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?

我们无法准确估计偏远土著社区的许多疾病和风险因素的发生情况，因为那里的“健康差距”更大。针对物质滥用风险因素的干预措施尚未产生它们旨在带来的社区和个人层面的影响。在这份奖学金中，我将改进评估方法和措施，为评估偏远社区的计划实施和有效性提供可信的证据。

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.