Newly-arrived refugees and drug prevention

DrugInfo newsletter, volume 4, number 4, June 2006

This issue of DrugInfo discusses the issues faced by newly-arrived refugees relating to the prevention of drug use, and looks at evidence-base practice for examples of different approaches.

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Contents

Asylum Seeker Resource Centre
Cindy Van Rooy, InfoDesk Coordinator, DrugInfo

Enduring adversity: Why refugee resettlement is no quick fix
Guest editorial by Peter Higgs and Jay Jordens

Learning how to do drug and alcohol prevention with African refugee communities
Helen Sowey, Project Officer, DAMEC

Refugee young people and drug prevention: Addressing risks and tapping into strengths
Louise Olliff and Kate O’Sullivan, Centre for Multicultural Youth Issues

Drugs and African communities in Victoria
Christopher Lemoh FRACP, PhD candidate, Department of Medicine, The University of Melbourne

Prevention research summaries: Newly arrived refugees and drug prevention
Summaries of key research prepared by Mr Netzach Goren, Senior Research Officer, Centre for Youth Drug Studies, Australian Drug Foundation

Prevention, newly arrived refugees and substance misuse
Ian Nichol, Counsellor/Project Officer, STARTTS, New South Wales

Information about drug prevention and refugee communities on ADIN
Betty Vassiliadis, Project Manager, Australian Drug Information Network

Drug and alcohol education program for migrants and refugees
Bill Collopy, South Eastern Region Migrant Resource Centre, Dandenong