ADF Resource Centre Alert

Welcome to the Resource Centre Alert for 22 August, with an apology for last fortnight’s nonappearance – but rest assured we’ve been busy. Our most significant news is that we will soon be farewelling Margaret Haines, who has been working in the resource centre since January. Margaret has been the helpful voice at the end of the phone and email for many of your inquiries, and I know you join me in wishing her well and thanking her for all her work this year.  Secondly, we have acquired some new electronic resources and products, which will all assist in making access to material easier as well as increasing the material our members have access to. The first two resources we can announce are:

 

Informit Health Collection - content includes Australian, New Zealand and Asia Pacific health journals, reports and case studies of practical support to anyone studying or working in therapeutic, diagnostic, preventative and primary health roles. Due to current publisher restrictions, members will need to contact us to obtain login information.

 

Annual Reviews – we have acquired a selection of health and public health related titles in this database. We are still setting up access for this but very soon you will be able to use your individual login and password you currently have for SwetsWise.

 

We will upload links to this new content on our website in the next week. If you have any questions about our services or membership, please don’t hesitate to contact us. – Anna Gifford, Resource Centre Manager

 

 

Here are the most frequently downloaded articles in the last fortnight. If you are a library member and haven’t got access to DrugInfo online journals – just contact us. Otherwise you can access these directly through SwetsWise.

 

Livingston M 2011 Alcohol outlet density and harm: comparing the impacts on violence and chronic harms, Drug and Alcohol Review 30:5, pp. 515-23

Midford R 2010 Drug prevention programmes for young people: where have we been and where should we be going? Addiction 105:10, pp. 1688-95

 

Weiss S 2010 Cross-addiction on campus: more problems for student-athletes, Substance Use & Misuse 45:10, pp. 1525-41

  

 

The following are a sample of what has recently arrived in the library. Note that some links require library membership for access through SwetsWise, and that other requests for articles may incur a charge. For more resources, search the library catalogue.

  

Collie C. (April 2011) Think drink : buying them alcohol doesn't buy them a good time : impact evaluation, Wellington: Alcohol Advisory Council of New Zealand (ALAC)

 

The aim of the THINK DRINK programme was to: 'reduce supply of alcohol to young people by influencing the target groups to consider that supply'.  This 2009-2010 campaign achieved significant impacts, both intended and unintended, including: a raised profile of drink-drive messages in the community; increased compliance with the Sale of Liquor Act 1989; and improved relationships with licensees. The high turnover of bottle stores annually suggests that these gains will be difficult to sustain and that project organisers should investigate more sustainable outcomes for future THINK campaigns. [Executive summary ed]

 

 

 

Alliston L. Research New Zealand (February 2012) Alcohol-related injury : an evidence-based literature review,

 

This review focuses on research that considers the role of alcohol in causing injury and the effectiveness of educational and environmental strategies in preventing alcohol-related injury. It should be read in the context of other research on the effectiveness of policies and interventions directed at alcohol-related harm generally, including taxation, regulations, enforcement, and the development of effective treatment services. [Executive summary ed]

 

 

 

Barton A; Husk K. (2012) Controlling preloaders : alcohol related violence in an English night time economy, Drugs and Alcohol Today 12:2, pp. 89-97

 

The aim of this paper is to focus on the impact of alcohol pre-loading on behaviour in the night-time economy (NTE). [Journal abstract ed]

  

Gunja N; Brown JA. (January 2013) Energy drinks : health risks and toxicity, Medical Journal of Australia 196:1, pp. 46-49, doi: 10.5694/mja11.10838

 

The objectives in this research was to describe the epidemiology and toxicity of caffeinated energy drink exposures in Australia. [Journal abstract ed]

 

 

Buckner JD; Joiner TE; Schmidt NB; Zvolensky MJ. (April 2012) Daily marijuana use and suicidality : the unique impact of social anxiety, Addictive Behaviors 37:4, pp.387-392

 

This study examined the moderational impact of social anxiety on the relationship between marijuana use status (current users vs abstainers) and suicidality among 343 community adults. [Journal abstract]

 

 

Helfgott S; Narayanan S. Sushi productions (2012) Therapeutic journeys : techniques for managing trauma and drug use, WA: Sushi

 

