The 2006 WIP research symposium highlighted the connection
between research and its real life applications through presentations
of current Turning Point work.
Transcripts of the keynote address and oral
presentations are now available from th links below.
Session 1 Welcome - Prof Nick Crofts,
Director, Turning Point
Keynote address
Preventing
alcohol problems: Getting from the possible to the effective
Speaker: Prof Robin Room, Director, AER Centre for Alcohol
Policy Research
Session 2 Oral presentations
Alcohol
and drug surveillance: Local area monitoring - Part 1
Alcohol
and drug surveillance: Local area monitoring - Part 1
Speakers: Sharon Matthews and Harvey Ballantyne
Legal
coercion into treatment: Informing the policy debate
Speaker: Emma Pritchard
Signing
of the hands: Improving information and treatment options
for the Victorian deaf community
Speakers: Janette Mugavin and Stephanie Linder
Session 3 Oral presentations
PsyCheck Checked
Out: the national dissemination of a mental health screening
tool for the AOD sector
Speakers: Sandra Roeg and Nicole Lee
The
Shared Care Alcohol Project: Working together to improve outcomes
for people with alcohol dependence
Speakers: Liz Moore and Ros Burnett
Benzodiazepine
prescribing in opioid substitution treatment: Practices and
adverse outcomes
Speaker: Suzanne Nielsen
Session 4 Hypothetical panel discussion
Shootin’ the breezer: Research and young people’s
consumption of alcohol
Facilitator: Terry Laidler
Panel members:
| Madeleine Crofts |
Paul McDonald |
Paul McDonald |
| Peter McCarthy |
Alan Eades |
John Larkins |
| Tess Reed |
Dr Jo Lindsay |
Kevin Luscombe |
| Bill Stronach |
Prof Greg Whelan |
Anne-Marie Laslett |
Comments
from participants at 2006 WIP symposium
“An excellent insight into the extent
and value Turning Point is providing to the AOD field. Easy
listening presentations. Good practical language.”
“A chance to connect with “live”
issues and work in progress.”
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