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| Katherine M ConigraveSummaryAffiliation: University of Sydney Country: Australia Publications
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A prospective study of drinking patterns in relation to risk of type 2 diabetes among menK M Conigrave
Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Diabetes 50:2390-5. 2001..Our findings suggested that frequent alcohol consumption conveys the greatest protection against type 2 diabetes, even if the level of consumption per drinking day is low. Beverage choice did not alter risk...- CDT, GGT, and AST as markers of alcohol use: the WHO/ISBRA collaborative projectKatherine M Conigrave
Drug and Alcohol Department, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Missenden Road, Camperdown, NSW 2050, Sydney, Australia
Alcohol Clin Exp Res 26:332-9. 2002..The WHO/ISBRA Collaborative Study allows assessment and comparison of CDT, GGT, and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) as markers of drinking in a large, well-characterized, multicenter sample... - Traditional markers of excessive alcohol useKatherine M Conigrave
Drug Heath Services, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, NSW, Australia
Addiction 98:31-43. 2003..Here we review the nature of these markers' association with alcohol use, their practical application in detecting, assessing or monitoring drinking and increases in understanding of these markers in the past 10 years... - Alcohol for the prevention of type 2 diabetes mellitus?Katherine M Conigrave
School of Public Health, Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Treat Endocrinol 2:145-52. 2003..In moderate amounts, drinking is associated with a reduced risk of diabetes, whereas in higher amounts with an increased risk... - Improving services for prevention and treatment of substance misuse for Aboriginal communities in a Sydney Area Health ServiceKatharine E Teasdale
Drug Health Services, Sydney South West Area Health Service SSWAHS, Australia
Drug Alcohol Rev 27:152-9. 2008..We assessed acceptability and accessibility of mainstream services for Aboriginal Australians with alcohol or drug use disorders in an urban Area Health Service (AHS). We identified priorities for improvement and an implementation plan... - Genetical genomic determinants of alcohol consumption in rats and humansBoris Tabakoff
Department of Pharmacology, University of Colorado, Denver, Aurora, CO, USA
BMC Biol 7:70. 2009.... - Staff perceptions of syringe dispensing machines in Australia: a pilot studyM Mofizul Islam
Medicine STD HIV, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Subst Use Misuse 44:490-501. 2009..This study obtained the feedback of health staff of NSPs, other sectors of Drug Misuse Treatment Services and of other health services adjoining dispensing machines on the role and effectiveness of dispensing machines... - Pre-operative screening for excessive alcohol consumption among patients scheduled for elective surgerySwati Shourie
School of Public Health, The University of Sydney, NSW, Australia
Drug Alcohol Rev 26:119-25. 2007..The role of the referring general practitioner and of printed advice from the surgeon in preparing patients for surgery needs further investigation... - Hazardous alcohol consumption and other barriers to antiviral treatment among hepatitis C positive people receiving opioid maintenance treatmentBianca Watson
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia
Drug Alcohol Rev 26:231-9. 2007..Brief intervention for alcohol use problems was acceptable to OMT patients, and warrants further study... - Heavy cannabis use and depressive symptoms in three Aboriginal communities in Arnhem Land, Northern TerritoryK S Kylie Lee
School of Public Health, Tropical Medicine and Rehabilitation Sciences, James Cook University, Cairns, QLD, Australia
Med J Aust 188:605-8. 2008..To determine the extent to which depressive symptoms are associated with heavy cannabis use in an Aboriginal population in Arnhem Land, Northern Territory... - Promising performance of a juvenile justice diversion programme in remote Aboriginal communities, Northern Territory, AustraliaAlan R Clough
James Cook University, School of Public Health, Tropical Medicine and Rehabilitation Sciences, Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Drug Alcohol Rev 27:433-8. 2008..As no evaluations of such programmes have been published, we describe processes and early outcomes of a diversion programme in the Northern Territory... - The effectiveness of a tailored intervention for excessive alcohol consumption prior to elective surgerySwati Shourie
School of Public Health, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia
Alcohol Alcohol 41:643-9. 2006.... - Alcohol and risk for ischemic stroke in men: the role of drinking patterns and usual beverageKenneth J Mukamal
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard School of Public Health, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
Ann Intern Med 142:11-9. 2005..The association of light to moderate alcohol consumption with risk for ischemic stroke remains controversial, as do the roles of beverage type and drinking pattern... - Combining carbohydrate-deficient transferrin and gamma-glutamyltransferase to increase diagnostic accuracy for problem drinkingJack Chen
School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Alcohol Alcohol 38:574-82. 2003..CONCLUSIONS: Combining biochemical markers enhances detection of problem drinking in men but not in women. Information on clinical variables increases the ability to correctly detect problem drinking... - The accessibility, acceptability, health impact and cost implications of primary healthcare outlets that target injecting drug users: a narrative synthesis of literatureM Mofizul Islam
School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Int J Drug Policy 23:94-102. 2012..Nevertheless, an integrative literature review of IDU-targeted PHC may provide useful insights into the range of operational models and strategies to enhance the accessibility and acceptability of these services to the target population... - Wa! Ningeningma arakba akina da! (Oh! Now I know, that's it!)K S Kylie Lee
