Wednesday, January 4, 2012
A new report from the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) and British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH) warns of significant missed opportunities to tackle alcohol misuse in sexual health services – BBC report . Download Alcohol and sex: a cocktail for poor sexual health
A resource pack outlining the case and key resources for delivering 'Identification and Brief Advice' ( IBA ) in Sexual Health Settings has been released. Download the Delivering Alcohol Identification and Brief Advice in Sexual Health Settings RESOURCE PACK The pack was developed to support commissioners of sexual health and/or alcohol services and those delivering alcohol IBA in sexual health settings.
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
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, Guidance, learning, point, the-development, turning-point, work
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The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is offering free drink spiking testing kits to all patients attending their Emergency or Sexual Health Departments – BBC . The testing k its can detect a range of substances commonly associated with drink spiking , including ketamine, GHB (gamma hydroxybutyrate), cocaine and amphetamine.
Friday, November 18, 2011
Abstract: Background: Drug prevention is insufficiently tailored to the needs of vulnerable groups and often concentrates on the general population.Methods: A qualitative youth-centred design, based on group techniques was used to ask vulnerable young people about their needs and expectations regarding drug prevention practices. Participants comprised 160 young people, aged 12–21 years who had emotional and behavioural disorders and who lived in institutions in the mental health care system in Flanders.Results: Findings showed that common prevention and education practices are often insufficient or not applicable to the participants’ situation.
Filed in Evidence Base
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Also tagged ask-vulnerable, based-on-group, comprised-160, dominant, good-prevention, institutions, not-applicable, participants, reasons, regarding-drug, their-reasons
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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”.
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 alcohol-concern, before-the-9pm, below-the-line, children, government, influence, make-it-harder, martin-plant, recently-called, risks
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Saturday, October 8, 2011
A new study that is published in the current issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics addresses the problem of cannabis use in young people and addresses a very difficult target, psychotic patients. This study analyses the efficacy of a specific motivational intervention (MI) on young cannabis users suffering from psychosis…
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-concern, alcohol-uploads, beer-or-spirits, book, digital-agency, facebook, media, press-release, research-says, research-shows, tobacco, tobacco-content, under-the-age, watch-alcohol
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