Bosco Rowland
Biographic Data
| ID | 5571315 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bosco Rowland |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bosco |
| FAMILY NAME | Rowland |
| SIGNATURE | ROWLAND B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Deakin University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0192-809X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 26 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 26 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Changes in heroin-related ambulance attendances following the introduction of a medically supervised injecting room in Victoria, Australia
BACKGROUND: Injecting drug use contributes significantly to morbidity, mortality and broader social harms globally. Supervised Injecting Facilities (SIFs) are harm reduction interventions that reduce overdose risk and facilitate access to health services for marginalised individuals. While international evidence supports the effectiveness of SIFs, Australian population-level surveillance data quantifying their impact on emergency medical service …
Profiling Vulnerability in Youth and Predicting Educational Attainment in Young Adulthood
INTRODUCTION: Educational attainment is associated with higher rates of employment, income, and standard of living; yet leaving secondary school before completion of the final year remains common, particularly for youth experiencing disadvantage. This study aimed to identify key indicators of vulnerability, derived from a proposed framework of child disadvantage, that predicted early school leaving in a state-representative sample of Australian y…
The association between school holidays and trends in adolescent ambulance attendances for suicidal and non‐suicidal self‐injurious Behaviours
BACKGROUND: Previous research on the protective effects of school holidays on adolescent suicidal and non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) has relied on hospital records which underestimate self-harm prevalence and has not been explored in the post pandemic environment. This study utilised ambulance attendance data to explore whether protective effects of school holidays on suicidal and NSSI behaviours were present pre- and post-COVID-19 restrictions.…
Leveraging web-scraped data to examine alcohol pricing
This study presented an independently cross-checked large-scale and longitudinal web scraping approach to collect alcohol price data, and demonstrated that the adapted data could aid understanding of the alcohol retail market. Web scraping is a feasible method to collect price data to support the development of evidence-based alcohol price policy
Peer navigation
Background People with alcohol and other drug (AOD) use problems face multiple barriers to care. Peer navigation may overcome known barriers to care. This pilot study explored the impact of peer navigation integrated into an AOD telephone helpline.Methods Helpline callers (n = 34; 21 male, 12 female, 1 non-binary; mean age 41.3 years) were connected to a peer worker for 6 weekly phone sessions. Linear mixed models were performed to assess change …
Patterns of Acute Gamma‐Hydroxybutyrate Harms Requiring Ambulance Attendance
Protocol for the ‘Beyond 50’ prospective observational cohort study
Findings from the Beyond 50 study will serve as a platform to directly inform local strategies to support healthy ageing, particularly as they relate to substance use and harm. Results will have relevance to healthy ageing in Australia and internationally
Do Australian adolescents with permission to drink at home engage in different alcohol use behaviours and experience more harms than those without such permission
School Influences on Adolescent Depression
This study examined associations between school sector (Government, Catholic or Independent) and depressive symptomology over the secondary school years. Six waves of data collected annually from a representative Australian sample were examined. Multilevel piecewise linear and logistic regression controlling for a variety of demographic variables and protective factors was undertaken. In all sectors, depressive symptomology decreased between 10 a…
Best-Foundations
Objective: Internalising disorders are one of the most common mental health problems in children under 12 years, yet mixed findings exist for current treatment options. This pilot involves a novel 10-session intervention, BEST-Foundations, to treat internalising symptoms in children using a family-inclusive model. Initial findings and feasibility using a mixed-methods approach are reported. Method: Twenty-two participants from eight families (n =…
Returning to the nest
Changes in the working, study and social lives of emerging adults due to the COVID‐19 pandemic have led to greater need for external supports. Many who lived independently may have sought that support by returning to live with parents. This study identifies factors associated with returns made between 2019 and 2020. It describes supports needed and obtained, relationships between parents and their resident emerging adults and identifies correlate…
Sexting Among Australian Adolescents
Although consensual sending of sexts between adolescents is considered developmentally appropriate, it may also entail a range of negative consequences. Current sexting research lacks a comprehensive theoretical framework identifying a range of risk and protective factors underpinning adolescent consensual sending of sexts across individual, interpersonal, and distal levels. Further, there is a lack of systematic evaluation of how the importance …
Modeling Adolescent Social Inclusion to Improve School Completion
