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.
Improving Quality Use Of Medicines In Residential Aged Care
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$175,303.00
Summary
Traditionally, antipsychotic medicines have been used to manage challenging behaviours in dementia yet research has shown these medicines have limited usefulness and are associated with increases in falls, stroke and death. Despite this, they are still commonly used. In this TRIP fellowship, we aim to evaluate the sustainability and generalizability of a multicomponent model to reduce the use of antipsychotics for managing dementia-related behavioural issues in residential aged care facilities.