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2020-2021 Alcohol and other Drug Treatment Services National Minimum Data Set

The Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Services National Minimum Data Set (AODTS NMDS) contains information about alcohol and other drug treatment services; the clients who use these services; the type of issues for which treatment is sought and the types of treatment provided.

QNADAfocus – Issue 2 2021

Human Rights and Drug Policy

Inside this issue:

• Introducing the International Guidelines on Human Rights and Drug Policy and their intersection with the Queensland Human Rights Act
• Member Spotlight: Insights on self-determination in health from Galangoor Duwalami Primary Healthcare
• The potential for decriminalisation to contribute to reducing social inequality in Queensland
• The intersection of drug policy and development in Australia
• On the topic of drugs and children

QNADAfocus – Issue 1 2021

A Closer Look at the Productivity Commission Inquiry Report into Mental Health

Inside this issue:

• In search of the Holy Grail: Coordinated, seamless cross-sector service delivery
• A report is not enough – it’s time to listen and act accordingly
• Ensuring mentally healthy workplaces
• How can we improve outcomes for people in the criminal justice system?
• The behavioural economics behind the Productivity Commission Inquiry Report into Mental Health

QNADAfocus – Issue 4 2020

Exploring the intersections of AOD and DFV

Inside this issue:

• Taking the practical steps
• Treatment service responses to domestic and family violence with Nicole Lee
• Say her name: Domestic and Family Violence and AOD policy in Queensland

QNADAfocus – Issue 3 2020

The Road Most Travelled: The Role of Experiential Knowledge in AOD

Inside this issue:

• Stigma, bias and lived experience – explanatory notes in the guise of a sightseer’s tale
• ‘Lived experience’ in the AOD health service system
• Secrets of the sector

QNADAfocus – Issue 2 2020

Natural Disasters: trauma and substance use in the aftermath

Inside this issue:

• Hoping for the best – disaster preparedness
• Trauma Informed Care after a disaster
• Webinars and training

QNADAfocus – Issue 1 2020

Regulation for Harm Reduction

Inside this issue:

• Vaping: what do we know?
• Reefer Madness: Cannabis, the criminal justice system and decriminalisation in the ACT
• Refugee and Asylum Seeker Online Training

QNADAfocus – Issue 5 2019

Effective Responses to Drug Use

Inside this issue:

• Dayhabs: How day programs overcome barriers to treatment
• Member spotlight on Lives Lived Well’s new Dayhabs
• When families unite: Treating the family

QNADAfocus – Issue 4 2019

AOD Representations in Popular Media

Inside this issue:

• Keeping Watch Over AOD Reporting in the Media
• “Choose Life:” Popular Media and Public Opinions
• QNADA’s new position papers

Brisbane alcohol and other drugs workforce capacity improvement final evaluation report

This report builds upon previous reports completed for Brisbane South (December 2017) and Brisbane North (January 2018) PHNs, which identified a range of regional alcohol and other drugs (AOD) workforce development issues. This report examines activities undertaken in response to issues identified across Brisbane North and South, and is particularly focused on the Brisbane South Workforce Capacity Improvement Plan and AOD Collaborative. Detailed project background and regional information can be found in the previous reports:

• Brisbane South (https://qnada.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Dra_20171206_Workforce-Capacity-Improvement-Summary-Report_SP.pdf)
• Brisbane North (https://qnada.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Fin_20180110_Brisbane-North-AOD-options-paper.pdf)

QNADAfocus – Issue 3 2019

Drugs across the life course edition!

Inside this issue:

• How has teen AOD use declined since 2000?
• OSTs and Australia’s Ageing Population
• Older but not Wiser in Harm Reduction
• Australia Winter School 2019

QNADAfocus – Issue 2 2019

Harm reduction and prevention edition!

Inside this issue:

• Drug checking
• Measuring prevention
• Prevention in schools
• Highlights
• Upcoming events