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Guest Speakers:
Alan Ogborne, Ph.D.
Short
Professional profile for Dr. Alan C. Ogborne
Alan has a PhD in social
psychology from the London School of Economics and was for many
years a senior scientist with Ontario's Centre for Addiction and
Mental Health. Since retiring from the Centre he formed his own
consulting group (Alan Ogborne and Associates) and has been a
consultant to a variety of large and small agencies including
the World Health Organization, the Canadian Centre on Substance
Abuse and Health Canada and the Addiction Research Centre of
Correctional Services Canada. He has authored or co-authored
over 100 publications in professional journals and written many
reports for governments and other agencies.
Alan has been a guest speaker at
many international conferences including conferences held in
Japan, Egypt and Australia. He has also consulted with
government agencies in Bermuda and Saudi Arabia.
Alan has undertaken a wide range
of research and evaluation projects both at the Centre for
Addiction and Mental Health and in private practice. He also
taught courses in addiction and program evaluation at the
University of Western Ontario and to various community groups in
Canada and other countries.
Selected recent and ongoing
projects
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Development of
workbooks and guidelines on program evaluation for the World
Health Organization (WHO)
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Customized
course on program evaluation for health and social service
professionals in Colombia.
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Site visits and
follow-up telephone consultations with participants from five
countries in an evaluation training project sponsored by WHO
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Design and
analysis of two surveys involving special addiction treatment
services across Canada
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Review of harm
reduction and injection drug use in Canada and five other
countries
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Evaluation of an
online learning environment and other initiatives concerning
the prevention of alcohol-related fetal damage using email and
telephone surveys
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Review of the
literature on cessation of injection drug use
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Assistance to a
Federal Task Force on the establishment of supervised
injection rooms
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Survey and
analysis of directories of addiction services in all provinces
and the territories
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Review of
literature on addiction treatment and the development of best
practice statements
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Review of
literature and the development of best practices in treatment
and rehabilitation for DWI offenders
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Review of
research function of the National Drug Commission in Bermuda
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Review of
literature on DWI treatment and the development of best
practice statements
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Developing cost
estimates for a system to monitor injection drug use in Canada
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Review of
research at the Addiction Research Centre, Prince Edward
Island
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Process
evaluation of the RCMP D.A.R.E. program (ongoing)
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National survey
of managers and staff of addiction treatment services
(ongoing)
Publications
and Reports since 1995
Books:
Smart,
R.G., & Ogborne, A.C. (1996). Northern spirits: Drinking
in
Canada
then and now (Second edition).
Toronto: Addiction Research Foundation.
Book
Chapters:
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Ogborne,
A.C. (1997) Theories of Addiction. In: V. Carver and
S. Harrison (Eds) Counselling Problem Drinkers (2nd
edition). Addiction Research Foundation. Toronto.
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Ogborne, A.C., Smart, R.G. and Rush, B.R. (1998) The
treatment of drug-related problems in
Canada: Controlling, caring and curing.
In H. Klingemann and G. Hunt (Eds) Drug Treatment Systems
in an International Perspective: Drugs, Demons and Delinquents.
Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks.
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Room.
R., Stoduto, G., Demers, A., Ogborne A.C. and Giesbrecht, N.
(2002) Alcohol in the Canadian Context. In Giesbrecht et al (Eds)
Alcohol, Commerce and Public Policy (provisional title) (Under
review).
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Ogborne A.C., Giesbrecht, N., and Room, R., (2002). Case
studies of Alcohol Formation: Power Politics, Public Opinion
and Research In Giesbrecht et al (Eds) Alcohol, Commerce and
Public Policy (provisional title) (Under review)
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Ogborne, A.C., Stoduto, G., and Kavanagh, L., (2002) Warning
labels on Alcoholic Beverage Containers: Public Support and
Policy Failure. In Giesbrecht et al (Eds) Alcohol, Commerce
and Public Policy (provisional title) (Under review)
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Ogborne, A.C. and Stoduto, G. (2002) Changes in Federal
Regulation of Broadcast Advertisements for Alcoholic
Beverages. In Giesbrecht et al (Eds) Alcohol, Commerce and
Public Policy (provisional title) (Under review)
Journals edited
Contemporary Drug Problems Volume 23, 1995.