Enhancing social inclusion in young people could increase engagement in education, yet few longitudinal studies have examined this relationship. This study aimed to identify whether social inclusion in an Australian adolescent sample predicted high school completion three years later. Using state-representative data from the International Youth Development Study, two waves of the youngest cohort (51.6% female and 94.6% Australian born) during mid…
Increasing compliance with alcohol service laws in community sporting clubs in Australia
Young Adult Development Indicators for Indigenous and Non-Indigenous People
Worldwide, Indigenous youth face ongoing challenges and inequalities. Increasing our understanding of life course patterns in Indigenous youth will assist the design of strategies and interventions that encourage positive development. This study aimed to increase understanding of resilience and positive development in Indigenous and non-Indigenous youth across Australia and the United States of America. The Australian sample comprised 9680 non-In…
Prevalence of homelessness and co-occurring problems
Sustaining the implementation of alcohol management practices by community sports clubs
Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry ACTRN12614000746639. Prospectively registered 14/7/2014
Trial protocol
The trial was retrospectively registered in September, 2017 ( ACTRN12616001276448 ), as communities were selected prior to trial registration; however, participants were recruited after registration. Findings will be disseminated in peer-review journals and community fora
Delinquency, School Context, and Risk Factors in India, Australia, and the United States
There is a dearth of research on delinquency, school context, and risk factors across developed and developing nations. Using representative samples and matched surveys, we examined delinquency among cohorts in Mumbai, India (N = 3,717); Victoria, Australia (N = 1,842); and Washington State (WA), United States (N = 1,828). We used multivariate Poisson hierarchical linear modeling. Risk factor and delinquency levels varied across sites. Delinquenc…
Underage purchasing of alcohol from packaged liquor outlets
Access to the supply of alcohol is an important factor influencing adolescent alcohol consumption. Although alcohol sales outlets are prohibited from selling alcohol to underage youth, there has been limited research investigating compliance. The present study sought to estimate the extent to which adolescents that appeared underage were successfully able to purchase alcohol from packaged liquor outlets in Australia; and to identify store and sal…
The impact of a hypothetical designated driver program on intended alcohol-related behavior
UNLABELLED: This study was aimed to assess, using vignettes, the impact of a hypothetical 'designated driver' (DD) initiative on level of intended alcohol consumption. A secondary aim was to assess whether using any form of transport where someone else drove was associated with level of intended consumption. A total of 390 individual sports club members from 72 clubs in New South Wales, Australia, completed a telephone survey. Individuals were ra…
The density of alcohol outlets and adolescent alcohol consumption
Tackling risky alcohol consumption in sport
BACKGROUND: An increased prevalence of risky alcohol consumption and alcohol-related harm has been reported for members of sporting groups and at sporting venues compared with non-sporting populations. While sports clubs and venues represent opportune settings to implement strategies to reduce such risks, no controlled trials have been reported. The purpose of the study was to examine the effectiveness of an alcohol management intervention in red…
Health Psychology Intervention in Key Social Environments to Promote Adolescent Health
Although important challenges remain, advances in psychological theory and practice have made significant contributions to preventing and reducing adolescent health problems in Australia and in other nations. This article reviews current approaches and advances within the field of health psychology, and their contribution to the prevention of high priority adolescent health problems and to adolescent health promotion. Advances in adolescent healt…
Alcohol consumption and sport
The findings of this study suggest a need and opportunity for the implementation of alcohol harm reduction strategies targeting specific alcohol management practices at community football clubs
The density of alcohol outlets and adolescent alcohol consumption
Prevalence of homelessness and co-occurring problems
Health Psychology Intervention in Key Social Environments to Promote Adolescent Health
Although important challenges remain, advances in psychological theory and practice have made significant contributions to preventing and reducing adolescent health problems in Australia and in other nations. This article reviews current approaches and advances within the field of health psychology, and their contribution to the prevention of high priority adolescent health problems and to adolescent health promotion. Advances in adolescent healt…
Returning to the nest
Changes in the working, study and social lives of emerging adults due to the COVID‐19 pandemic have led to greater need for external supports. Many who lived independently may have sought that support by returning to live with parents. This study identifies factors associated with returns made between 2019 and 2020. It describes supports needed and obtained, relationships between parents and their resident emerging adults and identifies correlate…
Modeling Adolescent Social Inclusion to Improve School Completion
