By Dr Rachel Sutherland

Books

Sutherland R; Breen C, 2017, South Australian Trends in Ecstasy and Related Drug Markets 2016: Findings from the Ecstasy and Related Drugs Reporting System (EDRS), National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, http://www.drugtrends.org.au/reports/sa-edrs-2016/

Sutherland R; Burns LA, 2013, SA Drug Trends 2012: Findings from the Illicit Drug Reporting System (IDRS), National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, http://ndarc.med.unsw.edu.au/resource/sa-drug-trends-2012-findings-illicit-drug-reporting-system-idrs

Sutherland R; Burns LA, 2013, SA Trends in Ecstasy and Related Drug Markets 2012: Findings from the Ecstasy and Related Drugs Reporting System (EDRS), National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, http://ndarc.med.unsw.edu.au/resource/sa-trends-ecstasy-and-related-drug-markets-2012-findings-ecstasy-and-related-drugs

Sutherland R; Burns L, 2012, SA Drug Trends 2011: Findings from the Illicit Drug Reporting System (IDRS), National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, http://ndarc.med.unsw.edu.au/sites/ndarc.cms.med.unsw.edu.au/files/ndarc/resources/SA_IDRS_2011_0.pdf

Sutherland R; Burns L, 2012, SA Trends in Ecstasy and Related Drug Markets 2011: Findings from the Ecstasy and Related Drugs Reporting System (EDRS), National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, http://ndarc.med.unsw.edu.au/sites/ndarc.cms.med.unsw.edu.au/files/ndarc/resources/SA_%20EDRS_%202011.pdf

McKetin R; Sutherland R; Ross JE; Najman JM; Mamun A; Baker A; Mattick RP; Rosenfeld J, 2010, Methamphetamine Treament Evaluation Study (MATES): Three-year outcomes from the Sydney site, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, http://ndarc.med.unsw.edu.au/resource/methamphetamine-treatment-evaluation-study-mates-three-year-outcomes-sydney-site

Book Chapters

Sutherland R; Barratt M, 2017, 'New & emerging psychoactive substances', in A Quick Guide to Drugs & Alcohol, pp. 87 - 93, https://druginfo.sl.nsw.gov.au/new-emerging-psychoactive-substances

Journal articles

Sutherland R; Steele M; Rodgers C; Silins E; Gilliver R; Peacock A; Barratt M; Ezard N; Siefried KJ; Page R; Bruno R; Read P, 2025, 'Characteristics of take-home fentanyl test strip use and support for drug checking services among people who use heroin in Australia: learnings for an increasingly complex drug market', Harm Reduction Journal, 22, pp. 75, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12954-025-01205-z

Barnes C; Sutherland R; Janssen L; Jones J; Robertson K; Gowland-Ella J; Kerr N; Mitchell A; Gillham K; Brown AL; Wolfenden L, 2025, 'Improving the adoption of a school-based nutrition program: findings from a collaborative network of randomised trials', Implementation Science, 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13012-025-01417-8

Man N; Akhurst J; Price O; Chrzanowska A; Sutherland R; Dietze PM; Bruno R; Degenhardt L; Yuen WS; Moran L; Tierney L; Peacock A, 2025, 'Changes in Drug-Induced Hospitalisations and Deaths During the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Australia.', Drug Alcohol Rev, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.14088

Price O; Maher L; Peacock A; Zolala F; Degenhardt L; Dietze P; Larney S; Agramunt S; Colledge-Frisby S; Mathers B; Lewer D; Sutherland R, 2025, 'Changing age profile and incidence of injecting drug use initiation among people in Australia who inject drugs: evidence from two national repeated cross-sectional studies', Lancet Regional Health Western Pacific, 57, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lanwpc.2025.101548

Symes E; Derrick N; Hicks T; Ross-Browne R; Degenhardt L; Sutherland R; Seimon R; Dinh M, 2025, 'Emergency department presentations by trans and gender diverse people in Sydney, Australia: Retrospective case series', EMA Emergency Medicine Australasia, 37, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1742-6723.70031

Riley-Gibson E; Hall A; Shoesmith A; Wolfenden L; Shelton RC; Pascoe W; Peden B; Doherty E; Pollock E; Booth D; Salloum RG; Laur C; Powell BJ; Kingsland M; Lane C; Hailemariam M; Sutherland R; Nathan N, 2025, 'A systematic review to determine the effect of strategies to sustain chronic disease prevention interventions in clinical and community settings', Translational Behavioral Medicine, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/tbm/ibae070

