Identifying opportunities for the prevention of harmful use of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs among young Noongar (Aboriginal) people in the south-west of Western Australia

This was a collaborative project between the Southern Aboriginal Corporation and the National Drug Research Institute. It utilised a community consultation process to study alcohol, tobacco and other drug use among Aboriginal adolescents in a town in south-west Western Australia. This study identifies risk and resilience factors and opportunities for intervention and enable an Aboriginal community controlled organisation to develop an evidence-based strategy to address the harmful effects of substance use at a local level. The study has broad policy and practical implications and provides a template for action more broadly to address what is a significant health problem in Indigenous Australia. This project was funded by the Australian National Preventative Health Agency.