If you have any information which you would like us to share, we would love to hear from you! Please send me an email at j.read@ecu.edu.au.

You can keep up to date with everything substance use by following us on Twitter! Find us at @AIHSubstanceUse

Have a top day,
Jaime Read
Information Officer
Substance Use Yarning Place
Joanne Hoareau

Member

5 December 2013

Hi Substance Use Mob Members!

Here are some items recently added to the HealthInfoNet substance use section of the website that may be of interest.

Resources:
Indigenous road safety: ads (a series of 5 ads developed for Aboriginal people in the Kimberley highlighting the dangers of drink driving)
http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/key-resources/promotion-resources?lid=26439
Strong spirit, strong future: wallet card (a reminder that the safest option is not to drink while pregnant)
http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/key-resources/promotion-resources?lid=26447

Publications
ANCD position paper: needle and syringe programs (ANCD 2013 position statement in support of NSPs)
http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/key-resources/bibliography?lid=26317
Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health survey: first results, Australia, 2012-13 (includes first results for risk factors such as smoking, illicit drugs)
http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/key-resources/bibliography?lid=26500
Campbell, D. Economic rationality in choosing between short-term bad-health choices and longer-term good health choices (journal article which shows poor behavioral choices can be economically rational; especially under highly stressful conditions)
http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/key-resources/bibliography?lid=26409
First taste: how Indigenous Australians learned about grog (A social history of alcohol use in Australia)
http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/key-resources/bibliography?lid=15636

Programs:
FASD peer education project (WA) (establishing a network of FASD peer educators)
http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/key-resources/programs-projects?pid=2050
Getting rid of the Gammin (synthetic) spirits program (NSW)
http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/key-resources/programs-projects?pid=2010
Development of the ‘stay strong’ iPad
http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/key-resources/programs-projects?pid=2066

Organisations:
Katherine West Health Board Aboriginal Corporation (NT)
http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/key-resources/organisations?oid=1390
Queensland Indigenous Substance Misuse Council (Qld)
http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/key-resources/organisations?oid=1382

News:
Concerns over NT alcohol control plans
http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/about/news/1691
FASD Conference 2013
http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/about/news/1692
Complete recovery of brain function for chronic petrol users
http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/about/news/1694

Upcoming Workshops
Drumbeat Training (WA)
http://www.yarning.org.au/event/377
Ways of working with Aboriginal people – Part 1 (WA)
http://www.yarning.org.au/event/330

You can keep up to date with everything on Indigenous health and substance use by following us on twitter! Find us at @AIHSubstanceUse

If you have any information which you would like us to share, send me an email at j.hoareau@ecu.edu.au

Kind Regards,
Joanne Hoareau
Research Officer
Substance Use Yarning Places
Joanne Hoareau

Member

14 August 2013

Hi Substance Use Yarning Place Members, April-June 2013 quarterly update Here is a summary of new publications, programs, resources and funding information that has been added to the substance use pages in the last quarter (http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/uploads/yarning_docs/SubstanceUseQuarterlyYPJuly2013.pdf). A sample item is given for each category. Let us know if you have any news you would like promoted or want any resources, programs or projects added to the website. Send me an email: j.hoareau@ecu.edu.au Don’t forget you can also follow us on the AIH Substance Use Twitter account: https://twitter.com/AIHSubstanceuse where we regularly post news on conferences, funding opportunities and jobs. Kind Regards, Joanne Hoareau Coordinator Substance Use Yarning Place Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet

Leader

10 April 2013

Hello substance use yarning place members,

January - March 2013 quarterly update

We have been adding new programs and projects, publications, policies, resources, and conferences to the substance use pages of the website for the quarter. This PDF tells you how many new entries we've created, and gives an example of each one. http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/uploads/yarning_docs/Sub_Use_quarterly_YP_roundup_April_2013.pdf

New items are being added all the time, so you may want to check the website: http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/health-risks/substance-use.

We love to hear from you! We are always keen to hear about what you’re doing and want to promote your accomplishments. Let us know about what your organisation has developed so we can add it to our website – in this way we can help you to share information with other people across the country so that everyone knows what’s going on. Send me an email (j.hoareau@ecu.edu.au) with any details (including the url if there is a webpage) and we’ll see how we can best add it

Have a great day,

Joanne Hoareau
Substance use yarning places coordinator
Andrea MacRae

6 November 2012

Hello yarning place members!

