Understanding clients, treatment models and evaluation options for the NSW Aboriginal Residential Healing Drug and Alcohol Network (NARHDAN): a community based participatory research approach

This report details the process and outcomes of working with six Aboriginal residential rehabilitation services in NSW to develop a standardised assessment tool, define their core treatment and organisational components, and develop an evaluation framework that could be used to evaluate individual treatment components, such as follow-up care, and estimate the total net benefits and costs of their services. It is the first project delivered by a partnership between the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC) at the University of NSW and the participating Aboriginal residential rehabilitation services. The report from the second project can be found on the Strengthening the Evidence Base for Aboriginal Alcohol and other Drug Residential Rehabilitation Services web page.