This DVD features a clinical psychologist interviewing a client experiencing problems in managing her trauma, substance use and mental health issues. The therapist uses an educational approach as a powerful therapeutic strategy to empower the client. [Abstract ed]

Thornton LK; Baker AL; Lewin TJ; Kay-Lambkin FJ; Kavanagh D; Richmond R; Kelly B; Johnson MP. (April 2012) Reasons for substance use among people with mental disorders, Addictive Behaviors 37:4, pp. 427-434

 

Comorbidity of mental disorders and substance use continues to be a major problem. To inform the development of more effective interventions for these co-existing disorders, this paper aimed to determine if there are clear variations in the reasons for tobacco, alcohol or cannabis use across people with different mental disorders. [Journal abstract ed]

 

 

Bradford D; Payne J. NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (BOSCAR) (January 2012) Illicit drug use and property offending among police detainees, Sydney: Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (BOSCAR)

 

The primary objective of the current study was to examine whether the frequency of recent illicit drug use is related to higher levels of offending among police detainees in Australia. In particular, the study investigated whether the frequency of property offending escalates with offenders’ self-reported illicit drug use. [Introduction ed]

 

 

 

National Drug Law Enforcement Research Fund (NDLERF) (July 2012) Evaluating the deterrent effect of random breath testing (RBT) and random drug testing (RDT) : the driver’s perspective : research findings, Canberra: National Drug Law Enforcement Research Fund (NDLERF)

 

The project aims were focused on identifying which law enforcement practices have the greatest deterrent effect on drivers who consume alcohol and/or drugs, and who indicate they are likely to drink drive and/or drug drive in the future. Importantly, the study focused on measuring RBT and RDT law enforcement practices, from the driver’s perspective, rather than from law enforcement activity reports. [Journal abstract ed]

 

 

 

Howard J; Alperstein D; Cox S; Zorz H; Smith O. (August 2012) Young men and Yarndi : a pilot to diffuse information on cannabis, its use and potential risks among young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians, Sydney: National Cannabis Prevention and Information Centre (NCPIC)

 

This bulletin reviews recent NCPIC activity to address cannabis use among young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians. A camp for young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander males from mid-Western New South Wales provided an opportunity to raise awareness of cannabis, its use, and potential risks among the young male  [Introduction ed]

 

 

 

Victorian Dual Diagnosis Initiative (VDDI) St Vincent's Hospital (StV) (July 2012) Our healing ways : relationship between alcohol & drugs and mental health : resource book for Aboriginal workers, Bakos K Melbourne: Victorian Dual Diagnosis Initiative (VDDI)

 

This resource includes background information, holistic assessment, setting up a recovery plan, stages of change, interventions, resources and services. [Introduction ed]

 

 

 

Spera C; Barlas F; Szoc RZ; Prabhakaran J; Cambridge MH. (April 2012) Examining the influence of the Enforcing Under Age Drinking Laws (EUDL) program on alcohol-related outcomes in five communities surrounding Air Force bases, Addictive Behaviors 37:4, pp. 513-516

 

In 2006, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded discretionary grants to five communities as part of the Enforcing Under Age Drinking Laws (EUDL) initiative to implement an environmental strategy approach to reduce drinking and associated misconducts among Air Force members. [Journal abstract ed]

 

 

Victorian Health Promotion Foundation (VicHealth) Australian Drug Foundation (ADF) (September 2011) Teen drinking law : parents and adult : young people : website, Melbourne: Victorian Health Promotion Foundation (VicHealth)

 

It is now against Victorian law to serve alcohol in a private home to anyone under 18, unless their parents have given permission. Adults who break the law face fines over $7,000 - the same amount a licensee would be fined for selling alcohol to a minor. [Introduction ed]

 

 

 

Kuerbis A; Sacco P. (May 2012) The impact of retirement on the drinking patterns of older adults : a review, Addictive Behaviors 37:5, pp. 587-595

 

Due to the aging of the population, there is renewed focus on the public health issues of middle-aged and older adults. One area of such focus is unhealthy drinking, and researchers seek to understand the unique developmental risk and protective factors among those entering older adulthood. Retirement has been hypothesized as a contributing factor in the onset and maintenance of unhealthy drinking in late life. This review describes the relevant theories and critically reviews empirical evidence that explores the relationship between alcohol and retirement drawn from both the industrial and organizational psychology and substance misuse literatures. [Journal abstract ed]

