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Inclusion of Self-Determination By First Nations Australian Communities in Alcohol Related Policy Development In The Northern Territory - PhD Project

  • Research program: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health
  • Project status: Completed
  • Start date: January 2019
  • Expected end date: June 2023
  • Completion date: July 2024
  • Funded by: NHMRC
  • Lead organisation: University of Sydney
Project Description

First Nations Australians have a strong history of developing community-controlled responses to health concerns, to address the greater health and social disadvantage experienced as a result of both social and structural determinants of health, historical experiences of colonisation and dispossession, and present marginalisation. Harmful alcohol consumption is one symptom of these experiences. Growing evidence shows that inclusion in decisions over one’s life – self-determination – can contribute to improved wellbeing; while decisions that are imposed have detrimental impacts, and contribute to the cycle of poorer health and wellbeing. This study will examine how self-determination can be part of the process of the development and implementation of effective evidence-based alcohol policies.

PhD Student

Dr Annalee Stearne
Research Fellow
Tel: 61 (0)8 9266 1630
a.stearne@curtin.edu.au
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PhD Supervisors

Professor Steve Allsop
Professor
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s.allsop@curtin.edu.au
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Associate Professor Michael Wright
Associate Professor
Tel: 61 (0)8 9266 1637
m.wright@curtin.edu.au
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Professor Anthony Shakeshaft

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Associate Professor Kylie Lee
Associate Professor
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Related Publications

Stearne, A., Lee, K., S., Allsop, S., Shakeshaft, A., P. and Wright, M. (2022). First Nations Australians’ experiences of current alcohol policy in Central Australia: evidence of self-determination? BMC International Journal for Equity in Health, 21, (1). doi:10.1186/s12939-022-01719-z [RJ1881] View web page

Stearne, A., Lee, K., S., Allsop, S., Shakeshaft, A., P. and Wright, M. (2022). First Nations Australians’ self-determination in health and alcohol policy development: a Delphi Study. BMC Health Research Policy and Systems, 20, (1). doi:10.1186/s12961-022-00813-6 [RJ1758] View web page

Stearne, A., Lee, K., S., Allsop, S., Shakeshaft, A., P. and Wright, M. (2022). Self-determination by First Nations Australians in alcohol policy: lessons from Mbantua/Alice Springs (Northern Territory, Australia). International Journal of Drug Policy, 108, pp. 103822. doi:10.1016/j.drugpo.2022.103822 [RJ1882] View web page

Stearne, A., Allsop, S., Shakeshaft, A., P., Symons, M. and Wright, M. (2021). Identifying how the principles of self-determination could be applied to create effective alcohol policy for First Nations Australians: synthesising the lessons from the development of general public policy. International Journal of Drug Policy, 95, pp. 103260:1-12. doi:10.1016/j.drugpo.2021.103260 [RJ1636] View web page