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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Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Alcohol Awareness Week (AWW) will run from 14 th November to 20 th November 2011 , during which Alcohol Concern will launch an 'Alcohol Charter' for a world free from alcohol harm. The ‘alcohol charter’ campaign has the following goals:
Monday, September 12, 2011
A joint BDA (British Dietetic Association) and Alcohol Concern Cymru briefing paper on Alcohol and Calories has been released. Alcohol Concern say many of us are taking in more calories in the form of food and drink than our bodies can use – and a major part of this is increasing levels of alcohol consumption. The briefing paper states 'Amongst adults who drink, alcohol accounts for nearly 10% of their calorie intake, yet many people have little idea how many calories they are consuming in the form of alcoholic drinks.
Filed in BZP, UK Alcohol Policy
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Also tagged alcohol, binge drinking, bodies, briefing-paper, BZP, calories-page, form, health, little-idea, more-calories, number, resources, their-calorie, tool-calculates
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Monday, September 5, 2011
A report released by Alcohol Concern shows a link between the density of off-licensed premises and harm from alcohol in underage drinkers. The study found that overall, in areas with a higher concentration of off-licences there are higher numbers of young people ending up in hospital as a result of drinking. Download One of every corner: the relationship between off-license density and alcohol harms in young people The report found that excluding London, an England average of a 2:1 relationship exists between the number off-licences per 100,000 of population and hospital admissions by underage drinkers for alcohol specific admissions such as alcohol poisoning or intoxication.
Filed in UK Alcohol Policy
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Also tagged affordability, availability, findings-bank, health, licensing, london, numbers, policy, relationship, research, such-as-alcohol, underlines
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A new report from Alcohol Concern looks at how children and young people are at risk of being exposed to alcohol marketing and pro-drinking messages via the internet.
Filed in BZP, UK Alcohol Policy
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Also tagged alcohol, being-exposed, exposure, facebook, frequent, looks-at-how, media, policy, private-members, sharing-sites, social-networking, such-as-youtube, unauthorised
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Jobs: Alcohol Academy Programme Lead The Alcohol Academy is seeking a part time Programme Lead to lead on the delivery of its work to support local alcohol harm reduction across England. The Academy is a small social enterprise which aims to foster effective alcohol harm reduction through the delivery of events, information and networking for local leads. Details: 17.5 hours per week at £20,529 pro rata, 1 year fixed term.
Filed in Harm Reduction, UK Alcohol Policy
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Also tagged alcohol, alcohol-group, directions, forum-projects, jobs & tenders, person, professor, programme, programme-lead, social-workers, space, study
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