Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/20192
Title: Is population flow an unintended consequence of alcohol management plans?
Contributor(s): Usher, Kim  (author)orcid ; Woods, Cindy  (author)orcid ; Lynch, Paul (author); Pointing, Shane Boris (author); Budden, Lea (author); Barker, Ruth (author); Catchpoole, Jesani (author); Clough, Alan (author)
Publication Date: 2017
DOI: 10.1111/jocn.13534
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/20192
Abstract: Aims and objectives: The aim of this study was to gauge whether, and to what extent, population flow occurred as a result of the implementation of alcohol management plans in Indigenous communities. Background: Alcohol management plans involving carriage limits and dry places were introduced into 15 Queensland Indigenous communities between 2002-2004. Controls on alcohol availability were further tightened between 2008-2010, seeing the closure of eight mainly remote community taverns/canteens. Design: A retrospective observational study was undertaken using data from the Queensland Injury Surveillance Unit. Methods: Population flow was measured by changing patterns of alcohol-related injuries in a mining region near dry Indigenous communities following the introduction of alcohol management plans and a control mining region distant from Indigenous communities with alcohol management plans. Data were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Logistic regression was used for the comparison of the characteristics between the emergency department presentations. The rates of alcohol-related injury presentations per 1000/population were calculated and age-standardised to the Australian population. Results: Between the five-year periods 2003-2007 and 2008-2012, alcohol-related injury presentations to the Mount Isa emergency department trebled from an age-adjusted average annual rate of 9.5/1000 in the region's population to 27.1/1000 population. In the control region, alcohol-related emergency department injury presentations did not increase to the same degree with age-adjusted average annual rates of 1.42/1000 and 2.21/1000, respectively. Conclusions: The 10-year pattern of emergency department presentations for alcohol-related injuries increased significantly in the Mount Isa region compared with the control region. Further research should investigate the impacts of population flow related to Indigenous community alcohol management plans. Relevance to clinical practice: Although initiatives such as alcohol management plans have been implemented to reduce alcohol use and related consequences in Indigenous communities, there needs to be a greater consideration of the impact of these policies in nearby towns in the future.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Source of Publication: Journal of Clinical Nursing, 26(5-6), p. 668-677
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Place of Publication: United Kingdom
ISSN: 1365-2702
0962-1067
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: 111003 Clinical Nursing: Secondary (Acute Care)
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: 420501 Acute care
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 920414 Substance Abuse
920210 Nursing
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: 200499 Public health (excl. specific population health) not elsewhere classified
200307 Nursing
Peer Reviewed: Yes
HERDC Category Description: C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal
Appears in Collections:Journal Article

Files in This Item:
2 files
File Description SizeFormat 
Show full item record

SCOPUSTM   
Citations

2
checked on May 18, 2024

Page view(s)

1,520
checked on May 5, 2024
Google Media

Google ScholarTM

Check

Altmetric


Items in Research UNE are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.