June 2024

High risk drinking among men

High risk drinking among men, potential intervention periods and health promotion strategies to prevent the occurrence of, or change, risky drinking practices, co-funded with the Alcohol and Drug Foundation sponsoring our new PhD student Stefano Z

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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

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 methamphe

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

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.

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

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