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Understanding clients, treatment models and evaluation options for the NSW Aboriginal Residential Healing Drug and Alcohol Network (NARHDAN): A community based participatory research approach
Description
This study details the processes and outcomes of working with six Aboriginal residential rehabilitation services in New South Wales to develop a standardised assessment tool, define the core treatment and organisational components of the services, and develop an evaluation framework that could be used to evaluate individual treatment components, such as follow-up care, and estimate the total net benefits and costs of their services.
Regions in scope
New South Wales
Funding entity
National Indigenous Australians Agency (NIAA)
Research/evaluation entity
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales
