Drugs and Public Health focuses on two key areas: an overview of existing practice responses to alcohol and other drug use, and the identification of emerging innovations in practice. It covers a range of drug types, populations and areas of intervention, and draws on psychological, sociological and environmental perspectives.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- 1: The evolution of alcohol and other drug research, policy and practice in Australia
- PART ONE: ENGAGING COMMUNITIES
- 2: Engaging the community in responding to alcohol-related problems
- 3: Faith, love and theory: peer-led interventions for 'party drug' users
- 4: From platitudes to policies: the evolving response to substance misuse in Australia
- 5: Changing workplace cultures: an integrated model for the prevention and treatment of alcohol-related problems
- 6: 20 years of primary health care: the Kirketon Road Centre
- PART TWO: APPROACHING TREATMENT
- 7: Everything old is new again: the application of drug treatment to the emerging challenge of methamphetamine use and dependence
- 8: Harm reduction for smokers: targeting those who don't quit
- 9: Patient-centeredness and opioid substitution
- 10: Drug diversion: an intersection between law enforcement and public health approaches to the control of illicit drug use
- 11: Effective practice for young people experiencing alcohol and other drug-related harm
- 12: Dual diagnosis: dual disorders or a dual system?
- PART THREE: EVOLVING PRACTICE
- 13: "We are family": ICON, a model for effective peer-based outreach targeting marginalised injecting drug users
- 14: Sex, drugs and an evening stroll: community development through the arts
- 15: Supervised injecting facilities and the Sydney experience
- PART FOUR: TRANSFERRING KNOWLEDGE
- 16: Working with windows: translating drug research into drug policy
- 17: Working with the media on alcohol and other drug issues: the Australian Experience