Price O; Lewer D; Peacock A; Maher L; Zolala F; Degenhardt L; Larney S; Agramunt S; Dietze P; Colledge-Frisby S; Scott N; Wilson J; Sutherland R, 2025, 'Population Aging and Apparent Decline in Initiation of Injecting Drug Use in Australia', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 267, pp. 111591 - 111591, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2024.111591

Riley-Gibson E; Hall A; Shoesmith A; Wolfenden L; Shelton RC; Doherty E; Pollock E; Booth D; Salloum RG; Laur C; Powell BJ; Kingsland M; Lane C; Hailemariam M; Sutherland R; Nathan N, 2024, 'A systematic review to determine the effect of strategies to sustain chronic disease prevention interventions in clinical and community settings: study protocol', Systematic Reviews, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13643-024-02541-0

Wolfenden L; Hall A; Bauman A; Milat A; Hodder R; Webb E; Mooney K; Yoong S; Sutherland R; McCrabb S, 2024, 'Research outcomes informing the selection of public health interventions and strategies to implement them: A cross-sectional survey of Australian policy-maker and practitioner preferences', Health Research Policy and Systems, 22, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12961-024-01144-4

Akhurst J; Price O; Sutherland R; Gibbs D; Dietze P; Bruno R; Agramunt S; Colledge-Frisby S; Lenton S; Salom C; Thomas N; Peacock A, 2024, 'Naloxone cascade of care among people who regularly inject drugs in Australia, 2020–2022', International Journal of Drug Policy, 133, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2024.104572

Price O; Machalek DA; Sutherland R; Gibbs D; Colledge-Frisby S; Read P; Peacock A, 2024, 'Coverage of cervical cancer prevention interventions among people in Australia who inject drugs', International Journal of Drug Policy, 132, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2024.104566

Wolfenden L; Wiggers J; Barnes C; Lane C; Groombridge D; Robertson K; Jones J; McCrabb S; Hodder RK; Shoesmith A; Hudson N; McCarthy N; Kingsland M; Doherty E; Princehorn E; Finch M; Nathan N; Sutherland R, 2024, 'Learning health systems to implement chronic disease prevention programs: A novel framework and perspectives from an Australian health service', Learning Health Systems, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/lrh2.10466

Sutherland R; Gisev N; Larney S, 2024, 'Trends in substance use and related harms among older adults in high-income countries', Addiction, 119, pp. 1676 - 1678, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.16469

Sutherland R; Peacock A; Crawford S; Holly C; Gava P; Dicka J; Manu G; Byrne J, 2024, 'Information acquisition and dissemination among a sample of people who inject drugs in Australia', Drug and Alcohol Review, 43, pp. 1104 - 1111, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13765

Sutherland R; King C; Karlsson A; Treloar C; Broady T; Chandrasena U; Salom C; Dietze P; Peacock A, 2024, 'Stigma, and factors associated with experiencing stigma, while visiting health-care services among samples of people who use illegal drugs in Australia', Drug and Alcohol Review, 43, pp. 1264 - 1279, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13846

Clay S; Wilkinson Z; Ginley M; Arunogiri S; Christmass M; Membrey D; MacCartney P; Sutherland R; Colledge-Frisby S; Marshall AD; Nagle J; Degenhardt L; Farrell M; McKetin R, 2024, 'The reflections of health service providers on implementing contingency management for methamphetamine use disorder in Australia', Drug and Alcohol Review, 43, pp. 1313 - 1322, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13853

Price O; Dietze P; Maher L; Dore GJ; Sutherland R; Salom C; Bruno R; Crawford S; Degenhardt L; Larney S; Peacock A, 2024, 'High COVID-19 vaccine uptake following initial hesitancy among people in Australia who inject drugs', Vaccine, 42, pp. 2877 - 2885, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2024.03.051

Barnes C; Jones J; Wolfenden L; Robertson K; Seidler AL; Norman J; Budgen P; Mattingly M; Piliskic C; Moorhouse L; Mozina J; Plaskett J; McDermott S; Darney S; Vuong C; Douglass N; McDonnell K; Sutherland R, 2024, 'A collaborative network trial to evaluate the effectiveness of implementation strategies to maximize adoption of a school-based healthy lunchbox program: a study protocol', Frontiers in Public Health, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1367017

Gibbs D; King C; Hughes C; Peacock A; Grigg J; Yuen WS; Sutherland R, 2023, 'Comparing police use of drug detection dogs amongst injecting and non-injecting groups of people who regularly use drugs in Australia', International Journal of Drug Policy, 122, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2023.104223

