Alison Ritter

Summary

Affiliation: Australian National University
Country: Australia

Publications

  1. ncbi A review of the efficacy and effectiveness of harm reduction strategies for alcohol, tobacco and illicit drugs
    Alison Ritter
    Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
    Drug Alcohol Rev 25:611-24. 2006
  2. ncbi Fast-tracking implementation through trial design: the case of buprenorphine treatment in Victoria
    Gabriele Bammer
    National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
    Aust N Z J Public Health 33:34-9. 2009
  3. ncbi Effective drug policy: a new approach demonstrated in the Drug Policy Modelling Program
    Alison Ritter
    National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, Sydney, Australia
    Drug Alcohol Rev 26:265-71. 2007
  4. ncbi Speaking truth to power
    Alison Ritter
    Drug Alcohol Rev 27:113-4. 2008
  5. ncbi The costs and consequences of three policy options for reducing heroin dependency
    Timothy J Moore
    Turning Point Alcohol and Drug Centre Fitzroy, Vic, Australia
    Drug Alcohol Rev 26:369-78. 2007
  6. ncbi Comparing alcohol policies between countries: science or silliness?
    Alison Ritter
    Drug Policy Modelling Program, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
    PLoS Med 4:e153. 2007
  7. ncbi Methamphetamine alarm: are we forgetting what we know?
    Alison Ritter
    Drug Alcohol Rev 26:227-30. 2007
  8. ncbi Contingency management: perspectives of Australian service providers
    Jacqui Cameron
    Turning Point Alcohol and Drug Centre, Fitzroy, Vic, Australia
    Drug Alcohol Rev 26:183-9. 2007
  9. ncbi Australian clinician attitudes towards contingency management: comparing down under with America
    Alison Ritter
    National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
    Drug Alcohol Depend 87:312-5. 2007
  10. ncbi The relationship between take-away methadone policies and methadone diversion
    Alison Ritter
    Head of Research, Turning Point Alcohol and Drug Centre, Inc, Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia
    Drug Alcohol Rev 24:347-52. 2005

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Publications11

  1. ncbi A review of the efficacy and effectiveness of harm reduction strategies for alcohol, tobacco and illicit drugs
    Alison Ritter
    Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
    Drug Alcohol Rev 25:611-24. 2006
    ..The same cannot be concluded for alcohol or tobacco. Research at a broad policy level is required, especially in light of the failure by many policy makers to adopt cost-effective harm reduction interventions...
  2. ncbi Fast-tracking implementation through trial design: the case of buprenorphine treatment in Victoria
    Gabriele Bammer
    National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
    Aust N Z J Public Health 33:34-9. 2009
    ..We investigated how a randomised controlled trial (RCT) could be designed to incorporate features known or thought likely to enhance the uptake of the new treatment into clinical practice post-trial...
  3. ncbi Effective drug policy: a new approach demonstrated in the Drug Policy Modelling Program
    Alison Ritter
    National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, Sydney, Australia
    Drug Alcohol Rev 26:265-71. 2007
    ..The purpose of employing an integrative methodology is to create the potential for new drug policy insights, ideas and interventions - not restricted to one body of evidence, nor to accidental or fortuitous policy-making processes...
  4. ncbi Speaking truth to power
    Alison Ritter
    Drug Alcohol Rev 27:113-4. 2008
  5. ncbi The costs and consequences of three policy options for reducing heroin dependency
    Timothy J Moore
    Turning Point Alcohol and Drug Centre Fitzroy, Vic, Australia
    Drug Alcohol Rev 26:369-78. 2007
    ..This study compares the costs and consequences of three interventions for reducing heroin dependency: pharmacotherapy maintenance, residential rehabilitation and prison...
  6. ncbi Comparing alcohol policies between countries: science or silliness?
    Alison Ritter
    Drug Policy Modelling Program, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
    PLoS Med 4:e153. 2007
  7. ncbi Methamphetamine alarm: are we forgetting what we know?
    Alison Ritter
    Drug Alcohol Rev 26:227-30. 2007
  8. ncbi Contingency management: perspectives of Australian service providers
    Jacqui Cameron
    Turning Point Alcohol and Drug Centre, Fitzroy, Vic, Australia
    Drug Alcohol Rev 26:183-9. 2007
    ..Contingency management is an important adjunctive treatment intervention and its use in Australia has the potential to enhance treatment outcomes. No unmanageable barriers were identified in this study...
  9. ncbi Australian clinician attitudes towards contingency management: comparing down under with America
    Alison Ritter
    National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
    Drug Alcohol Depend 87:312-5. 2007
    ..To date, no research has examined Australian clinicians attitudes towards CM nor assessed the extent to which Australian clinicians share the concerns of American clinicians...
  10. ncbi The relationship between take-away methadone policies and methadone diversion
    Alison Ritter
    Head of Research, Turning Point Alcohol and Drug Centre, Inc, Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia
    Drug Alcohol Rev 24:347-52. 2005
    ..Consideration of the benefits, rather than merely the harms, of various take-away policy options may provide an evidence-based platform for take-away policy development...
  11. ncbi Randomized controlled trial of a brief behavioural intervention for reducing hepatitis C virus risk practices among injecting drug users
    Thamizan Tucker
    Turning Point Alcohol and Drug Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    Addiction 99:1157-66. 2004
    ..Future research could evaluate the efficacy of the BBV-TRAQ as a risk behaviour intervention and counselling tool in clinical, NSP and peer education settings...