The following recently published items may be of professional interest:
Motivational interviewing for alcohol misuse in young adults. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2014
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD007025.pub2/pdf
Cochrane's review on the effectiveness of using motivational interviewing (MI) with young people using alcohol. 66 studies, with 17,901 participants, were included in the review. General findings were that MI was not significantly effective in preventing alcohol misuse. Although some of the findings were significant the relationship was not particularly strong. Several limitations of the studies included are discussed and these are worth reading before dismissing MI as an intervention.
Sexual health and relationships in young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: results of the first Australian study of knowledge, risk practices and health service access for sexually transmissible infections (STIs) and blood borne viruses (BBVs) among young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: the goanna survey
https://nacchocommunique.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/final-goanna-report-july-2014.pdf
This is the first national survey of young Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander people in relation to sexually transmissible infections (STIs) and
blood borne viruses (BBVs) undertaken in Australia. There were 2,877 respondents aged 16-29yrs. Respondents indicated a good knowledge of STIs and BBVs. The report outlines reported sexual behaviour, licit and illicit drug use and injecting practices, STI testing and diagnosis.
The official blog of the Drug ARM Australasia, Mental Health Association QLD, and Australian College of Community Services' library.
A comment passed on from one of our staff regarding the Cochrane review "...while MI in this study was not found to be a particularly helpful intervention, it may not be a reflection of MI but rather the challenges of working with this age group. To gauge this I think a comparative study would need to be done with the same intervention and different age group."
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