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A joint publication of the collaborative network of alcohol and other drug research centres; National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC) at UNSW; National Drug Research Institute (NDRI) at Curtin University; and National Centre for Education and Training on Addiction (NCETA) at Flinders University.

Fathers and alcohol. Implications for preconception, pregnancy, infant and childhood health outcomes

Paternal alcohol consumption has an impact on pregnancy health, maternal alcohol consumption during pregnancy, fetal outcomes, and infant health outcomes.

Counting people who use illicit drugs: the case of ice

Associate Professor Rebecca McKetin and Professor Wayne Hall discuss evidence pointing to a sharp rise in methamphetamine use in Australia in recent years.

Alcohol-related assaults hospitalise 10,000 Australians a year

The latest NAIP research has found that more than 10,000 Australians were hospitalised in a single year because of injuries attributed to alcohol-related assault.

Regular sections

News

  • Alcohol-related assaults hospitalise 10,000 Australians a year
  • Ice use continues to rise, rivals heroin as most injected drug
  • Strong partnerships lead to better Indigenous interventions
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Opinion

  • Counting people who use illicit drugs: the case of ice

Research Focus

  • Fathers and alcohol. Implications for preconception, pregnancy, infant and childhood health outcomes

New Projects

  • Novel interventions to address methamphetamines in Aboriginal communities, including a randomised trial of a web based therapeutic tool to treat dependence in clinical settings
  • Tackling Indigenous smoking: A randomised controlled study of health intervention “SNAP” in Northern Territory prisons
  • Closing the gap in early childhood development: Community driven evidence, translation, policy, and practice - grow children up strong
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Publication Highlights

  • Most recent risky drinking session with Australian teenagers
  • Estimating survival times in heroin overdose: the case for rapid intervention
  • Community pharmacists are the key to large-scale roll out of naloxone
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Publication List

  • Full list of recent publications

Conversation with...

Nicole Lee

Adjunct Associate Professor at NDRI and Director at 360Edge
Each issue we ask someone from the alcohol and other drugs sector to share a little about their work and life.

The national centres are supported by funding from the Australian Government under the Drug and Alcohol Program

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