Australian alcohol guidelines: from research to practice

DrugInfo newsletter, volume 7, number 4, June 2009

This issue of DrugInfo examines how health and welfare workers, counsellors, and educators are planning to communicate the new Australian alcohol guidelines to the wider community.

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Contents

Rod Glenn-Smith, Victorian State Manager, Good Sports, Australian Drug Foundation, Victoria

The new Australian drinking guidelines:helping Australians make informed choices about drinking alcohol
Guest editorial by Professor Jon Currie, Director of Addiction Medicine and Translational Neurobiology, St Vincent’s Hospital, Victoria

Community Pharmacy Alcohol Standard Drink Awareness Campaign
Khin Win May, Divisional Manager Policy and Planning, Government Relations and Policy, The Pharmacy Guild of Australia, ACT

Implementing the new alcohol guidelines in an alcohol and other drugs counselling service
Jenni Thompson, Co-ordinator—Counselling Team and Susan King, Amphetamine Type Stimulants (ATS) Project Officer, Knox Community Health Service, Victoria

Alcohol, other drugs and pregnancy
Ian Comben, Information Officer, Australian Drug Foundation, Victoria

Teaching about the alcohol guidelines
Dr Helen Cahill, Deputy-director, Australian Youth Research Centre and Michelle Pose, Research Fellow, Australian Youth Research Centre, The University of Melbourne, Victoria

Victoria's Koori Alcohol Action Plan—restoring the balance
bryan Andy, Indigenous Information & Liaison Officer, Australian Drug Foundation, Victoria

Alcohol and other drug use and gender: an issue to be considered in context
Marika Guggisberg, School of Population Health, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Western Australia