Research Papers

Rowland B, Allen f, Toumbourou JW. Impact of alcohol harm reduction strategies in community sports clubs: Pilot evaluation of the good sports program. Health Psycology 2011; Epub Ahead of Print.

Impact of alcohol harm reduction strategies in community sports clubs: Pilot evaluation of the good sports program. Keywords: Alcohol; Community; Evaluation; In; Sports; strategies

Rowe S, Wiggers J, Kingsland M, Nicholas C, Wolfenden L. Alcohol consumption and intoxication among people involved in police-recorded incidents of violence and disorder in non-metropolitan New South Wales Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health 2011; Online 3rd November.

Alcohol consumption and intoxication among people involved in police-recorded incidents of violence and disorder in non-metropolitan New South Wales Keywords: alcohol;crime;violence;disorder;non-metropolitan

Kingsland M, Wolfenden L, Rowland BC, Tindall J, Gillham K, McElduff P, Rogerson JC, Wiggers JH. A cluster randomised controlled trial of a comprehensive accreditation intervention to reduce alcohol consumption at community sports clubs: study protocol BMJ Open Access 2011; 1(2):1-9.

A cluster randomised controlled trial of a comprehensive accreditation intervention to reduce alcohol consumption at community sports clubs: study protocol Keywords: Accreditation; Intervention; Alcohol; Community; Sports

Hodder R, Daly J, Freund M, Bowman J, Hazell T, Wiggers J. A school-based resilience intervention to decrease tobacco, alcohol and marijuana use in high school students BMC Public Health 2011; 11(722): 1-33.

A school-based resilience intervention to decrease tobacco, alcohol and marijuana use in high school students Keywords: Schools; Adolescents; Adolescent; substance use; Intervention; In; Reducing; Prevalence; Tobacco; Alcohol; methods; protective factors; Measures; Students; Research; school students

Miller P, Sonderland A, Coomber K, Palmer D, Gillham K, Tindall J, Wiggers J. Do community interventions targeting licensed venues reduce alcohol-related emergency department presentations? Drug and Alcohol Review 2011; 30(5): 546-553.

Do community interventions targeting licensed venues reduce alcohol-related emergency department presentations? Keywords: alcohol, violence, emergency department, injury, bar or licensed venue

Miller P, Palmer D, Droste N, Tindall J, Gillham K, Sonderlund A, McFarlane E, de Groot F, Sawyer A, Groombridge D, Lecathelinais C, Wiggers J. Dealing with alcohol-related problems in the night-time economy: A study protocol for mapping trends in harm and stakeholder views surrounding local community level interventions. BMC Research Notes 2011; 4: 204.

Keywords: Prevalence; Alcohol Related Harm; Community; Community Attitudes; Attitudes; Attitude; Intervention; Australia; Documentation; Analysis; Group; Industry; Government; Acceptability; Reducing.

Rowe S, Wiggers JH, Wolfenden L, Francis JL. Establishments licensed to serve alcohol and their contribution to police-recorded crime in Australia: Further opportunities for harm reduction. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs 2010; 71(6): 909-916.

Keywords: Alcohol; Crime; Australia; Police; Harm.

Bonevski B, Campbell E, Sanson-Fisher RW. The validity and reliability of an interactive computer tobacco and alcohol use survey in general practice. Addictive Behaviors 2009; Published online: 1-7.

Keywords: Validity; Reliability; Computer; Health; Risk; Assessment.

Wiggers J. Reducing alcohol-related violence and improving community safety: The Alcohol Linking Program. NSW Public Health Bulletin 2007; 18(5-6): 83-85.

Harm associated with the consumption of alcohol on licensed premises is an issue of increasing community concern. This paper reports on a decade-long research initiative that involved the development and implementation of police systems designed to enhance identification of, and police capacity to respond to, and enhance identification of, premises suggested to be associated with such harms. The outcomes of the Alcohol Linking Program demonstrateenhanced information regarding the occurrence and characteristics of alcohol-related incidents; there are more than 34000 such incidents each year in rural and regional NSW

Kypri K, Voas R, Langley J, Stephenson S, Begg D, Tippetts S, Davie G. Lowering the minimum purchase age for alcohol increased traffic crash injuries among 15-19 year olds in New Zealand. American Journal of Public Health 2006; 96: 126-131.

In 1999, New Zealand lowered the minimum purchasing age for alcohol by two years. This age was reduced from 20 to 18 years. Significantly more alcohol-involved crashes had occurred among 15-19 years olds than would have occurred if the purchase age was 20.

Daly J, Licata M, Gillham K, Wiggers J. Increasing the health promotion practices of workplaces in Australia using a proactive telephone based intervention. American Journal of Health Promotion 2005; 19(3): 163-166.

The efficacy of a proactive telephone-based intervention aimed at increasing workplace adoption of health promotion initiatives in Australia was examined. Of the 320 eligible worksites in the region, 227 (71%) provided data at baseline and again 4 years follow-up surveys. Significant increases were evident for seven of the eight health promotion initiatives.

Wiggers J, Jauncey M, Considine R, Daly J, Kingsland M, Purss K, Burrows S, Nicholas C, Waites B. Strategies and outcomes in translating alcohol harm reduction research into practice: The Alcohol Linking Program. Drug and Alcohol Review 2004; 23: 355-364.

This paper reports on a system intervention to enhance police enforcement of liquor laws by providing data-based feedback to police and licensees about alcohol-related crime following drinking on specific licensed premises. The system has been shown to contribute to a reduction of alcohol-related crime and has been adopted into routine practice by NSW police state-wide.

Kypri K, Gallagher S, Cashell-Smith M. An internet-based survey method for college student drinking research. Drug and Alcohol Dependence 2004; 76: 45-53.

The purpose for the study was to describe and assess the utility of an internet-based survey method for characterizing the alcohol consumption of college students. The paper discusses research methods and reviews and discusses the results.

Radvan D, Wiggers J, Hazell T. HEALTH C.H.I.P.s: Opportunistic community use of computerized health information programs. Health Education Research 2004; 19: 581-590.

This paper describes two studies which investigate the potential of using touchscreen computer kiosks for health education in a range of community settings.

Kypri K, Langley J, Stephenson S. Assessment of nonresponse bias in an internet survey of alcohol use. Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research 2004; 28(4): 630-4.

The purpose of the study was to assess nonresponse bias in Internet surveys of alcohol use. 1910 university students with a response rate of 82% (N=1564) conducted the study. The aim was to identify nonresponse bias and to quantify its effects on alcohol consumption, the incidence of alcohol-related problems, and the prevalence of hazardous drinking.

Kypri K, Saunders J, Williams S, McGee R, Langley J, Cashell-Smith M, Gallagher S. Web-based screening and brief intervention for hazardous drinking: A double blind randomized controlled trial. Addiction 2004; 99(11): 1410-1417.

This paper discussed a double blind randomised controlled trial in which the efficacy of using web based screening and brief intervention (e-SBI) to reduce hazardous drinking was evaluated.