NHMRC Partnership Project Success: Shaping the Future of AOD Treatment: Meeting Unmet Demand with Brief Interventions

Alcohol and other drug (AOD) services in Australia currently meet less than half of the treatment demand. Even when individuals with AOD use problems access these services, the majority attend only one or two sessions.

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June 2019

Assisting Remote Area Nurses to prevent and respond to pharmaceutical opioid-related problems

NCETA partnered with Flinders University’s Centre for Remote Health to conduct a webinar for Remote Area Nurses enrolled in the online Pharmacotherapeutics course.

June 2019

Informing the work of the University of the 3rd Age (U3A)

NCETA’s Professor Ann Roche was invited by the Flinders University of the 3rd Age (U3A) to present the Centre’s research findings on AOD use among older people to a cohort of 40 retired professionals.

June 2019

Northern Territory Alcohol and Other Drug Workforce Development Strategic Framework now available

Building on its extensive alcohol and other drugs (AOD) workforce development (WFD) program of work, NCETA was commissioned by the Northern Territory Primary Health Network to develop a five-year AOD WFD Strategic Framework for the Northern Territory.

April 2019

Alcoholharmtool.info - New tool to identify and show alcohol harm trends in Australia

A new tool developed by NDRI researchers to identify and show alcohol harm trends is now available online at alcoholharmtool.info.

April 2019

National research centres welcome Australian Government’s drug and alcohol funding commitment

NDARC, NDRI and NCETA have welcomed the announcement of $268 million in funding to support drug and alcohol research and treatment in Australia.

April 2019

Peer organisations invited to apply for participation award to attend 2019 CDP conference

Peer organisations are invited to apply for a participation award towards the cost of attending and presenting at the fifth Contemporary Drug Problems conference in Italy.

April 2019

New book provides vital information about how illicit drugs affect health

Experts from the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre at UNSW Sydney have written a new book on illicit drugs and health.

April 2019

Strategies to support Aboriginal AOD workers and enhance worker wellbeing

NCETA's Allan Trifonoff recently conducted an interactive workshop for Aboriginal AOD and Social and Emotional Wellbeing Workers on strategies to support them do their job.

April 2019

Online now: NDARC seminar presented by Professor David Nutt

The NDARC seminar presented by Professor David Nutt from Imperial College London is available to watch online now.

April 2019

International research spotlight on declining trends in youth alcohol consumption

Professor Ann Roche was invited to present the findings from NCETA’s research examining differential patterns of risky alcohol use and illicit drug displacement effects among young workers to the i

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