An overview of prevention strategies

DrugInfo newsletter, volume 1, number 2, September 2002

This issue looks at prevention strategies in within a range of settings and community groups.

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Contents

Rob Moodie and Alana Hulme, VICHealth

Five reasons universal prevention strategies targeting legal drugs should be a major focus for prevention
Tim Stockwell National Drug Research Institute

Drug diversion in Victoria
Kirsty Terry, Foreensic Drug Treatment Operations, Department of Human Services, Victoria

Risk and protective factors for drug prevention in schools
Geoff Munro, Director, Centre for Youth Drug Studies, Australian Drug Foundation

Social marketing as a drug prevention strategy
Ruth Richards and Dr Tom Carroll, Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing

Building resilience in Australian families - A PACE approach
Constance Jenkin, Parenting Australia

Prevention research summaries - Drug prevention frameworks and strategies
John W. Toumbourou, Centre for Adolescent Health, Melbourne

Drug prevention strategies in culturally and linguistically diverse background communities
Francine Seeto, Drug & Alcohol Multicultural Education Centre

Treatment means prevention, too
Margaret Hamilton, Director, Turning Point Alcohol & Drug Centre