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Children Respond Better To Anti-Drug Messages When Parents Don’t Disclose Past Drug Use

Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Parents know that one day they will have to talk to their children about drug use. The hardest part is to decide whether or not talking about ones own drug use will be useful in communicating an antidrug message…

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Drinkaware release ‘In:tuition’ life-skills based teaching resource and parents section

Monday, October 31, 2011

The industry funded body Drinkaware has released a 'life-skills based interactive teaching resource' called In:tuition , which includes a series of lesson plans and supporting resources. A press release said the “cross-curricular programme builds the esteem, confidence and decision-making skills of students aged 9 to 14 so they can make more informed decisions about a range of issues – including alcohol, sex and relationships, personal finance, health and civic responsibility.” The resource itself says : “The programme aims to build young people's confidence, personal and social skills and help them explore how they make decisions and what might influence them”.

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Change4Life Three Year Social Marketing Strategy: alcohol to be brought within Change4life campaign

Sunday, October 16, 2011

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.

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Extent Of Peer Social Networks Influences Onset Of Adolescent Alcohol Consumption

Thursday, September 22, 2011

Most parents recognize that the influence of peers on their children’s behavior is an undeniable fact. But, just how far do these influences reach? A study published in the September/October issue of Academic Pediatrics reports that adolescents are more likely to start drinking alcoholic beverages when they have large social networks of friends…

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Drinkaware’s ‘why let good times go bad’ returns for 2011

Thursday, September 15, 2011

The industry funded body Drinkaware has re-launched its why let good times go bad? campaign to 'tackle binge drinking amongst young adults'.

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Do maternal parenting practices predict problematic patterns of adolescent alcohol consumption?

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Objective This study examines whether a mother’s style of parenting at child age 5 years predicts problematic patterns of drinking in adolescence, after controlling for relevant individual, maternal and social risk factors. Methods Data were used from the Mater-University Study of Pregnancy, an Australian longitudinal study of mothers and their children from pregnancy to when the children were 14 years of age. Logistic regression analyses examined whether maternal parenting practices at child age 5 predicted problematic drinking patterns in adolescence, after controlling for a range of confounding covariates.Results Physical punishment at child age 5 did not predict adolescent alcohol problems at follow-up.

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