 

 

National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC) (July 2012) A review of opioid prescribing in Tasmania : a blueprint for the future, Sydney: National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC)

 

The review of the evidence on opioid medications in Tasmania, and also nationally and internationally, has brought up a number of important observations on the changing landscape in Schedule 8 (S8) opioid medication availability, prescribing, and the changes in the regulation of these potent medications that have occurred in Australian jurisdictions and internationally. [Executive summary ed]

 

 

 

Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association (VAADA) (July 2012) Pharmaceutical misuse : VAADA position paper, Melbourne: Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association (VAADA)

 

Pharmaceutical misuse in Australia is a growing problem which is resulting in an increasing number of preventable deaths. [Journal abstract ed]

 

 

 

Australia. Department of Health and Ageing (2012) National Drugs Campaign (NDC) : update, Canberra: Department of Health and Ageing

 

This update reviews the 2011-12 campaign. In addition to traditional advertising including radio, print, digital and outdoor, this year’s campaign saw the inclusion of some new channels and sponsorship opportunities to extend the campaign reach. Some examples are listed in the update. [Introduction ed]

 

 

 

Fraser S ed.; Moore D ed. (2011) The drug effect : health, crime and society, Port Melbourne: Cambridge University Press

 

This book offers new perspectives on critical debates in the field of alcohol and other drug use. Drawing together work by respected scholars in Australia, the US, the UK and Canada, it explores social and cultural meanings of drug use, and analyses law enforcement and public health frameworks and objectives related to drug policy and service provision. [Abstract ed]

MacLennan B; Kypri K; Langley J; Room R. (Fall 2011) Public opinion and local government alcohol policy : a study of seven New Zealand communities, Contemporary Drug Problems 38:3, pp. 367-386

 

In democratic political systems one would expect public opinion to be a primary determinant of social policy, yet there are numerous examples of discordance between prevailing opinions and government activity. This study sought to assess the extent of agreement between public opinion and local government alcohol policies in New Zealand communities during a period of substantial public and political focus on alcohol-related harm. [Journal abstract, ed]

 

 

National Alliance for Action on Alcohol (NAAA) (September 2011) Reducing harm from alcohol : creating a healthier Australia, Melbourne: National Alliance for Action on Alcohol (NAAA)

 

NAAA is a new national coalition of health and community organisations from across Australia that has been formed with the goal of reducing alcohol-related harm. Currently comprising 70 major organisations with an interest in alcohol and public health, the formation of NAAA represents the first time such a broad-based alliance has come together to pool their collective expertise around what needs to be done to address Australia’s drinking problems. [Introduction ed]

 

 

 

Nutt D. (2012) Drugs without the hot air : minimising the harms of legal and illegal drugs, Cambridge: UIT Cambridge

 

The author of this publication, David Nutt is best known as "the scientist who was sacked" by the Home Secretary because he compared the harms of horse-riding with taking ecstasy. This book broadly explains how drugs affect people, and how we can quantify drug harms (medical, social, economic, legal). It lets us make rational decisions based on objective evidence, so we can minimise the damage caused by drugs. [Abstract ed]

Best D. (2012) Addiction recovery : a movement for social change and personal growth in the UK, Brighton: Pavilion Publishing

 

This book provides a background to the recovery movement in the UK by outlining its origins, detailing the principles and rates of recovery, showing the relationship between treatment and recovery, and the role social networks play in the recovery. It provides an evidence-based guide to the achievements of recovery communities in selected UK cities, details of effective recovery-orientated systems of care and reviews models for success. This handbook is a useful resource for drug and alcohol social workers who want to develop their understanding of the recovery movement and for policymakers implementing recovery services. [Publishers introduction ed]

 

European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) (July 2012) Statistical bulletin 2012, Luxembourg: European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA)

 

The statistical bulletin is published yearly by the EMCDDA and provides access to the most recent statistical data relating to the drugs situation in Europe. Statistics are organised by: general population surveys (GPS), youth and the schools population (EYE), problematic drug use population (PDU), drug users in prison (DUP), drug-related infectious diseases (DRID), drug-related deaths (DRD), treatment demand indicator (TDI), drug law offences (DLO), health and social responses (HSR), seizures data (SZR), and price and purity information (PPP). [Abstract, ed]

 

 

 

HealthWest Partnership (May 2012) Alcohol and other drugs environment scan, Melbourne: HealthWest Partnership

 

Alcohol and other drugs have been identified as one of six health promotion priorities in HealthWest Partnership’s Integrated Health Promotion Plan 2009-12. The Plan has now being extended to finish in 2013 in alignment with Municipal Public Health Plans. [Introduction ed]

 

 

 

Miller P; Sønderlund A; Palmer D. (March 2012) Pubs and clubs project : literature review of different policy and community-based interventions and baseline trends of specific interventions in Geelong, Victoria (2000–2010) : final report, Melbourne: Victorian Health Promotion Foundation (VicHealth)

 

This report also constitutes the final report of Dealing with Alcohol and the Night-Time Economy (DANTE): Stage One. This report reviews the evidence surrounding alcohol, alcohol-related harm, interpersonal violence and the effectiveness of interventions currently employed to deal with these harms. [Executive summary ed]

 

 

 

Callinan S; Room R. (February 2012) Alcohol consumption during pregnancy : results from the 2010 National Drug Strategy Household Survey, Canberra: Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education (FARE)

 

The primary purpose of this report was to examine the rate of, and develop predictors for, alcohol consumption during pregnancy. In order to do this, data from the 2010 National Drug Strategy Household Survey was used. [Executive summary ed]

 

 

 

Victorian Health Promotion Foundation (VicHealth) (January 2012) Asking questions about alcohol in pregnancy : development of the AQUA study : reducing harm from alcohol, Melbourne: Victorian Health Promotion Foundation (VicHealth)

 

Exposure to alcohol in pregnancy can damage the foetus and affect the long-term development and health of that child. Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) is an umbrella term to describe a number of outcomes thought to be associated with pregnancy alcohol exposure (PAE). The evidence is clear that heavy and chronic alcohol consumption in pregnancy is associated with FASD, but the relationship between low to moderate levels of PAE or occasional binge drinking during pregnancy and outcomes for children is unclear. [Introduction ed]

 

 

 

Cercarelli R; Allsop S; Evans M; Velander F. Victorian Health Promotion Foundation (VicHealth) (March 2012) Reducing alcohol-related harm in the workplace :an evidence review : full report, Melbourne: Victorian Health Promotion Foundation (VicHealth)

 

The aim of this report was to review national and international published and ‘grey’ literature to identify and describe evidence that informs the development of best practice interventions in the workplace that can prevent and reduce alcohol-related harm within and outside the workplace. The review process included a search and critical analysis of published and unpublished Australian and international literature. [Executive summary ed]

 

 

 

Traube DE; James S; Zhang J; Landsverk J. (May 2012) A national study of risk and protective factors for substance use among youth in the child welfare system, Addictive Behaviors 37:5, pp. 641-650

 

While child welfare services are intended, in part, to diminish maltreatment's negative impact on adolescents' development, there is evidence that receiving child welfare services affects adolescents' substance use adversely. The literature on the extent and correlates of this problem is still emerging. The present study aims to fill part of this gap by examining the association between baseline psychosocial risk and protective factors on engagement in substance use behavior over a period of 36 months for child welfare involved youth. [Journal abstract ed]

 

 

Vogl L; Newton N; Teeson M; Swift W; Karageorge A; Deans C; McKetin R; Steadman B; Jones J; Dillon P; Havard A; Andrews G. National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC) (2012) Climate schools : universal computer-based programs to prevent alcohol and other drug use in adolescence, Sydney: National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC)

 

Given that school-based drug prevention is the primary means by which drug prevention education is delivered to adolescents, it is essential to focus on increasing program efficacy. Previous research has shown that two factors compromise the efficacy of the school-based prevention programs: (1) the focus on abstinence-based outcomes, and (2) implementation failure. Hence, the aim of the current research was to develop an innovative new platform for the delivery of drug prevention education which would potentially overcome such concerns. This new platform of delivery is known as CLIMATE Schools. [Executive summary ed]

 

http://ndarc.med.unsw.edu.au/sites/ndarc.cms.med.unsw.edu.au/files/ndarc/resources/TR.321.pdf 

 

 

 

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