Although youth drug and alcohol harm minimization policies in Australia are often contrasted with the abstinence and zero tolerance policies adopted in the United States, there has been little research directly comparing youth substance use behaviour in the two countries. Three state representative ...
Issue addressed: Reducing drug and alcohol harm is a public health priority and the Australian government has adopted a harm minimisation approach to policy. Understanding the needs of local youth is necessary for the design of relevant prevention and harm reduction services. Methods: Using 5 ...
What is Altered High? We are a team of health professionals that helps young people with concerns about their own, or someone else’s alcohol or drug use. We provide interventions to reduce the harm from alcohol or drug use and help young people stop usi
Screening for youth alcohol and drug use in primary care: Predictors and implications for practiceScreening for youth alcohol and drug use in primary care: Predictors and implications for practiceS.A., SterlingC.M., WeisnerA.N., HesselJ
He intends to sign up as a paid volunteer for a clinical trial in Sydney to finance the rest of his travels. Hannah wonders if she should advise against doing this. Having worked for years on issues of pharmaceutical safety, I ask for details during our dinner-table conver- sation. What...
Outcome Measures Levels of risk and incidence and prevalence of tobacco, alcohol, and other drug use; delinquency; and violent behavior by grade 10. Results Mean levels of targeted risks increased less rapidly between grades 5 and 10 in CTC than in control communities and were significantly lower...
Despite the emergence of mental health problems during adolescence and early adulthood, many young people encounter difficulties accessing appropriate services. In response to this gap, the Australian Government recently established new enhanced primary care services (headspace) that target young people with...
There are age-specific legal restrictions on hours and tasks. Those under 16 cannot work ‘mainly or solely’ for the sale of alcohol, for example, while those in compulsory education may work only 12 h per week in term-time, including a maximum of 2 h on a weekday or Sunday; 8 h ...
Fighting Drug and Alcohol Abuse! Valerie & Grace Fuller Substance Abuse and Mental Heath Services Administration (SAMHSA) “To Serve Everyone, all Indiana. { Emerging Best Practices for Future Collaboration in preventing Tobacco related disease Linn County Communities Putting Prevention to Work Jill Roed...
Medicine and Therapeutics 17 December 2011 Number of times this article has been viewed Sonal Singh Marketing and Management Department, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Abstract: It is widely accepted that many social and health problems have underlying behavioral causes. Be...