Funding for this research was provided by:
Australian Research Council Linkage Grants scheme (LP140100429)
Article History
Received: 14 July 2019
Accepted: 10 January 2020
First Online: 7 February 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Approval was received from the Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC) of the University of New South Wales (UNSW) (Ref: HC13014) and the Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council (Ref: 1144/15). An Aboriginal Advisory Committee guided the study, with representatives of Aboriginal organisations, researchers, staff and young people who have completed the program. All young people consented to their data being used in research.
: This paper has been reviewed and approved by the Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council and the Aboriginal Advisory Committee.
: Kieran Palmer is an employee of the Ted Noffs Foundation, which operates the treatment programs which provided the client data for this study. Ted Noffs Foundation staff have not been directly involved in the analysis of the data. Kieran Palmer as an author has contributed to the write up of the findings by providing service provider insights. The Ted Noffs Foundation are also a signatory to an Australian Research Council Funding Grant (LP140100429) and associated contract. In this contract, Ted Noffs have stated their commitment to acting on the findings of the research undertaken in this study, both positive and negative, about their programs. No other authors have a conflict of interest to declare.