Preventing drug-related harms in Indigenous Australian communities

DrugInfo newsletter, volume 2, number 4, May 2004

This issue of DrugInfo looks at programs working to prevent drug-related harms in Australian Indigenous communities. 

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Contents

A training model for Indigenous drug and alcohol workers
Greg Smith, Community and Further Education, Swinburne University of Technology

Preventing drug-related harms in Indigenous Australian communities
Guest editorial by Paul Briggs, President, Rumbalara Football Netball Club, Shepparton and Member, Premier’s Drug Prevention Council

Developing young Koori leaders
Dee Basinski, Senior Project Officer, Mental Health & Wellbeing Unit, VicHealth

New approach required to improve Indigenous education
Suzanne Mellor and Matthew Corrigan, Research Fellows, Australian Council for Educational Research

Youth leadership towards a healthy community
Robyn Duffy, Environmental Health Officer, Baw Baw Shire Council

From little things big things grow …
Bev Greet (VACCHO), Linda Connor (HCCV) and Heather Morgan (AHSHL)

DrugInfo Clearinghouse Koori Access Project
Marc Williams, Koori Project Officer, DrugInfo Clearinghouse

Prevention research summaries: Preventing drug-related harms in Indigenous Australian Communities
Research summaries prepared by Associate Professor John W.Toumbourou, Centre for Adolescent Health, Melbourne