School of Public Health, Tropical Medicine and Rehabilitation Sciences, James Cook University, Cairns, QLD, Australia
Med J Aust 188:113-6. 2008..To successfully disseminate research findings in these communities, it is critical to undertake comprehensive community liaison, to find common conceptual understandings and to build the skills of local Indigenous researchers... - Characteristics and comorbidity of drug and alcohol-related emergency department presentations detected by nursing triage textDevon Indig
Centre for Health Research in Criminal Justice, Justice Health, Sydney, Australia
Addiction 105:897-906. 2010..This study used nursing triage text to detect drug- and alcohol-related emergency department (ED) presentations and describe their patient and service delivery characteristics... - Harm reduction healthcare: from an alternative to the mainstream platform?M Mofizul Islam
School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Int J Drug Policy 21:131-3. 2010..Because of the various barriers to mainstreaming, any steps towards mainstreaming should be taken whilst maintaining the option of continuing the current targeted harm reduction services... - Five-year longitudinal study of cannabis users in three remote Aboriginal communities in Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, AustraliaK S Kylie Lee
School of Public Health, Tropical Medicine and Rehabilitation Sciences, James Cook University, Cairns, Australia
Drug Alcohol Rev 28:623-30. 2009..To examine predictors of cannabis use at 5 year follow up in an Australian Aboriginal cohort... - Evaluation of a community-driven preventive youth initiative in Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, AustraliaK S Kylie Lee
Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Drug Alcohol Rev 27:75-82. 2008..The Youth Development Unit provided a range of training, recreational and cultural activities within a community development framework to all young people in the community... - Linkage into specialist hepatitis C treatment services of injecting drug users attending a needle syringe program-based primary healthcare centreM Mofizul Islam
School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of New South Wales, Australia Drug Health Service, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia
J Subst Abuse Treat 43:440-5. 2012.... - Can we measure daily tobacco consumption in remote Indigenous communities? Comparing self-reported tobacco consumption with community-level estimates in an Arnhem Land studyAlan R Clough
School of Public Health, Tropical Medicine and Rehabilitation Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD 4870, Australia
Drug Alcohol Rev 30:166-72. 2011..We compared self-reported tobacco consumption with community-level estimates in Arnhem Land (Northern Territory)... - Improving alcohol and tobacco history taking by junior medical officersElizabeth M Proude
Drug Health Services, Page Building, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Missenden Road, Camperdown NSW 2050 Australia
Alcohol Alcohol 43:320-5. 2008..We aimed to determine the effectiveness of individual feedback and group feedback in improving recording, assessment, and management of risky alcohol use and of tobacco smoking by Junior Medical Officers (JMOs)... - Alcohol consumption patterns and HbA1c, C-peptide and insulin concentrations in menKatie A Meyer
Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
J Am Coll Nutr 22:185-94. 2003..We examined the relations of alcohol consumption patterns-including average daily consumption, frequency of consumption and drinking with meals-to fasting insulin, fasting c-peptide and hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c)... - Effectiveness of skills-based training using the Drink-less package to increase family practitioner confidence in intervening for alcohol use disordersElizabeth M Proude
Drug Health Services, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia
BMC Med Educ 6:8. 2006.... - The relationship between self-reported alcohol intake and the morbidities managed by GPs in AustraliaElizabeth M Proude
School of Public Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
BMC Fam Pract 7:17. 2006..Historically, detection rates of problem drinking have been low in general practice, producing lower prevalence estimates of heavy drinking than expected from population surveys... - Detection of and intervention for excessive alcohol and tobacco use among adult hospital in-patientsSwati Shourie
The University of Sydney, NSW, Australia
Drug Alcohol Rev 26:127-33. 2007..Further improvement is required in the rates of detection and interventions for alcohol use disorders and smoking in the hospital setting... - The effects of alcohol consumption, psychological distress and smoking status on emergency department presentations in New South Wales, AustraliaDevon Indig
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
BMC Public Health 7:46. 2007..This paper examines the population-level associations and interactions between alcohol consumption, psychological distress and smoking status with having presented to an emergency department in the last 12 months... - Client satisfaction and risk behaviours of the users of syringe dispensing machines: a pilot studyMofizul Islam
Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney, Australia
Drug Alcohol Rev 27:13-9. 2008..The study examines risk behaviours of the users of syringe dispensing machines (SDMs) and evaluates the usefulness of these machines in providing injecting drug users (IDUs) with sterile injecting equipment... - The influence of structured education and clinical experience on the attitudes of medical students towards substance misusersEdmund Silins
School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Drug Alcohol Rev 26:191-200. 2007..Findings support the provision of structured drug and alcohol education and supported clinical experience for every medical student if appropriate evidence-based treatment is to be provided... - An outcome evaluation of the New South Wales Sober Driver Programme: a remedial programme for recidivist drink driversKatherine L Mills