Addiction mutual-help movements in a comparative perspective.
Peer
reviewed journal Articles: (65 pre 1995)
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Ogborne, A.C. (1995) Characteristics of young adults seeking
residential treatment for substance use problems: an
exploratory study. Addictive Behaviours, 20(5),
675-678.
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Ogborne, A.C. and Smart, R.G. (1995) People with physical
disabilities admitted to a residential addiction treatment
program. American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Dependence.
21(1), 137-145.
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Ogborne, A.C. (1995) Social factors influencing the outcome
of addiction treatment: Implications for treatment evaluation.
Alcoholism 31, 59-67.
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Ogborne, A.C. (1995) Unhelpful divide but important
distinction: comments on quantitative and qualitative research
in addiction. Addictions 90,
755-756.
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Ogborne, A.C. (1996) Professional opinions and practices
concerning Alcoholics Anonymous: A review of the literature
and a research agenda. Contemporary Drug Problems 23,
93-111
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Ogborne, A.C. (1997) Clinical note: Justice system clients of
a Toronto youth addictions treatment program. American
Journal on Drug And Alcohol Abuse. 23, 335-381.
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Ogborne, A.C., Braun, K and Rush, B.R. (1998) Developing an
Integrated Information System for specialized addiction
treatment services. The Journal of Behavioral Health
Services and Research, 25(1), 100-107.
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Ogborne, A.C. Wilde, T.C., Braun, K and Newton-Taylor, B.
(1998) Measuring treatment process beliefs among staff of
specialized addiction treatment service providers. Journal
of Substance Abuse Treatment. Vol 15(4), Jul Aug, 301-312.
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Ogborne, A.C. and Birchmore-Timney, C. (1998) Support for
Harm reduction among staff of specialized addiction treatment
services in Ontario. Drug and Alcohol Review 17,
51-58.
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Ogborne, A.C. Braun, K and Schmidt, G. (1998) Working in
addictions treatment:
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Some
views of a sample of specialized service providers in Ontario.
Substance Use and Abuse 33 (12), 2427-2442.
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Ogborne, A.C. and Birchmore-Timney, C. (1999) A framework for
the evaluation of activities and programs with harm reduction
objectives. Substance Use and Abuse 31(1), 69-82.
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Ogborne, A.C. and DeWitt, D.J. (1999). Lifetime use of
professional and community services for help with drinking:
results from a Canadian population survey. Journal of
Studies on Alcohol, 60, 867-872
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Smart,
R.G. and Ogborne, A.C. (1999). An exploratory of physicians'
experiences with patients who use marijuana for medical
reasons. Letter to Editor. Addiction, 94, 435-436.
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DeWitt, D.J., Ogborne, A.C., Offord, D.R. and MacDonald, K.
(1999) Antecedents of the risk of recovery from DSM-lll-R
social phobia. Psychological Medicine, 29, 569-582.
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Smart,
R.G. and Ogborne, A.C. (2000). Drug us and drinking among
students in 36 countries, Drug and Alcohol Dependence,
25 (2), 455-460.
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DeWitt, D. J., Adlaf, E.M., Offord, D.R. and Ogborne, A.C.
(2000) Age of first alcohol use: A risk factor for the
development of alcohol disorders. American Journal of
Psychiatry, 157, 745-750.
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Ogborne, A.C. and Smart, R.G. (2000) Cannabis users in the
general Canadian population. Substance Uses and Abuse,
35, 301-311.
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Ogborne, A.C., Smart, R.G. Weber, T. and Birchmore-Timney, C.
(2000) Who is using cannabis and why: an exploratory study.
Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 32, 435-444.
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Ogborne, A.C., Smart, R.G. and Adlaf, E.M. (2000)
Self-reported medical use of marijuana: a survey of the
general population. Canadian Medical Association Journal,
June 13, 1685-1686
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Ogborne, A.C. (2000) Identifying and treating patients with
alcohol-related problems.
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Canadian Medical Association Journal,
June 13th 1705-11708.
