Main description:

This open access book deals with community-based attempts on the part of Aboriginal communities and groups in Australia to address harms arising from alcohol misuse. Alcohol-related harms are viewed as both a product of colonisation and dispossession and a contributor to ongoing social, economic and health-related disadvantage, both in Australia and in other countries with colonised Indigenous populations, such as Canada, the US and New Zealand. This book contributes to an evidence-base by bringing together a selection of existing Australian documents considered by the editors to have continuing relevance to all those concerned with dealing with alcohol-related harms among Aboriginal peoples, These are contextualised in original chapters that recount key events, ideas, and programs.

The book is a practical resource for all people and groups concerned with addressing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander alcohol-related harms, both at the community level and at the level of policy-making and administration.

Contents:

1 Explaining Aboriginal alcohol use: changing perspectives, hidden assumptions.- 2 Prevention and early intervention.- 3 Treatment and rehabilitation.- 4 Community-based restrictions on alcohol availability.- 5 Case study of community-led alcohol restrictions: the Fitzroy Valley.- 6 Community-controlled liquor outlets and permit systems.- 7. Meeting the challenge of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD).- 8 Alcohol and community policing.- 9 Conclusion: outcomes and issues.