By Dr Rachel Sutherland

Journal articles

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

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

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

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

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

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

Manson AC; Johnson BJ; Wolfenden L; Sutherland R; Golley RK, 2024, 'Unpacking the cost of the lunchbox for Australian families: a secondary analysis', Health Promotion International, 39, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daad194

Yoong SL; Turon H; Wong CK; Grady A; Pearson N; Sutherland R, 2024, 'A rapid review of the scalability of interventions targeting obesity prevention in infants', HEALTH PROMOTION JOURNAL OF AUSTRALIA, 35, pp. 365 - 370, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hpja.760

Lee K; Mckay H; Crane M; Milat A; Wolfenden L; Rankin NM; Sutherland R; Bauma A, 2024, 'Are they the same? Disentangling the concepts of implementation science research and population scale-up', PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH & PRACTICE, 34, http://dx.doi.org/10.17061/phrp34232409

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

Mclaughlin M; Duff J; Campbell E; Mckenzie T; Davies L; Wolfenden L; Wiggers J; Sutherland R, 2024, 'Process Evaluation of a Scaled-Up School-Based Physical Activity Program for Adolescents: Physical Activity 4 Everyone', JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY & HEALTH, 21, pp. 741 - 755, http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2024-0038

Grady A; Pearson N; Lamont H; Leigh L; Wolfenden L; Barnes C; Wyse R; Finch M; Mclaughlin M; Delaney T; Sutherland R; Hodder R; Yoong SL, 2023, 'The Effectiveness of Strategies to Improve User Engagement With Digital Health Interventions Targeting Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Overweight and Obesity: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis', JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH, 25, http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/47987

Nathan N; Hall A; Shoesmith A; Bauman AE; Peden B; Duggan B; Gardner C; Lane C; Lecathelinais C; Oldmeadow C; Duncan C; Groombridge D; Riley-Gibson E; Pollock E; Boyer J; Wiggers J; Gillham K; Pattinson M; Mattingly M; McCarthy N; Naylor PJ; Reeves P; Budgen P; Sutherland R; Jackson R; Croft T; Pascoe W; Wolfenden L, 2023, 'A cluster randomised controlled trial to assess the effectiveness of a multi-strategy sustainability intervention on teachers’ sustained implementation of classroom physical activity breaks (energisers): study protocol', BMC Public Health, 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-16810-5

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

McCrabb S; Hall A; Milat A; Bauman A; Hodder R; Mooney K; Webb E; Barnes C; Yoong S; Sutherland R; Wolfenden L, 2023, 'Disseminating health research to public health policy-makers and practitioners: a survey of source, message content and delivery modality preferences', HEALTH RESEARCH POLICY AND SYSTEMS, 21, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12961-023-01066-7

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

Kelly HT; Smith JJ; Verdonschot A; Kennedy SG; Scott JJ; McKay H; Nathan N; Sutherland R; Morgan PJ; Salmon J; Penney D; Boyer J; Lloyd RS; Oldmeadow C; Reeves P; Pursey K; Hua M; Longmore S; Norman J; Voukelatos A; Zask A; Lubans DR, 2023, 'Supporting adolescents’ participation in muscle-strengthening physical activity: protocol for the ‘Resistance Training for Teens’ (RT4T) hybrid type III implementation–effectiveness trial', BMJ Open, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-075488

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

McCrabb S; Hall A; McKay H; Gonzalez S; Milat A; Bauman A; Sutherland R; Wolfenden L, 2023, 'From trials to communities: implementation and scale-up of health behaviour interventions', HEALTH RESEARCH POLICY AND SYSTEMS, 21, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12961-023-01027-0

Bularga A; Oskoui E; Fujisawa T; Jenks S; Sutherland R; Apple FS; Hammarsten O; Mills NL, 2023, 'Macrotroponin Complex as a Cause for Cardiac Troponin Increase after COVID-19 Vaccination and Infection(vol 68, pg 1015, 2022)', CLINICAL CHEMISTRY, 69, pp. 776 - 776, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/clinchem/hvad059

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

Turon H; Wolfenden L; Finch M; McCrabb S; Naughton S; O'Connor SR; Renda A; Webb E; Doherty E; Howse E; Harrison CL; Love P; Smith N; Sutherland R; Yoong SL, 2023, 'Dissemination of public health research to prevent non-communicable diseases: a scoping review', BMC PUBLIC HEALTH, 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-15622-x

