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Reaching those with the greatest need: how Australian primary health care service managers, practitioners and funders understand and respond to health inequityToby Freeman
SA Community Health Research Unit, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia
Aust J Prim Health 17:355-61. 2011..These findings indicate current strengths and also scope to encourage a broader and more comprehensive role for primary health care in addressing health inequities...
Which Australian secondary school students are at risk of illicit drug use?Toby Freeman
National Centre for Education and Training on Addiction, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia
Drug Alcohol Rev 30:589-96. 2011..To investigate potential differential risk, the prevalence and patterns of illicit drug use of Australian secondary school students were examined according to demographic, school, economic and licit drug use factors...
What factors need to be addressed to support dental hygienists to assist their patients to quit smoking?Toby Freeman
National Centre for Education and Training on Addiction, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia
Nicotine Tob Res 14:1040-7. 2012..However, there has been little research into the extent to which hygienists assist patients to quit smoking and strategies to support them in this role...
Hazardous alcohol use interventions with emergency patients: Self-reported practices of nurses, and predictors of behaviourToby Freeman
National Centre for Education and Training on Addiction, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Emerg Med Australas 23:479-89. 2011..The present study examined Australian ED nurses' practices in asking patients about alcohol and assisting them to manage their alcohol consumption. It also investigated strategies to support ED nurses in these interventions...
Drug testing in Australian schools: policy implications and considerations of punitive, deterrence and/or prevention measuresAnn M Roche
National Centre for Education and Training on Addiction, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia
Int J Drug Policy 20:521-8. 2009..Rigorous examination is required of purported benefits of drug testing in schools...
Community development--improving patient safety by enhancing the use of health servicesFran Baum
Southgate Institute for Health, Society and Equity, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Aust Fam Physician 41:424-8. 2012..We examined how community development in primary healthcare services may improve patient safety by involving people in activities that lead to their enhanced use of services...
Methamphetamine use among Australian workers and its implications for preventionAnn M Roche
National Centre for Education and Training on Addiction, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Drug Alcohol Rev 27:334-41. 2008..Little attention has been directed to the use of methamphetamine among Australian workers. To address this, a study was conducted that examined drug consumption patterns of the Australian work-force...
Achieving professional practice change: from training to workforce developmentAnn M Roche
National Centre for Education and Training on Addiction, Flinders University, Bedford Park, Australia
Drug Alcohol Rev 28:550-7. 2009..However, as a stand alone strategy, education and training is likely to have limited impact...
Australia's systems of primary healthcare - the need for improved coordination and implications for Medicare LocalsMarlene Wiese
Southgate Institute, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia
Aust Fam Physician 40:995-9. 2011..In Australia, primary healthcare is largely delivered through two parallel systems: Medicare supported primary care delivered by fee-for-service general practitioners, and state funded and managed community health services...
From data to evidence, to action: findings from a systematic review of hospital screening studies for high risk alcohol consumptionAnn M Roche
National Centre for Education and Training on Addiction, Flinders University, South Australia, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia
Drug Alcohol Depend 83:1-14. 2006..To conduct a systematic review of hospital alcohol screening studies to identify effective and efficient evidence-based strategies...
