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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1997 Week 9 Hansard (4 September) . . Page.. 3050 ..

MINISTER FOR HEALTH AND COMMUNITY CARE

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION

Question No 446

Mr Berry - asked the Minister for Health and Community Care - For each of the financial years 1995/96, 1996/97 and 1997/98

(1) Can you provide details of any drug use prevention programs (a) administered by your department; or (b) funded by your department.

(2) Could you provide details of the nature of these programs.

(3) What is (a) the cost of these programs; and (b) the source for the funds.

(4) What is the number of participants that are or were in the program.

(5) What is the length of the program.

(6) Has there been any assessment made of their effectiveness.

Mrs Carnell - the answer to the Member's question is:

All organisations funded by the Department of Health and Community Care, Alcohol and Drug Program are required to adopt a `harm minimisation' approach in line with the National and ACT Drug Strategies. A harm minimisation approach to alcohol and other drug problems utilises a range of strategies including demand reduction, supply control, controlled use abstinence and problem solving, therefore it can be assumed that all such services have a certain element of prevention factored into their programs. Prevention is an integral part of health promotion and all drug and alcohol programs wholly or partly cover drug use prevention.

The following table is a detailed list of all programs provided in the ACT during 1995/96, 1996/97 and 1997/98. Some programs for 1997/98 are still being developed.

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