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

Murphy J; Milton K; McLaughlin M; Shilton T; McLoughlin GM; Reece LJ; Mair JL; Direito A; Kariippanon KE; Mackenzie KJ; Mavilidi MF; Shellington EM; Kamada M; Heron L; Jauregui E; Abdeta C; Pina I; Pinto R; Sutherland R, 2023, 'Advocating for Implementation of the Global Action Plan on Physical Activity: Challenges and Support Requirements', Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 20, pp. 10 - 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2022-0357

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

Barnes C; Sutherland R; Jones G; Kingon N; NCOIS Res Collaborative NCOISR; Wolfenden L, 2023, 'Development and piloting of a Community of Practice to support learning and improvement in health promotion practice within NSW local health districts', PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH & PRACTICE, 33, http://dx.doi.org/10.17061/phrp3332326

Brown A; Nathan N; Janssen L; Chooi A; Lecathelinais C; Hudson N; Wolfenden L; Sutherland R, 2023, 'New models to support parents to pack healthy lunchboxes: Parents acceptability, feasibility, appropriateness, and adoption of the SWAP IT m-Health program', AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, 47, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anzjph.2023.100043

Nathan N; Powell BJ; Shelton RC; Laur CV; Wolfenden L; Hailemariam M; Yoong SL; Sutherland R; Kingsland M; Waltz TJ; Hall A, 2022, 'Do the Expert Recommendations for Implementing Change (ERIC) strategies adequately address sustainment?', FRONTIERS IN HEALTH SERVICES, 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/frhs.2022.905909

Mclaughlin M; Campbell E; Sutherland R; Mckenzie T; Davies L; Wiggers J; Wolfenden L, 2021, 'Extent, Type and Reasons for Adaptation and Modification When Scaling-Up an Effective Physical Activity Program: Physical Activity 4 Everyone (PA4E1)', FRONTIERS IN HEALTH SERVICES, 1, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/frhs.2021.719194

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

Sutherland R; Jayathilake R; Peacock A; Dietze P; Bruno R; Reddel S; Gisev N, 2021, 'Trends and characteristics of extra-medical use of quetiapine among people who regularly inject drugs in Australia, 2011–2018', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 221, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2021.108636

Sutherland R; Weatherburn D; Degenhardt L, 2021, 'A trial of Criminal Infringement Notices as an alternative to criminal penalties for illicit drug offences in New South Wales, Australia: Estimated savings', Drug and Alcohol Review, 40, pp. 93 - 97, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13142

Sutherland R; Allsop S; Peacock A, 2020, 'New psychoactive substances in Australia: patterns and characteristics of use, adverse effects, and interventions to reduce harm', Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 33, pp. 343 - 351, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/YCO.0000000000000606

Sutherland R; Dietze PM; Gisev N; Bruno R; Campbell G; Memedovic S; Peacock A, 2020, 'Patterns and correlates of prescribed and non-prescribed pregabalin use among a sample of people who inject drugs in Australia', Drug and Alcohol Review, 39, pp. 568 - 574, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13083

Sutherland R; Peacock A; Nielsen S; Bruno R, 2020, 'Alprazolam use among a sample of Australians who inject drugs: Trends up to six years post regulatory changes', International Journal of Drug Policy, 79, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2020.102721

Palamar JJ; Acosta P; Sutherland R; Shedlin MG; Barratt MJ, 2019, 'Adulterants and altruism: A qualitative investigation of “drug checkers” in North America', International Journal of Drug Policy, 74, pp. 160 - 169, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2019.09.017

Sutherland R; Peacock A; Roxburgh A; Barratt MJ; Burns L; Bruno R; Peacock A, 2018, 'Typology of new psychoactive substance use among the general Australian population', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 188, pp. 126 - 134, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2018.03.034

Butler K; Day C; Sutherland R; van Buskirk J; Breen C; Burns L; Larney S, 2017, 'Hepatitis C testing in general practice settings: A cross-sectional study of people who inject drugs in Australia', International Journal of Drug Policy, 47, pp. 102 - 106, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2017.07.008

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