February 2023

Tackling crystal methamphetamine supply in rural and regional Australia

This project tackles one of the leading drug policy and organised crime issues in Australia, namely the increased availability of crystal methamphetamine (ice) in rural and regional communities.

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February 2023

Community alcohol sales and related problems: filling the critical research gap

A major challenge for studies on the impact of alcohol outlets on neighbourhood health is determining the degree alcohol sales through outlets affe

February 2023

Examining adolescent drinking trends within Australia according to alcohol and health harm mass media campaign activity

Preventing and delaying the initiation of alcohol use among adolescents, and reducing risky drinking, can reduce the alcohol-related harms experien

February 2023

Developing and applying a world-first alcohol market monitoring system

In a world-first, NCETA has been appointed to work with The George Institute on a new project that will deliver a system for monitoring and evaluat

November 2022

First nationwide active case ascertainment study of FASD in Australia

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) is caused by prenatal alcohol exposure and is the most prevalent preventable neurodevelopmental disorder, and the prevalence of FASD in Australia is so far unknown.

November 2022

Parents' views on alcohol messaging: Focus group study

The NCETA research team is conducting an online focus group study to understand parents’ views on alcohol messaging. Previous research has found that parental stage, parenting style and key sociodemographic characteristics (including parent gender and education) are associated with parental supply, and likely to contribute to message interpretation and subsequent behaviour.

September 2022

Best practice interventions and models of care for prevention and cessation of substance use in pregnancy and post-natal for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women

Alcohol, tobacco and other drug use in pregnancy is one of the leading preventable causes of adverse perinatal outcomes and a range of harms across

July 2022

Year 12-13 alcohol, drugs, mental health and COVID study

NDRI researchers would like to speak with young people who were in Year 12, or an alternative, during 2021.

May 2022

Consultation on the draft revised National Alcohol and Other Drug Workforce Development Strategy

The Australian Government Department of Health (the Department) has commissioned NCETA to review and revise the National Alcohol and other Drug Wor

May 2022

Working together to reduce the harms from AOD use in an Aboriginal community controlled primary care health context

This study, the first of its kind to apply a continuous quality improvement approach to address AOD issues in an Aboriginal community-controlled pr

February 2022

Criminal justice outcomes of injecting drug use and methamphetamine smoking

Injection drug use and methamphetamine smoking are associated with the majority of illicit drug-related harms and associated costs in Australia.

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