November 2022

Treating co-occurring substance use disorder and mental illness among Indigenous people released from prison will increase life expectancy, reduce incarceration, and contribute to Closing the Gap

Funded by the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission’s Indigenous Justice Research Program this project will analyse globally unique data from the Health After Release from Prison (HARP) cohort study, a multi-jurisdictional, prospective cohort study that includes 1,000 Indigenous women and men who will be followed, through linked health and correctional records, for more than seven years after release from prison.

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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.

November 2021

Culturally responsive policy and service delivery for Aboriginal people affected by homelessness

The National Drug Research Institute is collaborating with Wungening Aboriginal Corporation to undertake a new project to inform culturally respons

November 2021

Assessing Alcohol and Other Drugs (AOD) use across workplace settings

AOD (Alcohol and Other Drugs) use is more prevalent among employees and has resulted in significant costs to Australia's society, workplaces and in

November 2021

Exploring risk perceptions of alcohol consumption among older people

To date, alcohol-related risk perceptions have typically been researched among youth, with little attention directed towards older adults.

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