alcohol

How have governments communicated UK alcohol duty policy changes?

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Pricing, including taxation, is a key tool to address harm from alcohol and is identified by the World Health Organization as a ‘best buy’ policy (meaning it is both effective in reducing harm and cost-effective). However alcohol was 72%...

LGBTQ+ People and Alcohol

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This briefing provides a summary of alcohol consumption, alcohol harm, alcohol treatment, and gaps in knowledge regarding alcohol use among LGBTQ+ people. It uses the acronym LGBTQ+ to include lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer...

Association Between Daily Alcohol Intake and Risk of All-Cause Mortality A Systematic Review and Meta-analyses

Scientific article

31 March 2023

Abstract Importance A previous meta-analysis of the association between alcohol use and all-cause mortality found no statistically significant reductions in mortality risk at low levels of consumption compared with lifetime nondrinkers...

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder - Bending the Trajectory, Douglas Waite, M.D., FAAP, National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare’s (NCSACW) webinar

13 June 2023

Washington, DC

United States

Tuesday, June 13, 2023, 3 - 4 p.m. ET
Tuesday, June 20, 2023, 3 - 4 p.m. ET

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Common developmental trajectories and clinical identification of children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders: A synthesis of the literature

Scientific article

3 April 2023

At an estimated prevalence of up to five percent in the general population, fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) are the most common neurodevelopmental disorder, at least if not more prevalent than autism (2.3%). Despite this prevalence...

Reaching out: Supporting services to engage with the most vulnerable drinkers

18 October 2023

Online

United Kingdom

An online events over two half-days

Wednesday 18 October and Thursday 19 October 2023

The people facing the most serious alcohol issues often face the greatest difficulties accessing the support they need. At this online learning event, we’ll be hearing from people with personal and professional experience about how we can reach out better.

Working together: Supporting LGBTQ+ people to navigate alcohol issues, avoid alcohol problems, and access alcohol support

21 September 2023

Online

An online seminar hosted by Alcohol Change UK, 10am to 1pm, Thursday 21 September 2023

LGBTQ+ people are at more risk of alcohol problems; but when they encounter such problems, they are less likely to receive the support they need.

Increase in driving after cocaine use in Spain: a cross-sectional dataset analysis for 2021

Scientific article

9 May 2023

Objective: Driving under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs impairs skills essential for safe driving, increases the risk of being involved in a traffic accident and is particularly prevalent in Spain. The aim is to assess the prevalence...

“Alcohol marketing to LGBTQ+ people”

Video and audio recordings

Watch the video of the SHAAP/SARN 'Alcohol Occasionals' webinar, held over Zoom on 24 May 2023: "Alcohol marketing to LGBTQ+ people: Evolving strategies to target identity", by Dr David Whiteley .

The Impact of Alcohol Availability Interventions

Scientific article

Interventions that restrict the availability of alcohol reduce the risk of harm. However, until now it has been unclear why this is the case. In this research, the views of public health teams, police, local authority licensing teams and...