Hall A; Lane C; Wolfenden L; Wiggers J; Sutherland R; McCarthy N; Jackson R; Shoesmith A; Lecathelinais C; Reeves P; Bauman A; Gillham K; Boyer J; Naylor PJ; Kerr N; Kajons N; Nathan N, 2023, 'Evaluating the scaling up of an effective implementation intervention (PACE) to increase the delivery of a mandatory physical activity policy in primary schools', International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12966-023-01498-y

Sutherland R; Man N; Brown J; Cairns R; Raubenheimer J; Grigg J; Dawson A; Jamshidi N; Peacock A, 2023, 'Has there been an increase in nitrous oxide use and associated harms in Australia? An analysis of triangulated data sources, 2003–2020', International Journal of Drug Policy, 121, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2023.104178

Clay S; Wilkinson Z; Ginley M; Arunogiri S; Christmass M; Membrey D; MacCartney P; Sutherland R; Colledge-Frisby S; Marshall AD; Nagle J; Degenhardt L; Farrell M; McKetin R, 2023, 'Perspectives and sentiments on contingency management from people who use methamphetamine', Drug and Alcohol Review, 42, pp. 1427 - 1437, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13691

Grigg J; Peacock A; Lenton S; Salom C; Agramunt S; Thomas N; Lyons T; Sutherland R, 2023, 'Real or fake? Sourcing and marketing of non-prescribed benzodiazepines amongst two samples of people who regularly use illicit drugs in Australia', Drug and Alcohol Review, 42, pp. 1559 - 1565, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13722

Price O; Maher L; Dietze PM; Bruno R; Crawford S; Sutherland R; Salom C; Dore GJ; Peacock A, 2023, 'COVID-19 vaccine attitudes and facilitators among people in Australia who inject drugs', Drug and Alcohol Review, 42, pp. 1066 - 1077, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13621

Price O; Man N; Sutherland R; Bruno R; Dietze P; Salom C; Agramunt S; Grigg J; Degenhardt L; Peacock A, 2023, 'Disruption to Australian heroin, methamphetamine, cocaine and ecstasy markets with the COVID-19 pandemic and associated restrictions', International Journal of Drug Policy, 113, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2023.103976

Gibbs D; Peacock A; Hughes C; Grigg J; Chandrasena U; Sutherland R, 2023, 'Encounters with police drug detection dogs at music festivals amongst people who regularly use ecstasy and/or other illicit stimulants in Australia', Drug and Alcohol Review, 42, pp. 555 - 560, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13601

Price O; Sutherland R; Man N; Bruno R; Dietze P; Salom C; Akhurst J; Peacock A, 2023, 'Trends and psychosocial correlates of same day polysubstance use among people who inject drugs in Australia, 2012-2022', International Journal of Drug Policy, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2023.104150

Hall A; Shoesmith A; Doherty E; McEvoy B; Mettert K; Lewis CC; Wolfenden L; Yoong S; Kingsland M; Shelton RC; Wiltsey Stirman S; Imad N; Sutherland R; Nathan N, 2022, 'Evaluation of measures of sustainability and sustainability determinants for use in community, public health, and clinical settings: a systematic review', Implementation Science, 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13012-022-01252-1

Wolfenden L; Mooney K; Gonzalez S; Hall A; Hodder R; Nathan N; Yoong S; Ditton E; Sutherland R; Lecathelinais C; McCrabb S, 2022, 'Increased use of knowledge translation strategies is associated with greater research impact on public health policy and practice: an analysis of trials of nutrition, physical activity, sexual health, tobacco, alcohol and substance use interventions', Health Research Policy and Systems, 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12961-022-00817-2

Nathan N; McCarthy N; Hall A; Shoesmith A; Lane C; Jackson R; Sutherland R; Groombridge D; Reeves P; Boyer J; Duggan B; Wolfenden L, 2022, 'Cluster randomised controlled trial to determine the impact of an activity enabling uniform on primary school student's fitness and physical activity: study protocol for the Active WeAR Everyday (AWARE) study', BMJ Open, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-064692

Wolfenden L; McCrabb S; Barnes C; O'Brien KM; Ng KW; Nathan NK; Sutherland R; Hodder RK; Tzelepis F; Nolan E; Williams CM; Yoong SL, 2022, 'Strategies for enhancing the implementation of school-based policies or practices targeting diet, physical activity, obesity, tobacco or alcohol use', Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2022, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD011677.pub3

