Drink driving among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians: What has been done and where to next?

Michelle S. Fitts; Richard Burchill; Scott Wilson; Gavan R. Palk; Alan R. Clough; Katherine M. Conigrave; Tim Slade; Anthony Shakeshaft; K. S.Kylie Lee

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Drink driving among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians: What has been done and where to next?

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Drink driving among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians: What has been done and where to next?

Michelle S. Fitts, Richard Burchill, Scott Wilson, Gavan R. Palk, Alan R. Clough, Katherine M. Conigrave, Tim Slade, Anthony Shakeshaft and K. S.Kylie Lee

Drug and Alcohol Review, Vol.41(6), pp.1412-1417

2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/dar.13418

PMID: 34927302

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Abstract

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

alcohol

drink driving

Indigenous

remedial program

The Australian Government will set the direction for addressing road safety over the next decade with its 2021–2030 National Road Safety Strategy. This road map will detail objectives and goals agreed upon by all Australian states and territories. Similar to previous national strategies, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (Indigenous) Australians are a high priority population. Indigenous Australians are over-represented in serious injury and fatal road crashes, with alcohol a leading factor. Therapeutic and educational programs are a major strategy among the suite of measures designed to reduce and prevent drink driving in Australia. The release of this new strategy provides a timely opportunity to reflect on what is known about drink driving among Indigenous Australians and to consider the suitability of existing therapeutic and educational drink driving programs for Indigenous Australian contexts. Here, we summarise factors that contribute to drink driving in this population and identify outstanding knowledge gaps. Then, we present an overview of drink driving programs available for Indigenous Australians along with suggestions for why tailored programs are needed to suit local contexts. The response to address drink driving among Indigenous Australians has been fragmented Australia-wide. A coordinated national response, with ongoing monitoring and evaluation, would improve policy effectiveness and inform more efficient allocation of resources. Together this information can help create suitable and effective drink driving programs for Indigenous drivers and communities Australia-wide.

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Title: Drink driving among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians: What has been done and where to next?
Authors: Michelle S. Fitts (Corresponding Author) - Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine
Richard Burchill - Jabalbina Yalanji Aboriginal Corporation (Australia)
Scott Wilson - The University of Sydney
Gavan R. Palk - Griffith University
Alan R. Clough - Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine
Katherine M. Conigrave - The University of Sydney
Tim Slade - The University of Sydney
Anthony Shakeshaft - UNSW Sydney
K. S.Kylie Lee - The University of Sydney
Publication details: Drug and Alcohol Review, Vol.41(6), pp.1412-1417
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
Date published: 2022
DOI: 10.1111/dar.13418
ISSN: 1465-3362
PMID: 34927302
Copyright note: © 2021 The Authors. Drug and Alcohol Review published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol and other Drugs. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Grants: Working with Indigenous services and communities to reduce the harms from alcohol, 1117582, National Health and Medical Research Council (Australia, Canberra) - NHMRC
A Centre for Research Excellence: Building Indigenous research capacity to find solutions to alcohol problems, 1117198, National Health and Medical Research Council (Australia, Canberra) - NHMRC
Increasing uptake of evidence-based management of unhealthy alcohol use in Aboriginal primary health care services, 1105339, National Health and Medical Research Council (Australia, Canberra) - NHMRC
Invisible disability: Indigenous women living with traumatic brain injury, DE210100639, Australian Research Council (Australia, Canberra) - ARC
Organisation Unit: School of Health - Psychology
Language: English
Record Identifier: 991241465802621
Output Type: Journal article

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