Thursday, February 2, 2012
The British Liver Trust have released a new report outlining the need for a comprehensive approach to tackling alcohol misuse. It warns against a “one size fits all approach for treatment” for a range of problem drinkers “each of whom will need tailored approach with the interventions and appropriate treatment goals.” Download 'Reducing alcohol harm: recovery and informed choice for those with alcohol related health problems' A supporting commentary piece by Andrew Langford , Chief Executive of the British Liver Trust also appeared in the Guardian .
Filed in Guidance, UK Alcohol Policy, recovery
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Also tagged british, british-liver, chief-executive, guardian, Guidance, harmful-levels, health, informed-choice, interventions, learning, policy, public-health, recovery, the-prevention
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Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Alcohol Concern are calling on the public to urge MPs to push for minimum pricing ahead of the forthcoming national alcohol strategy. Alcohol Concern state: The next few weeks will be our last chance to influence the shape of the alcohol strategy, which will shape public policy on reducing alcohol harm for years to come.
Filed in UK Alcohol Policy
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Also tagged alcohol, business, controversial, david-cameron, drinks, health, likely-benefits, look-at-minimum, minimum-pricing, policy, prime-minister, secretary
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A slight rise in alcohol-related deaths has been reported for 2010 according to the ONS ( report here ). Figures show a rise of 126 to 8,790 from 8,664 in 2009. Last year a slight fall was reported , though Alcohol Concern Chief Executive Don Shenker attriuted the drop to a fall in consumption triggered by the recession.
Thursday, December 15, 2011
The health and social care provider Turning Point has said alcohol misuse within families is an escalating concern in its new report “Bottling it up: the next generation” . It says early screening and identification of families is needed urgently to prevent the ‘inter-generational cycle’ of alcohol misuse which blights the lives of children and undermines their life chances.
Filed in Guidance, UK Alcohol Policy
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Also tagged alcohol-misuse, clients, daily-express, development, Guidance, learning, point, the-development, turning-point, work, young people
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Thursday, November 24, 2011
Last week Charities, Drug and Alcohol Action Teams, health boards, service providers and many others took part in Alcohol Awareness Week (AAW) 2011 . Here's a glimpse at some of the activity that took place. Alcohol Concern , who lead AWW, highlighted the harm caused by alcohol as part of its Charter for a world free from alcohol harm
Monday, November 14, 2011
Alcohol Awareness Week (AAW) runs from 14th-20th November, led by Alcohol Concern the national charity on alcohol misuse.
Filed in UK Alcohol Policy
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Also tagged alcohol, charter, concern, forthcoming, health, identification, policy, public-health, the-forthcoming, world-free, youth, youth-report
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Wednesday, October 26, 2011
A survey of 2,300 young people published by Alcohol Concern said most respondents wanted more protection from alcohol advertising. Alcohol Concern said there is recognition of a need to protect under-18s from exposure to alcohol promotion, although children and young people as young as 11 are regularly exposed to alcohol advertising.
Filed in Guidance, UK Alcohol Policy
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Also tagged before-the-9pm, below-the-line, children, government, influence, make-it-harder, martin-plant, recently-called, risks, young people
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October 10th was World Mental Health Day , the World Health Organization's (WHO) annual focus on mental health issues. This year's theme was “investing in health”, highlighting the need for further research, treatment and acceptability of mental health problems
Monday, September 26, 2011
Children of any age with access to YouTube can instantly view alcohol-related content and on average, 6% of the views of adult-orientated content are by 13 to 17 year olds, according to statistics released by London-based digital agency www.AccuraCast.com .
Filed in UK Alcohol Policy, tobacco
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Also tagged alcohol-uploads, beer-or-spirits, book, digital-agency, facebook, media, press-release, research-says, research-shows, tobacco, tobacco-content, under-the-age, watch-alcohol, young people
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Tuesday, September 20, 2011
A new study by The Centre for Public Health at Liverpool John Moores University for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) explores media representations of alcohol and their influence on teenage drinking.
Filed in UK Alcohol Policy
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Also tagged alcohol-reports, binge drinking, friends, health-literacy, influence, joseph, joseph-rowntree, liverpool-john, media, perceived, policy, research, young people
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