The ACT AOD sector in partnership with the Youth Coalition of the ACT hosted the first Annual ACT Alcohol and Other Drug Sector Conference as part of Drug Action Week 2008. The conference focused on alcohol and aimed to facilitate access to the latest evidence relating to best practice and seeks to strengthen the capacity, skills and knowledge base of participants.
Four participatory sessions examined current and past alcohol policy, cultural issues and evidence-based interventions. The Conference incorporated four sessions that examined current and past policies, as well as current trends and practices related to alcohol.
Date:
Wednesday 25 June 2008
Time: 8.30am – 5pm
Location: National Library of Australia, Parkes
Pl, Parkes
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Setting the Scene: Alcohol use and related harms across the Nation
Tanya Chikritzhs, Senior Research Fellow and Statistical Advisor, National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University of Technology
Alcohol trends and related harm in the ACT
Cathy Baker, Population Health Research Centre, ACT Health
Representations of Drinking Cultures in the Canberra Media
Danielle Cronin, The Canberra TImes
Drinking in Australia: Is it a Cultural Issue?
Robin Room, School of Population Health, University of Melbourne
Alcohol and Education Rehabilitation Foundation Centre for Alcohol Policy Research, Turning Point Alcohol & Drug Centre, Fitzroy
Alcohol - The Policy / Cultural Challenge
David Crosbie, CEO, Mental Health Council of Australia
Alcohol policy in the ACT: past, present and future
David McDonald, Fellow, National Centre for Epidemiology and Population health, ANU
Consultant in Social Research & Evaluation
Alcohol and interventions: What Canberra might have been
Dr Anthony Shakeshaft, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC), University of NSW
Centacare Sobering Up Shelter: The Challenge of Putting Policy into Practice
Anne Kirwan, Centacare
AOD Sector Project
conference@aodsector.org.au