October 2020

AOD Treatment Services Mapping, Research and Planning Project: Substance use Problems among older persons living in the Adelaide Metropolitan Area.

The Adelaide Primary Health Network (PHN) has contracted NCETA to undertake a research project to inform the appropriateness, effectiveness, efficiency and quality of the PHN’s alcohol and other drug (AOD) treatment services commissio

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May 2017

Implementation and evaluation of take-home naloxone for opioid overdose prevention in drug and alcohol treatment and needle syringe programs attendees

This research will examine the effectiveness of a brief intervention aimed at increasing the uptake of take-home naloxone by people who inject drugs.

May 2017

Drugs on the darknet: Assessing the global health risks of a rapidly expanding market

Buying illegal drugs through the internet captured the public imagination after the emergence of Silk Road in 2011.

March 2017

Northern Territory Primary Health Network (PHN) – Pop-Up PHN Events

The NT PHN have commissioned NCETA to conduct a series of workshops as part of the PHN’s continuing professional development (CPD) Pop-Up Events in

March 2017

Randomised controlled trial of an integrated cognitive-behavioural therapy for the treatment of co-occurring post traumatic stress disorder and substance use disorder in adolescents

There are currently no empirically validated treatment options for adolescents with PTSD and SUD.

March 2017

School-based prevention: A study into the benefits for young Australians of two drug prevention programs: $465,967

The Climate and Preventure (CAP) long-term follow up is an opportunistic extension of the landmark CAP study, whereby fo

March 2017

Adding an electronic-cigarette to standard behavioural treatment for low-socioeconomic status smokers: A randomised controlled trial

Behavioural and pharmacological approaches to smoking cessation are effective at helping people to quit but long-term quit rates remain low, especi

March 2017

Development of resources to prevent crystal methamphetamine (‘ice’) related harms in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population

This project aims to improve access for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to culturally appropriate, evidence‐based information about ice.

March 2017

The N-ICE trial: A randomised controlled trial of the safety and efficacy of N-Acetyl Cysteine (NAC) as a pharmacotherapy for methamphetamine (‘ice’) dependence

NDRI will lead a multi-site NHMRC-funded world-first trial of a promising new medication for dependence on ice.

December 2016

Understanding the impediments to uptake and diffusion of take-home naloxone

This project aims to investigate impediments to uptake of ‘take-home’ naloxone in Australia.

December 2016

Understanding performance and image enhancing drug injecting in Australia

This project will investigate the social practices associated with men’s use of performance and image enhancing drugs

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