Understanding the methamphetamine epidemic and its implications for service provision and harm reduction: The VicMeth cohort

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1148170

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

The Victorian methamphetamine epidemic has received extensive media coverage highlighting the devastating impact of the drug and resultant public concern. We will follow up a cohort of 800 methamphetamine smokers from metropolitan and regional Victoria bi-annually for a period of 5 years to determine the natural history of methamphetamine use to inform optimal intervention strategies and arrest the increases in harm observed in Victoria recently.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2018

End Date: 01-01-2022

Funding Scheme: Project Grants

Funding Amount: $1,270,774.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

addiction | amphetamine | drug addiction | drug use | harm minimisation

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