August 2020

Drug checking (‘pill testing’) and behavioural responses among a sample of people who regularly use drugs in New South Wales

One-third of the sample who regularly used ecstasy had tested their illicit drugs in the last year.

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May 2018

Narratives of young men with IDU histories leaving adult prison

This research focuses on an under-examined aspect of the post-release prison trajectory for a seldom-researched cohort.

March 2018

Methamphetamine users who identify as heterosexual double risk of sexual activity: more likely to have casual sex and multiple partners

Methamphetamine is now a global public health concern, being consumed by an estimated 14-53 million people world-wide in 2015.

March 2018

Workplace alcohol harm reduction

Evidence of the effectiveness of workplace alcohol harm reduction strategies is limited and inconclusive due to these interventions:

March 2018

Advancing alcohol research and treatment

Aims This narrative exploration of alcohol treatment research focuses on key contentions and advances in alcohol treatment during the critical 1970s and 1980s.

March 2018

Online purchasing of image and performance enhancing drugs

Online drug markets are expanding the boundaries of drug supply including the sale and purchase of image and performance enhancing drugs (IPEDs).

March 2018

Controversy and multiplicity in AOD treatment for young adults

Background Although young adults receiving treatment for alcohol and other drug (AOD) use often experience disadvantaged life circumstances, there has been little qualitative research into

March 2018

Role of culture and relationships in successful treatment outcomes in Australian Aboriginal drug and alcohol rehabilitation service

The need for effective, culturally safe residential rehabilitation services for Aboriginal people is widely acknowledged, however, the combination of treatment components that are optimally e

December 2017

Sexual violence and experience of multiple traumatic events predict suicidal behaviour

There are a number of significant gaps in our knowledge about the relationship between traumatic events and suicidal behaviours.

December 2017

Evaluating drug and alcohol first aid workshops

NCETA conducted a pilot evaluation of Lyndon Community’s Drug and Alcohol First Aid workshop for community and health sector workers and the general public.

December 2017

‘Affording’ new approaches to couples who inject drugs: A novel fitpack design for hepatitis C prevention

In the West, hepatitis C is predominantly transmitted via the sharing of contaminated drug-injecting equipment.

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