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Learning from 50 Years of Aboriginal Alcohol Programs Beating the Grog in Australia /

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This open access book deals with community-based attempts on the part of Aboriginal communities and groups in Australia to address harms arising from alcohol misuse. Alcohol-related harms are viewed as both a product of colonisation and dispossession and a contributor to ongoing social, economic and...

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Main Authors: d'Abbs, Peter (Author), Hewlett, Nicole (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2023.
Edition:1st ed. 2023.
Subjects:
Social medicine.
Public health.
Medical anthropology.
Criminology.
Youth > Social life and customs.
Health, Medicine and Society.
Public Health.
Medical Anthropology.
Youth Culture.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1 Explaining Aboriginal alcohol use: changing perspectives, hidden assumptions
  • 2 Prevention and early intervention
  • 3 Treatment and rehabilitation
  • 4 Community-based restrictions on alcohol availability
  • 5 Case study of community-led alcohol restrictions: the Fitzroy Valley
  • 6 Community-controlled liquor outlets and permit systems
  • 7. Meeting the challenge of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)
  • 8 Alcohol and community policing
  • 9 Conclusion: outcomes and issues.

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