The substance use team at the Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet were busy from August to October! We have added a lot of new programs and projects, publications, policies and strategies, resources, and conferences to the substance use pages of the website. This PDF tells you how many new entries we've created, and gives an example of each one: http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/uploads/yarning-docs/SubstanceUseYPQuarterlyUpdate_Aug-Oct2012.pdf.

We’re adding stuff to the website all the time, so make sure you’re checking it when you've got time: http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/health-risks/substance-use.

We really enjoy hearing about what you’re doing and want to promote your accomplishments. Let us know about what your organisation has developed so we can add it to our website – in this way we can help you to share information with other people across the country so that everyone knows what’s going on. It’s really easy: just send me an email (a.macrae@ecu.edu.au) with any details (including the url if there is a webpage) and we’ll see how we can best add it.

Have a fabulous day!
Andrea
Andrea MacRae

4 September 2012

Hello Substance use yarning place members!

We’ve been hard at work the last four months, adding loads of relevant content to the website. This PDF outlines how many programs and projects, publications, policies and strategies, resources, and conferences to the substance use pages of the website, and gives an example of each: http://yarning.org.au/public/uploads/2012_10_Yarning_place_quarterly_update.pdf

We’re adding stuff all the time, so make sure you’re checking the website: http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/health-risks/substance-use

We enjoy hearing from our yarning place members, so feel free to drop me an email (a.macrae@ecu.edu.au) with information on what you’ve created – we can add it to our website and help to share your information and accomplishments so that all users know what’s going on across Australia. Also, we encourage you to post your own events so we get better representation from all states and territories!

I hope you’re having a great day,
Andrea
(yarning place coordinator)
Andrea MacRae

10 April 2012

Dear Substance use yarning place members,

The substance use team at the Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet (AIH) have been busy since December! We have added a lot of new programs and projects, publications, policies and strategies, resources, and conferences to the substance use pages of the website. The PDF below will let you know what is new (including an example): http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/uploads/yarning_docs/2012.04-Yarning-place-quarterly-update.pdf

We’re adding stuff all the time, so come check us out: http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/health-risks/substance-use.

Get involved! We are always keen to hear about what you’re doing! We love to hear about anything you’re developing so we can add it to our website – in this way we can help you to share information with other people across the country so that everyone knows what’s going on. It’s really easy: just send me an email (a.macrae@ecu.edu.au) with any details (including the url if there is a webpage) and we’ll see how we can best add it.

Have a wonderful day!
Andrea MacRae
Substance use coordinator
Gay Foster

Member

2 April 2012

‘Culturally safe service provision’ – Does anybody have a short definition and a reference for this term please

Gay Foster
Andrea MacRae

12 December 2011

Dear Substance use members

We have added a lot of new publications, resources, programs and projects, and conferences to the Substance use pages at the Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet since July. The information in the link is a breakdown to let you know what is new, along with an example (it will open up as a PDF):
http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/uploads/yarning_docs/yarning_place_december_update.pdf

We would love to hear about anything that you might be developing that fits into these categories so we can add it to the database and have it on our website. This lets us share information and lets people learn what is going on across the country. Just send me an email (a.macrae@ecu.edu.au) with any details (be sure to include a web address if there is a webpage) and we'll see how we can best add it.

We are adding stuff all the time, so come check us out: http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/health-risks/substance-use

Have a great day!
Andrea
Yarning place coordinator
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet

Leader

12 July 2011

Hi substance use yarning place members,

Please find below information on the number of items added to the Substance use pages of the HealthInfoNet in the last three months. Examples of the type of information recently added are also included as well as the website links to these substance use sections within the HealthInfoNet website.

Alcohol
Publications: 22
• Alcohol restrictions in Indigenous communities and frontier towns (2011)
View alcohol publications homepage:
http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/health-risks/alcohol/publications
Policies and strategies: 13
• Alcohol restrictions in the Kimberley: a 'window of opportunity' for improved health, education, housing and employment (2011)
View alcohol policies and strategies homepage:
http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/health-risks/alcohol/policies-strategies
Programs/projects: 22
• National Indigenous foetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) resource project
NDRIs two year project aims to develop templates that can be used in the production of culturally secure and appropriate resources to assist health professionals in Aboriginal and Torres Strait health care settings across Australia to address the issues of alcohol and pregnancy and Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD).
http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/key-resources/programs-projects?pid=1013
View programs and projects homepage:
http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/health-risks/alcohol/programs-and-projects
Resources: 4
• Nowunga's journey (2010)
Central Australian Aboriginal Congress contracted Inception Strategies to develop an Aboriginal men's health comic that shows men how it is possible to live without alcohol and be empowered by close connections to their family.
http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/key-resources/promotion-resources?lid=20725
View alcohol resources homepage:
http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/health-risks/alcohol/resources
Conferences: 10
• National Indigenous Drug and Alcohol Conference
http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/key-resources/conferences?cid=350
View alcohol conferences homepage:
http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/health-risks/alcohol/alcohol-workforce/conferences
Organisations: 1
• The Alcohol Education &amp; Rehabilitation (AER) Foundation
http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/key-resources/organisations?oid=1133
View alcohol organisations homepage:
http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/health-risks/alcohol/organisations

