Young Australians Alcohol Reporting System (YAARS) 2016-2017

  • Research program: Alcohol policy and strategies
  • Project status: Completed
  • Start date: May 2016
  • Expected end date: July 2017
  • Completion date: July 2017
  • Funded by: AGDH
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The Young Australians Alcohol Reporting System (YAARS) aims to investigate higher risk drinking practices amongst Australian adolescents.

YAARS is run by the National Drug Research Institute (Curtin University) with collaborating partners from the University of New South Wales (NSW), Monash University (VIC), the University of Tasmania (TAS), Flinders University (SA), ACT Health (ACT), Charles Darwin University (NT), and the University of Queensland (QLD).

YAARS outputs are available from both the 2013 three-state pilot and the 2016-17 national roll-out.

Name & Contact Details Role Research Program Location
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Professor Tanya Chikritzhs
Tel: 61 (0)8 9266 1609
t.n.chikritzhs@curtin.edu.au
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Chief Investigator

Alcohol policy and strategies

Perth

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Dr William Gilmore
Tel: 61 (0)8 9266 1612
william.gilmore@curtin.edu.au
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Chief Investigator

Alcohol policy and strategies

Perth

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Professor Steve Allsop
Tel: 61 (0)8 9266 1606
s.allsop@curtin.edu.au
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Chief Investigator

Alcohol policy and strategies

Perth

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Professor Simon Lenton
Tel: 61 (0)8 9266 1603
s.lenton@curtin.edu.au
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Chief Investigator

Harm reduction policy and strategies

Perth

  • Chief Investigator: Wenbin Liang, Curtin University
  • Project staff: Ines Pandzic, Curtin University

Dr Tina Lam
Research Fellow
Tel: 61 (0)3 9904 4446
tina.lam@monash.edu
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This project aligns with the following Sustainable Development Goals and Targets:

Lam, T., Laslett, A., L., Fischer, J., Salom, C., L., Ogeill, R., Lubman, D., Aiken, A., Mattick, R., Gilmore, W. and Allsop, S. (2022). Disclosures of harming others during their most recent drinking session: Findings from a large national study of heavy-drinking adolescents. Drug and Alcohol Review, 41, (1), pp. 197-207. doi:10.1111/dar.13336 [RJ1653] View web page

Lam, T., Fischer, J., Salom, C., L., Ogeill, R., Wilson, J., C., Lubman, D., Burns, L., Lenton, S., Gilmore, W., Chikritzhs, T., N., Aiken, A. and Allsop, S. (2020). Safety first: beliefs of older peers supplying alcohol to underage friends. Health Promotion Journal of Australia. doi:10.1002/hpja.378 [RJ1606] View web page

Lam, T., Ogeill, R., Fischer, J., Midford, R., Lubman, D., Gilmore, W., Chikritzhs, T., N., Liang, W., Lenton, S., Aiken, A. and Allsop, S. (2020). Alcohol supply as a favour for a friend: Scenarios of alcohol supply to younger friends and siblings. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 31, (1), pp. 112-120. doi:10.1002/hpja.264 [RJ1460] View web page

Lam, T., Laslett, A., L., Ogeill, R., Lubman, D., Liang, W., Chikritzhs, T., N., Gilmore, W., Lenton, S., Fischer, J., Aiken, A., Mattick, R., Burns, L., Midford, R. and Allsop, S. (2019). From eye rolls to punches: experience of harm from others’ drinking amongst risky drinking adolescents across Australia. Public Health Research & Practice, 29, (4), pp. e2941927. doi:10.17061/phrp2941927 [RJ1469] View web page

ACT Health, A., Olsen, A. and Lam, T. (2018). Young Australians’ Alcohol Reporting System (YAARS) Report 2016/17 – Australian Capital Territory main findings. National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia. [T260] Download PDF

deAngelis, O., Bruno, R. and Lam, T. (2018). Young Australians’ Alcohol Reporting System (YAARS) Report 2016/17 – Tasmanian main findings. National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia. [T265] Download PDF

Fischer, J., Roche, A., Trifonoff, A., McEntee, A. and Lam, T. (2018). Young Australians’ Alcohol Reporting System (YAARS) Report 2016/17 – South Australian main findings. National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia. [T264] Download PDF

Lam, T., Ogeill, R., Allsop, S., Chikritzhs, T., N., Fischer, J., Midford, R., Gilmore, W., Lenton, S., Liang, W., Lloyd, B., Aiken, A., Mattick, R. and Lubman, D. (2018). Insomnia and regulation of sleep-wake cycle with drugs among adolescent risky drinkers. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, 14, (9), pp. 1529-1537. doi:10.5664/jcsm.7330 [RJ1437] View web page

Lubman, D., Lloyd, B., Ogeill, R., Faulkner, A., Wilson, J., C., Reed, M., Connor, C. and Lam, T. (2018). Young Australians’ Alcohol Reporting System (YAARS) Report 2016/17 – Victorian main findings. National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia. [T266] Download PDF

Mattick, R., Burns, L., Aiken, A. and Lam, T. (2018). Young Australians’ Alcohol Reporting System (YAARS) Report 2016/17 – New South Wales main findings. National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia. [T262] Download PDF

Midford, R. and Lam, T. (2018). Young Australians’ Alcohol Reporting System (YAARS) Report 2016/17 – Northern Territory main findings. National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia. [T261] Download PDF

Pandzic, I., Allsop, S., Lenton, S., Chikritzhs, T., N., Gilmore, W., Liang, W. and Lam, T. (2018). Young Australians’ Alcohol Reporting System (YAARS) Report 2016/17 – Western Australian main findings. National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia. [T267] Download PDF

Salom, C., L., Alati, R. and Lam, T. (2018). Young Australians’ Alcohol Reporting System (YAARS) Report 2016/17 – Queensland main findings. National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia. [T263] Download PDF

Lam, T., Lenton, S., Chikritzhs, T., N., Gilmore, W., Liang, W., Pandzic, I., Ogeill, R., Faulkner, A., Lloyd, B., Lubman, D., Aiken, A., Burns, L., Mattick, R., ACT Health, A., Olsen, A., Bruno, R., deAngelis, O., Roche, A., Fischer, J., Trifonoff, A., Midford, R., Salom, C., L., Alati, R. and Allsop, S. (2017). Young Australians’ Alcohol Reporting System (YAARS): National Report 2016/17. National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia. ISBN: 978-0-9942806-5-7 [T259] Download PDF