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View article: Development, dissemination and community response towards the first community notice regarding misrepresented illicit anabolic‐androgenic steroids in circulation in Australia
Development, dissemination and community response towards the first community notice regarding misrepresented illicit anabolic‐androgenic steroids in circulation in Australia Open
Introduction Drug alerts aimed at both people who use drugs and health workers help to prevent acute harms from unpredictable illicit drug markets and by equipping health workers to handle unusual drug events and share vital information wi…
View article: A brief intervention for improving alcohol literacy and reducing harmful alcohol use by women attending a breast screening service: a randomised controlled trial
A brief intervention for improving alcohol literacy and reducing harmful alcohol use by women attending a breast screening service: a randomised controlled trial Open
Objectives To assess the effectiveness of a brief alcohol intervention for improving awareness of alcohol as a breast cancer risk factor, improving alcohol literacy, and reducing alcohol consumption by women attending routine breast screen…
View article: Correction: Co‑designing drug alerts for health and community workers for an emerging early warning system in Victoria, Australia
Correction: Co‑designing drug alerts for health and community workers for an emerging early warning system in Victoria, Australia Open
View article: Correction: ‘We don’t live in a harm reduction world, we live in a prohibition world’: tensions arising in the design of drug alerts
Correction: ‘We don’t live in a harm reduction world, we live in a prohibition world’: tensions arising in the design of drug alerts Open
View article: Co-designing drug alerts for health and community workers for an emerging early warning system in Victoria, Australia
Co-designing drug alerts for health and community workers for an emerging early warning system in Victoria, Australia Open
View article: A Brief Intervention for Improving Alcohol Literacy and Addressing Harmful Alcohol Use Among Women Attending an Australian Breast Screening Service (Health4her): Protocol for a Hybrid Effectiveness-Implementation Trial
A Brief Intervention for Improving Alcohol Literacy and Addressing Harmful Alcohol Use Among Women Attending an Australian Breast Screening Service (Health4her): Protocol for a Hybrid Effectiveness-Implementation Trial Open
Background Alcohol consumption is a major modifiable risk factor for female breast cancer, even in small amounts. However, awareness of this risk remains low. National breast screening programs are uniquely positioned to provide timely and…
View article: ‘We don’t live in a harm reduction world, we live in a prohibition world’: tensions arising in the design of drug alerts
‘We don’t live in a harm reduction world, we live in a prohibition world’: tensions arising in the design of drug alerts Open
Background Drug alerts designed for health and community workforces have potential to avert acute harms associated with unpredictable illicit drug markets, by preparing workers to respond to unusual drug-related events, and distribute info…
View article: A Brief Intervention for Improving Alcohol Literacy and Addressing Harmful Alcohol Use Among Women Attending an Australian Breast Screening Service (Health4her): Protocol for a Hybrid Effectiveness-Implementation Trial (Preprint)
A Brief Intervention for Improving Alcohol Literacy and Addressing Harmful Alcohol Use Among Women Attending an Australian Breast Screening Service (Health4her): Protocol for a Hybrid Effectiveness-Implementation Trial (Preprint) Open
BACKGROUND Alcohol consumption is a major modifiable risk factor for female breast cancer, even in small amounts. However, awareness of this risk remains low. National breast screening programs are uniquely positioned to provide timely an…
View article: A Latent Class Analysis of Perceived Barriers to Help-seeking Among People with Alcohol Use Problems Presenting for Telephone-delivered Treatment
A Latent Class Analysis of Perceived Barriers to Help-seeking Among People with Alcohol Use Problems Presenting for Telephone-delivered Treatment Open
Aims Despite the magnitude of alcohol use problems globally, treatment uptake remains low. This study sought to determine the proportion of people presenting to telephone-delivered alcohol treatment who are first-time help-seekers, and exp…
View article: Effectiveness of a Stand-alone Telephone-Delivered Intervention for Reducing Problem Alcohol Use
Effectiveness of a Stand-alone Telephone-Delivered Intervention for Reducing Problem Alcohol Use Open
Importance Despite the magnitude of alcohol use problems globally, treatment uptake remains low. Telephone-delivered interventions have potential to overcome many structural and individual barriers to help seeking, yet their effectiveness …
View article: “We don’t live in a harm reduction world, we live in a prohibition world”: tensions arising in the design of high-risk drug alerts
“We don’t live in a harm reduction world, we live in a prohibition world”: tensions arising in the design of high-risk drug alerts Open
Background Drug alerts designed for health workforces have potential to avert the acute harms associated with unpredictable illicit drug markets, by preparing workers to respond to unusual drug-related events and distribute information to …
View article: Co-Designing High-Risk Drug Alerts for Health and Community Service Practitioners
Co-Designing High-Risk Drug Alerts for Health and Community Service Practitioners Open
Background Alerts about drug market changes (e.g., drug strength, purity, adulterations, or other trends) may be useful to assist health and community workers to anticipate, prevent and respond to unexpected adverse drug events. This study…
View article: Sex, drugs and TikTok: keeping young people safe needs a mature response, not a moral panic
Sex, drugs and TikTok: keeping young people safe needs a mature response, not a moral panic Open
View article: Are methamphetamine users compulsive? Faulty reinforcement learning, not inflexibility, underlies decision making in people with methamphetamine use disorder
Are methamphetamine users compulsive? Faulty reinforcement learning, not inflexibility, underlies decision making in people with methamphetamine use disorder Open
Methamphetamine use disorder involves continued use of the drug despite negative consequences. Such ‘compulsivity’ can be measured by reversal learning tasks, which involve participants learning action‐outcome task contingencies (acquisiti…
View article: Decriminalising public drunkenness: Accountability and monitoring needed in the ongoing and evolving management of public intoxication
Decriminalising public drunkenness: Accountability and monitoring needed in the ongoing and evolving management of public intoxication Open
In light of the recent announcement from the Victorian (Australia) state government that they are moving to decriminalise public drunkenness and replace it with a ‘health‐based response’, it is timely to reflect on a number of important co…
View article: On‐site drug checking can provide quantitative analysis
On‐site drug checking can provide quantitative analysis Open
View article: A structured telephone-delivered intervention to reduce problem alcohol use (Ready2Change): study protocol for a parallel group randomised controlled trial
A structured telephone-delivered intervention to reduce problem alcohol use (Ready2Change): study protocol for a parallel group randomised controlled trial Open
View article: Methamphetamine Treatment Guidelines: Practice Guidelines for Health Professionals
Methamphetamine Treatment Guidelines: Practice Guidelines for Health Professionals Open