REDUCING PSYCHOSOCIAL DISTRESS AND INJURY LINKED WITH SUBSTANCE MISUSE IN REMOTE INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES REQUIRES INTERVENTIONS TO BE IMPLEMENTED AS PROMISED AND ROBUST EVALUATION METHODOLOGIES WHICH CAN RELIABLY MEASURE THEIR IMPACTS?

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We cannot accurately estimate the occurrence of many diseases and risk factors for remote Indigenous communities where more of the ‘health gap’ is suffered. Interventions targeting substance misuse risk factors have not yet produced the community- and individual-level impacts they were designed to bring about. In this Fellowship, I will improve evaluation methods and measures to produce credible evidence for assessing program implementation and effectiveness in remote communities.