Behaviours and Health Risks

Understanding risk behaviours through innovative research

Promoting improved health and wellbeing by reducing harms related to risky behaviours.

Focuses on the promotion of improved health and wellbeing by reducing harms related to risky behaviours.

Alcohol consumption among young people is a major focus of this program, as are injecting drug use, methamphetamine use, and sexual and reproductive health.

Through the Behaviours and Health Risks program Burnet is committing to making a major contribution:

To promote improved health and wellbeing by reducing harms related to alcohol and other drugs and sexual and mental health
To reducing risky behaviours related to alcohol consumption, with a particular focus on young people
To reducing risky behaviours related to drug use, with a focus on injecting drug use and methamphetamine use
To reducing risky behaviours related to sexual and reproductive health, with a focus on young people and key populations
To reducing risky behaviours related to emerging behavioural issues arising from work in other programs
To increase the capacity of health professionals, researchers, policy makers and the general community through education and training to achieve a reduction in harms related to alcohol and drugs in Australia and globally.

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Program Goals and Objectives (69.3 KB)

Contact Details

Professor Paul Dietze

Program Director, Behaviours and Health Risks

Telephone

+61392822134

Email

paul.dietze@burnet.edu.au

Projects

ACCESS: STI and BBV surveillance system
ACCESS is a surveillance system that collates important information on a range of STIs and BBVs.
Breaking the cycle: supporting people with drug use histories to avoid reincarceration
Re-designing the post release experience for people with drug use histories using systems and co-design
Coping with COVID-19: Young people’s health and wellbeing in Australia
Investigating the effect of social isolation during COVID-19 on young people’s health.
CREIDU: Centre for Research Excellence into Injecting Drug Use
Improving the health of PWID through new research to inform public health policy and practice.
EC Australia: The vital missing link to eliminating hepatitis C
Australia’s first nationally coordinated response to hepatitis C aims to achieve elimination by 2030.
EDRS: Ecstasy and related Drugs Reporting System
EDRS aims to examine trends in the use of ecstasy and other drugs among regular users.
Engaging men to improve family health and prevent gender-based violence
ANCP project to contribute to the improvement of the health of men, their families and communities.
Evaluation of the Multicultural Drug and Alcohol Service
Formative and outcome evaluations of a new alcohol and drug service for South Sudanese youth, their families and communities.
EVE-M
Transforming Women's Sexual and Reproductive Health
Exploring alcohol and other drug use among migrant communities in Victoria
A qualitative study supported by the Wyndham City Council.
HCV Elimination Modelling
Providing evidence-based policy recommendations for prevention, testing and treatment of Hepatitis C.
Hepatitis C brief reports
Summaries of published hepatitis C research from Burnet Institute are now available to read and download.
IDRS: Illicit Drug Reporting System
A strategic early warning system identifying emerging trends related to illicit drugs.
IMSA: Improving SRH knowledge among young people in Magwey, Myanmar
This formative study provides evidence of current knowledge and attitudes among adolescents.
Mucosal injury from sexual contact (MISC)
Understanding the biological and socio-behavioural risk factors for HIV acquisition in South African adolescents.
New media and technology in health promotion practice
Investigating new media/technology interventions in health promotion practice in Australia.
PATH Cohort Study
A cohort study of the trajectories of prisoners with a history of injecting drug use after release from prison.
Pornography and Young People
Exploring trends in pornography use among young people in the Australian context.
Responding to COVID-19 and preparing for the future
Understanding people’s experiences and needs during self-quarantine for COVID-19 to inform current and future pandemic response
SCOPE - Social Connectivity: Online Perceptions and Experiences
Encouraging young people to discuss with peers issues relating to technology, sex and relationships.
Sex, Drugs, and Rock'n'Roll (Big Day Out Study)
A landmark study since 2005 of young people's risk behaviours including sex, drug use and alcohol.
SHARP: Sexual Health And Risk Prevention Study
Assessing responses to HIV prevention measures among Australian MSM.
SimDrink: Using simulation modelling to perform alcohol policy experiments
An agent-based model of young, heavy drinkers for conducting alcohol policy experiments.
SRH survey of Chinese-speaking international students
A survey of international students' sexual behaviors, knowledge of STIs, sexual education and pornography.
SuperMIX: The Melbourne Injecting Drug User Cohort Study
A five-year study of the dynamics of cessation of injecting drug use and any subsequent relapse.
TRYP: Transitions and Risk in Young People project
Investigating the influence of peer groups on behaviour in the transition from adolescence to adulthood.

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