Enhancing the SUSTAINable uptake of evidence to minimise harms from alcohol and other drugs in New South Wales, Australia

Sara Farnbach; Catherine Foley; Peter Gates; Alison Seccull; Alexandra Henderson; Andrea Zocco; Michael Farrell; Anthony Shakeshaft

doi:10.1111/dar.13843

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Enhancing the SUSTAINable uptake of evidence to minimise harms from alcohol and other drugs in New South Wales, Australia

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Enhancing the SUSTAINable uptake of evidence to minimise harms from alcohol and other drugs in New South Wales, Australia

Sara Farnbach, Catherine Foley, Peter Gates, Alison Seccull, Alexandra Henderson, Andrea Zocco, Michael Farrell and Anthony Shakeshaft

Drug and Alcohol Review, Vol.43(7), pp.1781-1786

2024

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/dar.13843

PMID: 38634165

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Abstract

evidence gaps

harm minimisation

preventive medicine

substance-related disorders

Although alcohol and other drug use is increasingly the focus of policy and research efforts, there are challenges identifying and applying evidence-based strategies to minimise harms for alcohol and other drugs in health care and community settings. These challenges include limited available research, variability across settings, and lack of 'fit' between research evidence and their intended settings. In this commentary, we describe a novel approach to develop and evaluate tailored, sustainable strategies to enhance the uptake of evidence-based activities into health services and community settings. Our approach involves four key principles: (i) identifying evidence-based alcohol and other drug harm minimisation strategies; (ii) partnering with local experts to identify and tailor strategies; (iii) implementing strategies into existing practice/infrastructure to build in sustainability; and (iv) using sustainable co-designed outcome measures including value-based health-care principles to measure uptake, feasibility and acceptability, health outcomes and economic implications. We propose that this approach offers a way forward to enhance the relevance and suitability of research in health services and community settings and has potential to be applied in other sectors.

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Title: Enhancing the SUSTAINable uptake of evidence to minimise harms from alcohol and other drugs in New South Wales, Australia
Authors: Sara Farnbach (Corresponding Author) - UNSW Sydney
Catherine Foley - UNSW Sydney
Peter Gates - UNSW Sydney
Alison Seccull - UNSW Sydney
Alexandra Henderson - UNSW Sydney
Andrea Zocco - UNSW Sydney
Michael Farrell - UNSW Sydney
Anthony Shakeshaft - UNSW Sydney
Publication details: Drug and Alcohol Review, Vol.43(7), pp.1781-1786
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
Date published: 2024
DOI: 10.1111/dar.13843
ISSN: 1465-3362
PMID: 38634165
Copyright note: © 2024 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.
Grant note: NSW Health Prevention Research Support Program
Organisation Unit: School of Health - Psychology
Language: English
Record Identifier: 991241463202621
Output Type: Journal article

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