Enhancing social inclusion in young people could increase engagement in education, yet few longitudinal studies have examined this relationship. This study aimed to identify whether social inclusion in an Australian adolescent sample predicted high school completion three years later. Using state-representative data from the International Youth Development Study, two waves of the youngest cohort (51.6% female and 94.6% Australian born) during mid…
Delinquency, School Context, and Risk Factors in India, Australia, and the United States
There is a dearth of research on delinquency, school context, and risk factors across developed and developing nations. Using representative samples and matched surveys, we examined delinquency among cohorts in Mumbai, India (N = 3,717); Victoria, Australia (N = 1,842); and Washington State (WA), United States (N = 1,828). We used multivariate Poisson hierarchical linear modeling. Risk factor and delinquency levels varied across sites. Delinquenc…
Association of risky alcohol consumption and accreditation in the ‘Good Sports’ alcohol management programme
BACKGROUND: Involvement in community sports clubs is often associated with high levels of risky alcohol consumption; however, developing prevention-focused interventions in these settings can be complex. We examined the association of reduced risky alcohol consumption with the implementation of the Good Sports Programme (GSP)--a programme that accredits clubs in three stages, on the basis of their implementation of alcohol-related harm reduction …
Association of risky alcohol consumption and accreditation in the ‘Good Sports’ alcohol management programme
BACKGROUND: Involvement in community sports clubs is often associated with high levels of risky alcohol consumption; however, developing prevention-focused interventions in these settings can be complex. We examined the association of reduced risky alcohol consumption with the implementation of the Good Sports Programme (GSP)--a programme that accredits clubs in three stages, on the basis of their implementation of alcohol-related harm reduction …
Alcohol consumption and sport
The findings of this study suggest a need and opportunity for the implementation of alcohol harm reduction strategies targeting specific alcohol management practices at community football clubs
Health Psychology Intervention in Key Social Environments to Promote Adolescent Health
Although important challenges remain, advances in psychological theory and practice have made significant contributions to preventing and reducing adolescent health problems in Australia and in other nations. This article reviews current approaches and advances within the field of health psychology, and their contribution to the prevention of high priority adolescent health problems and to adolescent health promotion. Advances in adolescent healt…
The impact of a hypothetical designated driver program on intended alcohol-related behavior
UNLABELLED: This study was aimed to assess, using vignettes, the impact of a hypothetical 'designated driver' (DD) initiative on level of intended alcohol consumption. A secondary aim was to assess whether using any form of transport where someone else drove was associated with level of intended consumption. A total of 390 individual sports club members from 72 clubs in New South Wales, Australia, completed a telephone survey. Individuals were ra…
The density of alcohol outlets and adolescent alcohol consumption
Tackling risky alcohol consumption in sport
BACKGROUND: An increased prevalence of risky alcohol consumption and alcohol-related harm has been reported for members of sporting groups and at sporting venues compared with non-sporting populations. While sports clubs and venues represent opportune settings to implement strategies to reduce such risks, no controlled trials have been reported. The purpose of the study was to examine the effectiveness of an alcohol management intervention in red…
Underage purchasing of alcohol from packaged liquor outlets
Access to the supply of alcohol is an important factor influencing adolescent alcohol consumption. Although alcohol sales outlets are prohibited from selling alcohol to underage youth, there has been limited research investigating compliance. The present study sought to estimate the extent to which adolescents that appeared underage were successfully able to purchase alcohol from packaged liquor outlets in Australia; and to identify store and sal…
Trial protocol
The trial was retrospectively registered in September, 2017 ( ACTRN12616001276448 ), as communities were selected prior to trial registration; however, participants were recruited after registration. Findings will be disseminated in peer-review journals and community fora
Delinquency, School Context, and Risk Factors in India, Australia, and the United States
There is a dearth of research on delinquency, school context, and risk factors across developed and developing nations. Using representative samples and matched surveys, we examined delinquency among cohorts in Mumbai, India (N = 3,717); Victoria, Australia (N = 1,842); and Washington State (WA), United States (N = 1,828). We used multivariate Poisson hierarchical linear modeling. Risk factor and delinquency levels varied across sites. Delinquenc…
Sustaining the implementation of alcohol management practices by community sports clubs
Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry ACTRN12614000746639. Prospectively registered 14/7/2014
Prevalence of homelessness and co-occurring problems
Increasing compliance with alcohol service laws in community sporting clubs in Australia
Young Adult Development Indicators for Indigenous and Non-Indigenous People
Worldwide, Indigenous youth face ongoing challenges and inequalities. Increasing our understanding of life course patterns in Indigenous youth will assist the design of strategies and interventions that encourage positive development. This study aimed to increase understanding of resilience and positive development in Indigenous and non-Indigenous youth across Australia and the United States of America. The Australian sample comprised 9680 non-In…
