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Presentations

Presentation Awards
YearAward
2002John Dobson prize for best opioid research paper on at ALAC’s Cutting Edge conference (national alcohol and drug treatment conference)
1999John O’Hagan prize for best research presentation at ALAC’s Cutting Edge conference (national alcohol and drug treatment conference)
1997John O’Hagan prize for best research presentation at ALAC’s Cutting Edge conference (national alcohol and drug treatment conference)
Key Presentations
YearPresentation
2001-3Struggling Rationalities — Health Information and the Management and Planning of Service Delivery Two-hour lecture delivered to the Sociology Stage III paper (University of Auckland) - 82.333 The Sociology of Health and Medicine.
1999Routine Screening for Alcohol and Drug Problems using Standardised Tools - the experience at Auckland Regional Alcohol and Drug Services. Presentation at the ALAC Cutting Edge conference.
1996Using QSR NUD*IST in Applied Qualitative Research. A three-hour workshop delivered to staff at Manukau Institute of Technology on the use of qualitative database software in in-depth research projects.
1992Law & the Effective Incorporation of ‘Responsible Hosting’ Measures into the Mainstream of the New Zealand Hospitality Industry - A sociological investigation drawing on empirical research. Seminar presented to the Alcohol & Public Health Research Unit.

Publications

National Publications
Author(s)YearPublication
Paton-Simpson G, Gruys M, Hannifin J.2004Problem Gambling Counselling in New Zealand — 2003 National Statistics April 2004, The Problem Gambling Committee, Palmerston North. 79 pp.
Goodyear-Smith F, McCormick R, Paton-Simpson G, Brighouse S.2004Changes in Drinking Behaviour Detected in Auckland General Practice Patients Between 1995 and 2003, March 2004, Goodfellow Unit, Dept of General Practice & Primary Health Care, School of Population Health, Faculty of Medical & Health Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland. 44 pp.
Deering D, Robinson G, Adamson S, Paton-Simpson G, Robertson P, Warren H, Wheeler A.2004Alcohol and Drug Outcomes Project (ADOPT) July 2004, Health Research Council of New Zealand, Auckland. 118 pp.
Abacus Counselling and Training Services and Paton-Simpson G.2004Counselling Services for Problem Gambling Practitioners Guide. September 2004, The Problem Gambling Committee, Palmerston North. 61 pp.
Paton-Simpson G, McCormick R, Powell A, Adams P, Bunbury D.2000Problem drinking profiles of patients presenting to General Practitioners: analysis of Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) scores for the Auckland area, New Zealand Medical Journal. 10 March 2000, Vol 113, pp.74-77.
Paton-Simpson G, Levi, Bruce2003Pacific Clients at CADS - Results of 460 Screening Assessments. In Adamson SJ, Sellman JD (eds) New Zealand Treatment Research Monograph, Alcohol, Drugs and Addiction. Research Proceedings from the Cutting Edge Conference, Sept 2003, pp.36-40.
Bower A, Buckingham W, Gaines P, Paton-Simpson G2003CAOS Database Roadmap version 2.0 - Guide to the NZ-CAOS Database Tables, August 2003, Health Research Council of New Zealand, Auckland. 114 pp.
Paton-Simpson G, MacKinnon S.2000Alcohol and Drug Problems in Community Clients at Auckland Regional Alcohol and Drug Services: Results of 1,500 screening assessments ALAC Occasional Publication No.11. Alcohol Advisory Council New Zealand, Wellington, 2000: 36 pp.
Paton-Simpson G, MacKinnon S.1999Evaluation of the Leeds Dependence Questionnaire (LDQ) for New Zealand. Research Monograph Series No.10. Alcohol Advisory Council New Zealand, Wellington, 1999: 85 pp.
Paton-Simpson G.1999Towards an inclusive understanding of alcohol and drug problems in New Zealand - Support for the alcohol and drug problems approach provided by qualitative interviews with former clients of a community treatment service ALAC Occasional Publication No.8. Alcohol Advisory Council New Zealand, Wellington, 1999: 41 pp.
McCormick R, Adams P, Powell A, Paton-Simpson G, Bunbury D, McAvoy B, McLachlan-Smith C, Goodyear-Smith F.2002Alcohol and Primary Health Care, A report prepared for the Alcohol Advisory Council of New Zealand, April 2002. University of Auckland, April 2002, 48 pp.
McCormick R, Paton-Simpson G, Powell A, Adams P, Bunbury D.2001Does follow-up telephone support encourage general practitioners to continue using an alcohol screening and brief intervention programme? New Zealand Family Physician Vol.28, No.5, 5 October 2001, pp.334-337.
Adams P, Powell A, McCormick R, Paton-Simpson G.1997Incentives for General Practitioners to Provide Brief Interventions for Alcohol Problems, New Zealand Medical Journal, 1997, 110:291-4.
Adams P, Powell A, McCormick R, Paton-Simpson G.1995Doctor’s Practices and Attitudes to early Intervention for Harmful Alcohol Consumption. RNZCGP Research Unit, Department of General Practice, School of Medicine, University of Auckland, 1995: 34 pp.
MacKinnon S, Paton-Simpson G.2000Routine Outcome Measurement In Methadone Maintenance Programmes — Feasibility and Potential Benefits.Clinical Information & Research Unit, Auckland. 2000, 32 pp.
International Publications
Author(s)YearPublication
Paton-Simpson G.2001Socially obligatory drinking: a sociological analysis of norms governing minimum drinking levels, Contemporary Drug Problems Vol 28, Spring 2001, pp.133-177.
Paton-Simpson G.1996The Varied Meanings of Drinking and Intoxication - A Review, Contemporary Drug Problems Vol.23, Summer 1996, pp.221-258.
Gale C, Pellett O, Coverdale J, Paton-Simpson G.2002Management of violence in the workplace: a New Zealand survey, Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica Vol.106, Issue s412, June 2002, p.41.
McCormick R, Adams P, Powell A, Bunbury D, Paton-Simpson G, McAvoy B.1999Encouraging General Practitioners to take up screening and early intervention for problem use of alcohol: a marketing trial. Drug & Alcohol Review Vol.18, No.2, June 1999, pp.171-178.
Simpson G.1992Social Interactions Involving Alcohol and the Production, Reproduction & Transformation of Interpretations Made of Drinking and Intoxication - Scope for a Symbolic Interactionist Analysis, The Drinking and Drug Practices Surveyor No.24, June 1992, p.1, pp.13-16.
Simpson G.1990Wallerstein’s World-Systems Theory and the Cook Islands: A Critical Examination, Pacific Studies Vol.14, No.1, November 1990, pp.73-94.