Addressing Indigenous substance misuse and related harms.
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(Gray) National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, WA, Australia
(Pulver) Muru Marri Indigenous Health Unit, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
(Saggers) Centre for Social Research, Edith Cowan University, WA, Australia
(Waldon) Research Centre for Maori Health and Development, Massey University, Plamerston North, New Zealand
(Pulver) Muru Marri Indigenous Health Unit, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
(Saggers) Centre for Social Research, Edith Cowan University, WA, Australia
(Waldon) Research Centre for Maori Health and Development, Massey University, Plamerston North, New Zealand
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2006
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Drug and Alcohol Review. Vol.25(3), 2006, pp. 183-188.
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Drug and Alcohol Review
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Substance misuse and its consequences among Indigenous minority populations in countries such as Australia, New Zealand/Aotearoa, Canada and the United States is a major health and social problem. We were approached by the Editorial Board of Drug and Alcohol Review to edit this Special Section of Indigenous Substance Misuse Issues. The work described in the papers cover a range of substances-petrol, tobacco, alcohol and illicit drugs. Seven of the eight papers presented are authored or co-authored by Indigenous people. One of the papers focuses on the reduction of alcohol-related harm in a remote community. Another paper focuses upon an attempt to reduce alcohol-related harm in Alice Springs by means of a number of additional restrictions on licensed liquor outlets. The papers in this Special Section illustrate some important lessons for the drug and alcohol field about interventions and conducting research on substance misuse with Indigenous communities. However, the papers in this Special Section do not provide 'the answers' to substance misuse and related harms among Indigenous peoples. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)
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16753639
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Substance use
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Health policy