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Drug Alcohol Rev 27:65-74. 2008..SDP combines educational components and elements of group cognitive behavioural therapy in relation to drink driving behaviour. It is delivered in conjunction with punitive sanctions... - The reliability of sensitive information provided by injecting drug users in a clinical setting: Clinician-administered versus audio computer-assisted self-interviewing (ACASI)M Mofizul Islam
a School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
AIDS Care 24:1496-503. 2012..Adoption of a universal precautionary approach to complement individually tailored assessment of and advice regarding health risk behaviours for IDUs may address this issue... - Roles of drinking pattern and type of alcohol consumed in coronary heart disease in menKenneth J Mukamal
Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA 02215, USA
N Engl J Med 348:109-18. 2003..Although moderate drinking confers a decreased risk of myocardial infarction, the roles of the drinking pattern and type of beverage remain unclear... - The long-term effectiveness of brief interventions for unsafe alcohol consumption: a 10-year follow-upSonia E Wutzke
Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Addiction 97:665-75. 2002..To examine the long-term impact of brief and early interventions for hazardous and harmful alcohol consumption... - Alcohol use in ChinaJohanne Cochrane
School of Public Health and Disciplines of Medicine and Psychological Medicine, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Alcohol Alcohol 38:537-42. 2003..CONCLUSIONS: There is a need for increased policies and public health programmes to reduce alcohol related harm, and evaluation of outpatient treatment potential... - HIV and sexual risk behaviors among recognized high-risk groups in Bangladesh: need for a comprehensive prevention programMd Mofizul Islam
Postgraduate student of Medicine STI HIV, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Int J Infect Dis 12:363-70. 2008..To examine trends in HIV and related risk behaviors among recognized high-risk groups in Bangladesh, the types and extent of prevention initiatives that have been undertaken, and highlight the immediate needs... - Cannabis use in remote Indigenous communities in Australia: endemic yet neglectedK S Kylie Lee
School of Public Health, Tropical Medicine and Rehabilitation Sciences, James Cook University, Cairns, QLD, Australia
Med J Aust 190:228-9. 2009..The effects of cannabis use on health and social adjustment are profound... - Translation of tobacco policy into practice in disadvantaged and marginalized subpopulations: a study of challenges and opportunities in remote Australian Indigenous communitiesJan A Robertson
School of Public Health, Tropical Medicine and Rehabilitation Sciences, James Cook University, PO Box 6811, Cairns, Queensland, 4870, Australia
Health Res Policy Syst 10:23. 2012..abstract:.. - Randomized controlled trial of mailed personalized feedback for problem drinkers in the emergency department: the short-term impactAlys Havard
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Alcohol Clin Exp Res 36:523-31. 2012..Mailed personalized feedback, which is likely to be more feasible, has been associated with reduced alcohol consumption in other settings, but its cost-effectiveness in the ED has not been examined... - Do elective surgery patients use the internet to look for information about their condition?Elizabeth M Proude
School of Public Health, University of Sydney, and Drug Health Service, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, New South Wales, Australia
ANZ J Surg 74:304-7. 2004..As 54% of Australians have access to the internet, it might be expected that people scheduled for surgery would look for information on it. No reported Australian studies have quantified internet use by patients before surgery... - HIV awareness of outgoing female migrant workers of Bangladesh: a pilot studyM Mofizul Islam
School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
J Immigr Minor Health 12:940-6. 2010..As growing numbers of female workers are moving overseas for work, government and other concerned agencies must take a pro-active role to raise their awareness of HIV/AIDS infection and of effective preventive measures... - NSW Alcohol Summit: getting a better grip on our favourite drugPaul S Haber
Drug Health Services, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, NSW, Australia
Med J Aust 179:521-2. 2003 - Smoking or alcohol dependence among indigenous australians: treatment may be needed, not just educationKatherine M Conigrave
Drug Health Service, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, NSW 2050, Australia Addiction Medicine, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia Sydney School of Public Health, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia Electronic address
Heart Lung Circ 21:626-31. 2012..Working in partnership with Indigenous health staff and agencies can help ensure that appropriate access to treatment and quality treatment delivery occurs... - Using breath carbon monoxide to validate self-reported tobacco smoking in remote Australian Indigenous communitiesDavid J Maclaren
School of Public Health, Tropical Medicine and Rehabilitation Sciences, James Cook University, Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Popul Health Metr 8:2. 2010..This paper examines the specificity and sensitivity of a breath carbon monoxide (BCO) test and optimum BCO cutoff level for validating self-reported tobacco smoking in Indigenous Australians in Arnhem Land, Northern Territory (NT)... - The Sydney Medically Supervised Injecting Centre: a controversial public health measureCate Kelly
Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney, New South Wales
Aust N Z J Public Health 26:552-4. 2002..DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS: It is difficult to be certain of the public health impact of SIFs but evidence from overseas and Sydney's early process evaluations provide promise that they may make a positive contribution to health...