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

• Main Author: d'Abbs, Peter (auth)
• Other Authors: Hewlett, Nicole (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore Springer Nature 2023
• Subjects: Sociology; Public health & preventive medicine; Medical anthropology; Crime & criminology; Cultural studies; Indigenous alcohol harm in Australia; Aboriginal alcohol harm in Australia; reducing Indigenous alcohol harm in Australia; reducing Aboriginal alcohol harm in Australia; reducing alcohol problems in Indigenous communities in Australia; reducing alcohol problems in Aboriginal communities in Australia; alcohol interventions in Aboriginal communities in Australia; alcohol interventions in Indigenous communities in Australia; alcohol treatment for Aboriginal drinkers in Australia; treating alcohol problems among Aboriginal people in Australia; treating alcohol problems among Indigenous people in Australia; alcohol interventions and public health among Aboriginal people; alcohol interventions and public health among Indigenous people; restrictions on alcohol in Aboriginal communities in Australia; restrictions on alcohol in Indigenous communities in Australia; preventing alcohol problems in Aboriginal communities; preventing alcohol problems in Indigenous communities; managing alcohol in Aboriginal communities in Australia; managing alcohol in Indigenous communities in Australia
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

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 health-related disadvantage, both in Australia and in other countries with colonised Indigenous populations, such as Canada, the US and New Zealand. This book contributes to an evidence-base by bringing together a selection of existing Australian documents considered by the editors to have continuing relevance to all those concerned with dealing with alcohol-related harms among Aboriginal peoples, These are contextualised in original chapters that recount key events, ideas, and programs. The book is a practical resource for all people and groups concerned with addressing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander alcohol-related harms, both at the community level and at the level of policy-making and administration.