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Dr Phyll Dance RN, RM, BA (ANU), PhD (ANU) Current Position: Research Fellow Contact Details: (Building 62, ANU map) National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health The Australian National University Canberra, ACT, 0200 Australia T: +61 2 6125 5612 F: +61 2 6125 0740 E: Phyll.Dance@anu.edu.au

Research Interests

• Indigenous health;
• Substance use, particularly illegal drug use by Indigenous people.

Selected Recent Publications

Banwell C, Dance P, Quinn C, Davies R, Hall D. Alcohol, other drug use, and gambling among Australian Capital Territory (ACT) workers in the building and related industries. Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, 2006; 13 (2):167-78.

Guthrie J, Dance P, Cubillo C, McDonald D, Tongs J, Brideson T, Bammer G. Working in partnership: skills transfer in developing a cross-cultural research team. Journal of Community Psychology, 2006; 34 (5):515-22.

Wright MR, Giele CM, Dance PR, Thompson SC. Fulfilling prophecy? Sexually transmitted infections and HIV in Indigenous people in Western Australia. Med J Aust, 2005,183 (3):124-8.

Dance P, Tongs J, Guthrie J, McDonald D, D'Souza R, Cubillo C, Bammer G. 2004. I Want To Be Heard: an analysis of needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander drug users in the ACT and region for treatment and other services.Canberra, NCEPH. 0-9752400-0-5

Dance P, Brown R, Bammer G, Sibthorpe B. Needs for residential aged care and other services by the older Indigenous population in the ACT and Region. Canberra, NCEPH 2000.

Dance P, Brown R, G Bammer. 'They'll just read about us in storybooks': estimations of the number of young Indigenous people using illegal drugs in the ACT and Region. Canberra, NCEPH 2000.

Blogg J, Dance P, Felton D. A model for a safe injecting place in the ACT. Canberra, Alcohol and Drug Program of ACT Community Care 1999.

Dance P, DA Crawford, R Ostini, A Stevens and G Bammer. . Is it time for a heroin maintenance program? Views of users and ex-users. Addiction Research 1997; 5:383-93.

Dance P, S Mugford. The St Oswald's day celebrations: "carnival" versus "sobriety" in an Australian drug enthusiast group. Journal of Drug Issues 1992; 22:591-606.

Bammer G, Dance P, Stevens A, Mugford S, Ostini R, Crawford D. Attitudes to a proposal for controlled availability of heroin in Australia: Is it time for a trial? Addiction Research 1996; 4: 45-55.