October 2019

The Data-linkage Alcohol Cohort Study (DACS): Investigating mortality, morbidity, and offending among people with an alcohol-related problem using linked administrative data

This project will assemble a retrospective observational cohort of people presenting to emergency department and hospital inpatient services with an acute alcohol harm and/or problematic alcohol use.

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July 2014

Inequalities and Alcohol Addiction

The National Centre for Education and Training on Addiction (NCETA), Flinders University, was commissioned by VicHealth to undertake a literature review of alcohol consumption and related harms from a social determinants and inequalities perspective.

July 2014

New Methamphetamine Project

NCETA is developing a new program of work focusing on methamphetamine research.

July 2014

Identifying opportunities for the prevention of harmful use of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs among young Noongar (Aboriginal) people in the south-west of Western Australia

This is a collaborative project between the Southern Aboriginal Corporation and the National Drug Research Institute. Utilising a community consultation process, this study will identify risk and resilience factors and opportunities for intervention and enable an Aboriginal community controlled organisation to develop an evidence-based strategy to address the harmful effects of substance use at a local level.

July 2014

Modelling the public health and safety impacts of liquor licensing changes on communities: enhancing evidence-based liquor licensing decisions

There is currently intense interest in finding efficient and reliable ways to inform evidence-based liquor licensing decisions. This multi-stage project will develop a model to assist in predicting the likely impacts of proposed/planned licensing changes on a range of alcohol-related indicators (e.g. emergency department presentations, road crashes, assaults) within WA and other Australian jurisdictions.

July 2014

Experiences of addiction, treatment and recovery: An online resource for members of the public, health professionals and policymakers

This project is the first of its kind in Australia and around the world. Funded by the Australian Research Council, it will generate much-needed new insights into the range of experiences that make up life for people who consider themselves to have an addiction.

July 2014

The Drug and Alcohol Service Planning Model for Australia – Indigenous Project

This project aims to develop a culturally appropriate planning tool for Aboriginal treatment service planning.

July 2014

The effects of cognitive-behavioural therapy on methamphetamine use among women in methadone therapy in Tehran

Methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) is a recognised treatment for heroin dependence. However, regular methamphetamine use has no pharmacological treatment. This study aims to identify whether brief cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is effective in reducing regular methamphetamine use among a group of women in Iran who use both heroin and methamphetamine.

July 2014

Pulmonary granulamatosis amongst injecting drug users

The injection of tablet preparations has increased markedly in recent years. This project aims to determine the number of cases of sudden or unnatural deaths in which pulmonary granulamatosis was diagnosed, and the medical consequences of pulmonary granulamatosis.

July 2014

Reducing alcohol-related injury and violence in rural Aboriginal communities

Aboriginal Australians experience a disproportionately high burden of alcohol-related injury and violence compared to the general population.These elevated rates of alcohol-related harm among Aboriginal Australians require a targeted approach. This project will examine the cost-effectiveness of a community empowerment and positive reinforcement intervention for reducing alcohol-related injury and violence among Aboriginal people.

April 2014

A systematic review of school-based alcohol interventions

This project will enable NCETA to provide guidance to schools on the essential features of effective school-based alcohol education programs.

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