Illicits
Publications: 18
Australian prisons: the key to closing the gap and ensuring HIV remains low in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities (2011)
View illicits publications homepage:
http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/health-risks/illicit-drugs/publications
Policies and strategies: 7
• Mid-term evaluation of the Indigenous National Alcohol and Other Drug Workforce Development Program (2007)
View illicits policies and strategies homepage:
http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/health-risks/illicit-drugs/policies-strategies
Programs/projects: 13
• Injecting drug use and associated harms among Aboriginal Australians
This project focused on obtaining an understanding of the dimensions and characteristics of Indigenous injecting drug use and its associated harms, including gaps in knowledge and whether there were specific issues that exist for Indigenous people.
http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/key-resources/programs-projects?pid=1029
View illicits programs and projects homepage:
http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/health-risks/illicit-drugs/programs-projects
Resources: 1
Standard for culturally secure practice (alcohol and other drug sector): (final draft for consultation) (2011)
http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/key-resources/promotion-resources/?lid=20732
View illicits resources homepage:
http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/health-risks/illicit-drugs/resources
Conferences: 7
View illicits conferences homepage:
http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/health-risks/illicit-drugs/illicit-drug-use-workforce/conferences

VSU
Publications: 9
To view volatile substance use publications homepage:
http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/health-risks/volatile-substance/publications
Policies and strategies: 3
To view volatile substance use policies and strategies homepage:
http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/health-risks/volatile-substance/policies-strategies
Programs and projects: 6
http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/health-risks/volatile-substance/programs-and-projects
Resources: 3
• Pay day
Boab Health Services commissioned Inception Strategies to develop this comic to raise awareness among young Indigenous people of the dangers of psycho-stimulant drugs.
http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/key-resources/promotion-resources?lid=20651
To view volatile substance use resources homepage:
http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/health-risks/volatile-substance/resources
Conferences: 6
• 788 - Monitoring cognitive recovery following petrol or alcohol abuse
In this seminar, key points from a study that involved monitoring changes in brain function among Indigenous Australians who had recently abstained from petrol inhalation or alcohol abuse were presented. Data, findings and future directions were discussed.
http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/key-resources/conferences?cid=788
To view volatile substance use conferences homepage:
http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/health-risks/volatile-substance/volatile-substance-use-workforce/conferences

Tobacco
Publications: 14
To view tobacco publications homepage:
http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/health-risks/tobacco/publications
Policies and strategies: 3
To view tobacco policies and strategies homepage:
http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/health-risks/tobacco/policies-strategies
Programs and projects: 6
• Milingimbi tobacco project
This tobacco control project is being supported in Milingimbi (NT) using a community development approach, focusing on developing a range of activities, training and community initiatives to support quitting smoking.
http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/key-resources/programs-projects?pid=1033
To view tobacco programs and projects homepage:
http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/health-risks/tobacco/programs-projects
Resources: 14
• Smoking matters
This brochure was produced using funding from the Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing under the Closing the gap in Indigenous health outcomes - tackling smoking initiative. It aims to assist health workers to raise awareness with smokers in their community of the effect that smoking has on their health and introduce to them ways that they can quit.
http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/key-resources/promotion-resources?lid=21037
To view tobacco resources homepage:
http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/health-risks/tobacco/resources
Conferences: 4
To view tobacco conferences homepage:
http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/health-risks/tobacco/tobacco-workforce/conferences

Please take a look at the Substance use web pages and remember the invaluable service you can provide in sharing any information you may have in relation to resources, programs and projects, organisations, courses etc. To notify the HealthInfoNet of such information, please use the website link provided below.
http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/contact/share_info

Kind regards
Michelle Catto
Substance use yarning place coordinator

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