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Ogborne, A.C. and Smart, R.G. (2001) Public Opinion on the
health benefits of moderate drinking: results from a Canadian
National Population Health Survey.
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Addiction,
96,
641-649.
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Ogborne, A.C., Braun, K. and Schmidt, G. (2001) Who works
in addiction treatment services? Some results from an Ontario
survey. Substance Use and Abuse 33, 2424-2440.
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Wild,
C., Newton-Taylor, B., Ogborne, A.C., Mann, R., Erickson, P.,
and Macdonald, S. (In press) Attitudes toward compulsory
substance abuse treatment: A barrier to harm reduction?
Drugs: Education, prevention and policy.
Major
reports (since 1995)
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Bush,
S. et al. (1995). A guide for planning withdrawal
management services in rural and remote areas and small urban
centres of Ontario. Addiction Research Foundation.
Toronto.
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Roberts, G., and Ogborne, A.C. (1999)
Profile of Substance
Abuse Treatment and Rehabilitation in
Canada.
Prepared for Office of Alcohol, Drugs and Dependency Issues,
Health Canada. Ministry of Public Works and Government
Services. Cat. Number H39-439/1998E.
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Roberts, G. and Ogborne, A.C. (1999) Best practices in
substance abuse treatment and rehabilitation. Prepared for
Office of Alcohol, Drugs and Dependency Issues, Health
Canada. Ministry of Public Works and Government Services.
Cat. Number H39-438/1998E.
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Ogborne, A.C. and Austin, G. (1999)
The use of
research-based, treatment practices by addiction treatment
agencies in
Canada: indications from a national survey.
Prepared for Office of Alcohol, Drugs and Dependency Issues,
Health Canada.
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Ogborne, A.C. (1999) An evaluation of the Canadian
Community Epidemiology Network on Drug Abuse (CCENDU).
Prepared for Office of Alcohol, Drugs and Dependency Issues,
Health Canada.
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Farrell, M. et al. (1999). Report of a WHO expert committee on
the evaluation of the Swiss Narcotic Substitution Trial.
Prepared for WHO.
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Marsden, J., Ogborne, A.C. and Farrell, M. (2002)
International guidelines for
the evaluation of treatment services and systems for
psychoactive substance use disorders.
Office of Substance Abuse World Health Organization
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Ogborne, A.C. Fischer, B. and
Rosidi, S. (2001) Services for drug users in Canada: results
of a national survey Ottawa, ON : Canadian Centre on Substance
Abuse
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Ogborne, A.C., Carver, V., and
Wiebe, J. (2002) Harm Reduction and Injection Drug Use: an
international comparative study of contextual factors
influencing the development and implementation of relevant
policies and programs.
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Prepared for: Hepatitis C
Prevention, Support and Research Program Hepatitis C Division
Population and Public Health Branch, Health Canada.
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Ogborne, A.C. (2002) The
research Function of the National Drug Commission. Prepared
for the National Drug Commission of Bermuda.
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Ogborne, A.C. (2003) A process
evaluation of the Humberwood Treatment Centre In corner Brook
Newfoundland. Prepared for Mental Health and Addiction
Services, Corner Brook, Newfoundland.
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Ogborne, A.C., Mann, R.,
Beirness, D.J., Carver, V., Koske, R. and Roberts. G. (2003)
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Best Practices for the
treatment and rehabilitation of driving while impaired
offenders. Draft report under review by Health Canada.
Reviewer
(since 1995)
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Addiction
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an Assistant editor for 5 years
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Substance Use and Abuse
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Journal of Palliative Care
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Journal of Studies on Alcohol
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Addictive Behaviours
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Ontario Mental Health Foundation
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NIDA
Consultant
(since 1995)
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National
Drug Commission, Bermuda
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The
Lawson Foundation
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Health
Canada
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Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse
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Mental
Health and Addiction Services of Newfoundland
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B.C.
Health Research Council
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Ministry of Health (U.K.)
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Health
Canada
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El
Amal Hospitals, Saudi Arabia
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World
Health Organization
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Addiction Research Centre, Prince Edward Island
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