Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Issues

Monday, 24 November 2008 16:00 - 17:30, Bayside Auditorium A

Co-Chair Prof Ted Wilkes National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University 
Co-Chair Mr Romlie Mokak Executive Director, Australian Indigenous Doctors Association (AIDA) 
Advocacy and policy on substance misuse and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities
  • Mr Romlie Mokak, Executive Director, Australian Indigenous Doctors Association (AIDA)
A community approach to alcohol harm in Nguiu
  • Dr Steven Skov, Department of Health and Community Services, Northern Territory
  • Mr Chris Brogan, Department of Health and Community Services, Northern Territory
Methodological issues in evaluating the impact of Opal fuel on petrol sniffing in remote Australian Indigenous communities
  • Dr Peter d'Abbs, James Cook University
  • Ms Gillian Shaw, Bowchung Pty Ltd (Consultants)
Baseline results from the NSW Smokecheck Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander tobacco prevention project
  • Ms Miranda Rose, University of Sydney
  • Ms Hannah Nancarrow, Australian Centre for Health Promotion, School of Public Health, University of Sydney
Gaps in the provision of alcohol and other drug treatment services for Indigenous Australians
  • Prof Dennis Gray, National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University
  • Prof Ted Wilkes, National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University