The guidelines provide health professionals, policy makers and the Australian community with evidence-based advice on the health effects of drinking alcohol.
The guidelines aim to help individuals make informed decisions about drinking...
The Australian Government has released a new strategy to address alcohol-related harms in Australian communities. These harms include violence, disease, injuries, road deaths and an estimated 4,000 alcohol-attributable deaths per year1.
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One way to deter people from consuming excessive and harmful amounts of alcohol is through alcohol pricing policies. One such policy is the Minimum Unit Pricing.
Several countries, including Scotland, Canada, certain states of the USA...
Research suggests methamphetamine use is higher amongst Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders compared to non-Indigenous Australians.
The purpose of this review is to provide an overview of the key information on the use of...
Wastewater analysis is widely applied internationally as a tool to measure and interpret drug
use within national populations, with the current national program in Australia representing world best practice.
These Guidelines aim to provide alcohol and other drug (AOD) workers with evidence-based information to assist with the management of co-occurring, or comorbid, AOD and mental health conditions. They represent an update...
Smoking is a serious health issue worldwide. Prevalence, however, has steadily declined across Australia over the last several decades thanks to a number of successful public health campaigns. The number of smokers in the country is now...
Společnost VicHealth vydala zprávu shrnující nedávné vyšetřování australské konzumace alkoholu ve směsi s energetickými nápoji a jeho škodlivých důsledků.
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Tato nová zpráva analyzuje léčebné služby poskytované mládeži se souběžnými poruchami duševního zdraví a užívání návykových látek v celé Austrálii. Povědomí o složitém vztahu mezi problémy duševního zdraví a zneužíváním návykových látek...
Zpráva o zdraví Australského institutu zdraví a sociální péče pokrývá řadu zdravotních otázek, včetně zdravotního stavu Australanů, výdajů na zdraví, hlavních příčin špatného zdravotního stavu, determinantů zdraví, zdraví v průběhu života...
The Australian Drug Foundation (ADF) have put together a guide to working with African communities, settled in Australia. The guide itself states that 'whilst the research and community consultation underpinning this toolkit have focused on...
