Empowering Young People To Make Positive Health Choices: Translation Of Evidence-based Drug And Alcohol Prevention To Australian Adolescents
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$177,197.00
Summary
Effective prevention and early intervention for alcohol and other drug use disorders is available but not widely implemented in schools. Through the use of digital technologies this project will facilitate transportability of evidence-based approaches into everyday teaching, parenting, and school-based counselling practice. By bringing together research and practice this project maximises the potential of these approaches to reduce the considerable burden of alcohol and drug use disorders.
Evaluating The Evidence-practice Gap Between The NHMRC Alcohol And Breastfeeding Guideline (2009), Clinician Application And Maternal Uptake.
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$176,250.00
Summary
Drinking alcohol during lactation has been shown to decrease breastfeeding duration yet breastfeeding is the optimal method of infant feeding. Alcohol consumption is the cultural norm in Australia but alcohol in breastmilk will disrupt the hormonal control required for successful breastmilk let-down, a factor rarely considered in the early stopping of breastfeeding. This Fellowship will investigate the use of the alcohol guideline for breastfeeding women by health practitioners & mothers.