Nathan N; Hall A; McCarthy N; Sutherland R; Wiggers J; Bauman AE; Rissel C; Naylor PJ; Cradock A; Lane C; Hope K; Elton B; Shoesmith A; Oldmeadow C; Reeves P; Gillham K; Duggan B; Boyer J; Lecathelinais C; Wolfenden L, 2022, 'Multi-strategy intervention increases school implementation and maintenance of a mandatory physical activity policy: Outcomes of a cluster randomised controlled trial', British Journal of Sports Medicine, 56, pp. 385 - 393, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2020-103764

Hall A; Wolfenden L; Shoesmith A; McCarthy N; Wiggers J; Bauman AE; Rissel C; Sutherland R; Lecathelinais C; Brown H; Trost SG; Nathan N, 2022, 'The impact of an implementation intervention that increased school's delivery of a mandatory physical activity policy on student outcomes: A cluster-randomised controlled trial', Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 25, pp. 321 - 326, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsams.2021.12.005

Shoesmith A; Hall A; Wolfenden L; Shelton RC; Powell BJ; Brown H; McCrabb S; Sutherland R; Yoong S; Lane C; Booth D; Nathan N, 2021, 'Barriers and facilitators influencing the sustainment of health behaviour interventions in schools and childcare services: a systematic review', Implementation Science, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13012-021-01134-y

Gibbs D; Grebely J; Sutherland R; Larney S; Butler K; Dietze PM; Starr M; Peacock A, 2021, 'Concordance between self-reported and current hepatitis C virus infection status in a sample of people who inject drugs in Sydney and Canberra, Australia', Drug and Alcohol Review, 40, pp. 1349 - 1353, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13282

Gibbs D; Price O; Grebely J; Larney S; Sutherland R; Read P; Butler K; Degenhardt L; Peacock A, 2021, 'Hepatitis C virus cascade of care among people who inject drugs in Australia: Factors associated with testing and treatment in a universal healthcare system', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 228, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2021.109050

McKetin R; Sutherland R; Peacock A; Farrell M; Degenhardt L, 2021, 'Patterns of smoking and injecting methamphetamine and their association with health and social outcomes', Drug and Alcohol Review, 40, pp. 1256 - 1265, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13364

Peacock A; Gibbs D; Price O; Barratt MJ; Ezard N; Sutherland R; Hill PL; Grigg J; Lenton S; Page R; Salom C; Hughes C; Bruno R, 2021, 'Profile and correlates of colorimetric reagent kit use among people who use ecstasy/MDMA and other illegal stimulants in Australia', International Journal of Drug Policy, 97, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2021.103334

McKetin R; Chrzanowska A; Man N; Peacock A; Sutherland R; Degenhardt L, 2021, 'Trends in treatment episodes for methamphetamine smoking and injecting in Australia, 2003–2019', Drug and Alcohol Review, 40, pp. 1281 - 1286, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13258

Grebely J; Collins AB; Artenie AA; Sutherland R; Meyer JP; Barocas JA; Falade-Nwulia O; Cepeda JA; Cunningham EB; Hajarizadeh B; Lafferty L; Lazarus JV; Bonn M; Marshall AD; Treloar C, 2021, 'Progress and remaining challenges to address hepatitis C, other infectious diseases, and drug-related harms to improve the health of people who use drugs', International Journal of Drug Policy, 96, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2021.103469

Delaney T; McLaughlin M; Hall A; Yoong SL; Brown A; O’brien K; Dray J; Barnes C; Hollis J; Wyse R; Wiggers J; Sutherland R; Wolfenden L, 2021, 'Associations between digital health intervention engagement and dietary intake: A systematic review', Nutrients, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu13093281

Brown A; Sutherland R; Janssen L; Hudson N; Chooi A; Reynolds R; Walton A; Lecathelinais C; Reilly K; Nathan N; Wolfenden L, 2021, 'Enhancing the potential effects of text messages delivered via an m-health intervention to improve packing of healthy school lunchboxes', Public Health Nutrition, 24, pp. 2867 - 2876, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1368980020003997

Barnes C; Mccrabb S; Stacey F; Nathan N; Yoong SL; Grady A; Sutherland R; Hodder R; Innes-Hughes C; Davies M; Wolfenden L, 2021, 'Improving implementation of school-based healthy eating and physical activity policies, practices, and programs: a systematic review', Translational Behavioral Medicine, 11, pp. 1365 - 1410, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/tbm/ibab037

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