Preventing harm from alcohol consumption in rural and remote communities
DrugInfo newsletter, volume 6, number 1, February 2008
This issue of DrugInfo describes some of the issues facing rural and remote communities around Victoria in relation to alcohol-related harms and explores some of the ways in which these communities have responded.
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Contents
South Mildura Sports Club: a Good Sports case study
Rod Glenn-Smith, State Manager (Victoria), Good Sports, Carlton, Victoria
Prevention in rural and remote communities
Guest editorial by Dr Pamela Snow, Senior Lecturer, School of Psychology, Psychiatry and Psychological Medicine, Monash University, Lister House, Bendigo, Victoria
Body image project helps young people face their fears
Paula Barassi, Regional Manager (Hume), Open Family Australia, Victoria
The MixItUp project: co-occurring mental health problems and substance use in young people
Colin English, MixItUp Project Worker, Upper Hume Community Health Service, Wodonga, Victoria
The Rural Hospitals Project: Prevention, early intervention and the management of clients with alcohol and other drug issues
Dean Hyland, Rural Drug Withdrawal Nurse, Upper Hume Community Health Service, Wodonga, Victoria
The role of the nurse in dealing with alcohol problems in rural communities
Annette Woodhouse, Lecturer, Monash University Department of Rural and Indigenous Health, School of Rural Health, Moe, Victoria and Owen Connolly, Coordinator Dual Diagnosis program, Latrobe Regional Hospital, Mental Health
Nurses making a difference in a rural hospital
Bev McIlroy, Manager, Glenelg Southern Grampians Drug Treatment Service (Quamby), Portland District Health , Portland, Victoria
Lyndon Community clinical leadership program
Rod MacQueen, Staff addiction medicine specialist, Lyndon Withdrawal Unit and Lynette Bullen,
Project worker/community development trainer, Lyndon Withdrawal Unit, Orange, New South Wales
Using posters to promote health messages
Cindy Van Rooy, Projects Manager, Information Services, Australian Drug Foundation, West Melbourne, Victoria
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