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 alcohol-concern, british, british-liver, chief-executive, guardian, harmful-levels, health, informed-choice, interventions, learning, policy, public-health, recovery, the-prevention
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The Department of Health (DH) will shortly launch public health communications for 2012, taking a 'linked behaviours' approach. It will tailor social marketing operations to follow the life course, instead of focusing on individual behaviour issues. The strategy, Changing behaviour, Improving outcomes , was published in April 2011 and aims to increase effective communication of public health issues
Monday, December 19, 2011
The NHS Operating Framework 2012/13 was recently published and sets out business planning arrangements and national priorities for the year ahead. The framework contains a number of 'Domain areas' within which there is scope to consider implications for alcohol harm reduction. Domain One is prevention of premature death, which strongly advocates the early recognition and treatment of chronic conditions.
Filed in Guidance, Harm Reduction, UK Alcohol Policy, recovery
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Also tagged domain-four, health, innovation, joint-strategic, mental, nuffield-trust, prevention, recovery, safeguarding, the-enhancement, the-fulfillment
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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-concern, alcohol-misuse, clients, daily-express, development, learning, point, the-development, turning-point, work, young people
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Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Recent research bulletins from the drug and alcohol Bank : Alcohol brief interventions: doing without the Doctor It works when the doctor does it, but what if the nurse or other primary care staff briefly counsel risky drinking patients? According to this synthesis of the research, it still works – maybe not as well, but perhaps more patients can be reached more cheaply.
Filed in Guidance, Harm Reduction, UK Alcohol Policy
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Also tagged alcohol, alcohol-findings, between-simple, brief-advice, difference, doctor, extended-brief, health, mean-it-remains, meaningful, recent-briefing, research, the-difference
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Wednesday, December 14, 2011
This report adds to comments and recommendations submitted to the FDA on this topic, including information obtained from a public workshop in August 2011 and an associated open public docket.
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
The passage of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act of 2009 (FSPTCA) granted the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) broad authority to regulate the manufacturing, distribution, and marketing of tobacco products. The law also provides the FDA with authority to regulate “modified risk tobacco products” (MRTPs), tobacco products that are either designed or advertised to reduce harm or the risk of tobacco-related disease. . .
Filed in Guidance, tobacco
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Also tagged allow-marketing, country, designed, family-smoking, food, help-the-fda, its-evaluation, manufacturing, potential, prevention, the-protection
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Wednesday, December 14, 2011
At the request of the FDA, the IOM formed a committee to identify minimum standards for scientific studies that an applicant would need to complete to obtain an order to market the product from the FDA. It concludes that the public health standard in the FSPTCA will require a wide range of scientific evidence including the composition and performance of the MRTP, perceptions about the risks and benefits of the MRTP, the addictive potential of the MRTP, and its human health effects.
Filed in Guidance, tobacco
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Also tagged addictive, composition, country, from-the-fda, help-the-fda, issue-guidance, its-evaluation, mrtp, product, request, tobacco
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Saturday, December 10, 2011
The latest data for alcohol-attributable conditions has shown a 9% rise on the previous year, resulting in a doubling over the decade. For 2010/11 the figure is 1,898 alcohol-related admissions per 100,000 population in England, up from 926 admissions per 100,000 in 2002/03.
The Department of Health has released the 'Change4Life Three Year Social Marketing Strategy' which includes commitments to new alcohol messages. The strategy describes how the Change4Life social marketing programme will support national obesity ambitions as well as promoting other lifestyle changes.
Filed in Guidance, Harm Reduction, UK Alcohol Policy
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Also tagged alcohol campaigns, calorific, change4life, chief-medical, harm-reduction, health, learning, policy, raise-the-issue, their-children, youth
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