Table 4.
Intervention and resource allocation preferences of professionals working in the alcohol and other drugs field in Australia (N = 41)
| Interventions (in order of most often implemented) | Proportion of professionals who selected (%) | Average amount allocated when selected ($'000) |
|---|---|---|
| Training General Practitioners | 61.0 | 17.9 |
| School programs | 36.6 | 10.9 |
| Community programs | 33.8 | 15.3 |
| Family programs | 26.8 | 9.1 |
| Integration between programs | 34.1 | 16.8 |
| Targeting high risk groups | 53.7 | 15.4 |
| Expand social work services | 43.9 | 21.1 |
| Availability of self-help materials | 4.9 | 5.0 |
| Community drug and alcohol counsellors | 31.7 | 14.0 |
| Broad community development | 41.5 | 25.9 |
| Promote safer drinking | 31.7 | 8.7 |
| Harm reduction code of practice | 46.3 | 9.3 |
| Supply reduction code of practice | 29.3 | 8.4 |
| Training hotel staff | 31.7 | 8.0 |
| Regional radio | 29.3 | 6.7 |
| Regional television | 26.8 | 11.9 |
| Local newspapers | 26.8 | 7.9 |
| Hospital/Emergency Departments | 24.4 | 11.2 |
| Training Emergency Department staff | 43.9 | 14.4 |
| Training general hospital staff | 24.4 | 7.7 |
| Support drug and alcohol specialist clinics | 17.1 | 16.5 |
| Training ambulance officers | 12.2 | 6.3 |
| Police activity | 28.4 | 15.0 |
| Enforcement of liquor licensing laws | 39.0 | 19.9 |
| Random breath testing | 34.1 | 17.4 |
| More effective sentencing options | 12.2 | 7.7 |
| Pharmacists | 14.6 | 6.0 |