Do Australian adolescents with permission to drink at home engage in different alcohol use behaviours and experience more harms than those without such permission
School Influences on Adolescent Depression
This study examined associations between school sector (Government, Catholic or Independent) and depressive symptomology over the secondary school years. Six waves of data collected annually from a representative Australian sample were examined. Multilevel piecewise linear and logistic regression controlling for a variety of demographic variables and protective factors was undertaken. In all sectors, depressive symptomology decreased between 10 a…
Best-Foundations
Objective: Internalising disorders are one of the most common mental health problems in children under 12 years, yet mixed findings exist for current treatment options. This pilot involves a novel 10-session intervention, BEST-Foundations, to treat internalising symptoms in children using a family-inclusive model. Initial findings and feasibility using a mixed-methods approach are reported. Method: Twenty-two participants from eight families (n =…
Returning to the nest
Changes in the working, study and social lives of emerging adults due to the COVID‐19 pandemic have led to greater need for external supports. Many who lived independently may have sought that support by returning to live with parents. This study identifies factors associated with returns made between 2019 and 2020. It describes supports needed and obtained, relationships between parents and their resident emerging adults and identifies correlate…
Sexting Among Australian Adolescents
Although consensual sending of sexts between adolescents is considered developmentally appropriate, it may also entail a range of negative consequences. Current sexting research lacks a comprehensive theoretical framework identifying a range of risk and protective factors underpinning adolescent consensual sending of sexts across individual, interpersonal, and distal levels. Further, there is a lack of systematic evaluation of how the importance …
Modeling Adolescent Social Inclusion to Improve School Completion
Enhancing social inclusion in young people could increase engagement in education, yet few longitudinal studies have examined this relationship. This study aimed to identify whether social inclusion in an Australian adolescent sample predicted high school completion three years later. Using state-representative data from the International Youth Development Study, two waves of the youngest cohort (51.6% female and 94.6% Australian born) during mid…
Peer navigation
Background People with alcohol and other drug (AOD) use problems face multiple barriers to care. Peer navigation may overcome known barriers to care. This pilot study explored the impact of peer navigation integrated into an AOD telephone helpline.Methods Helpline callers (n = 34; 21 male, 12 female, 1 non-binary; mean age 41.3 years) were connected to a peer worker for 6 weekly phone sessions. Linear mixed models were performed to assess change …
Patterns of Acute Gamma‐Hydroxybutyrate Harms Requiring Ambulance Attendance
Protocol for the ‘Beyond 50’ prospective observational cohort study
Findings from the Beyond 50 study will serve as a platform to directly inform local strategies to support healthy ageing, particularly as they relate to substance use and harm. Results will have relevance to healthy ageing in Australia and internationally
Changes in heroin-related ambulance attendances following the introduction of a medically supervised injecting room in Victoria, Australia
BACKGROUND: Injecting drug use contributes significantly to morbidity, mortality and broader social harms globally. Supervised Injecting Facilities (SIFs) are harm reduction interventions that reduce overdose risk and facilitate access to health services for marginalised individuals. While international evidence supports the effectiveness of SIFs, Australian population-level surveillance data quantifying their impact on emergency medical service …
Profiling Vulnerability in Youth and Predicting Educational Attainment in Young Adulthood
INTRODUCTION: Educational attainment is associated with higher rates of employment, income, and standard of living; yet leaving secondary school before completion of the final year remains common, particularly for youth experiencing disadvantage. This study aimed to identify key indicators of vulnerability, derived from a proposed framework of child disadvantage, that predicted early school leaving in a state-representative sample of Australian y…
The association between school holidays and trends in adolescent ambulance attendances for suicidal and non‐suicidal self‐injurious Behaviours
BACKGROUND: Previous research on the protective effects of school holidays on adolescent suicidal and non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) has relied on hospital records which underestimate self-harm prevalence and has not been explored in the post pandemic environment. This study utilised ambulance attendance data to explore whether protective effects of school holidays on suicidal and NSSI behaviours were present pre- and post-COVID-19 restrictions.…
Medicine (20 works) · Psychology (14 works) · Environmental health (12 works) · Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes (11 works) · Psychiatry (10 works) · Public health (9 works) · Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects (8 works) · Social Psychology (8 works) · Logistic regression (7 works) · Poison control (7 works)