alcohol consumption

Wine Glass Size and Wine Sales

Scientific article

Excessive alcohol consumption is a continuous global public health concern. It is believed that glass size can influence pouring behaviour, with larger glasses resulting in more alcohol being poured into them, and also by influencing...

Alcohol, Tobacco & Other Drugs in Australia Web Report

Book

25 July 2019

The consumption of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs is a major cause of preventable disease and illness in Australia. This report consolidates the most recently available information on alcohol, tobacco and other drug use in Australia, and...

Prenatal Alcohol Screening During Pregnancy by Midwives and Nurses

Scientific article

11 June 2019

Abstract Background Alcohol use during pregnancy can have a variety of harmful consequences on the fetus. Lifelong effects include growth restriction, characteristic facial anomalies, and neurobehavioral dysfunction. This range of effects...

Alcohol Country Fact Sheets

Leaflet, Infographic, Fact sheet, Poster

The 30 country fact sheets for EU Member States, Norway and Switzerland present data on consumption, consequence, and policy implementation for the year 2016, aiming to give guidance to national decision-makers for further priority-setting in the field of alcohol and public health.

Drinking Trends of Young People Not in Education, Employment or Training: A Qualitative Study

Scientific article

30 April 2019

Recent trends both in the UK and also more widely in an international context suggest underage drinking is declining amongst young people. However, it is believed some groups of young people are not following this trend. A recent study has...

"For a group described as NEET and already socially and economically isolated, the removal of a community of drinkers potentially removes the one group to which they could belong, increasing isolation and potential mental health problems."

Podcast: Alcohol Alerts

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This episode focuses on data released ahead of the first anniversary of the Scottish Government's flagship health policy of minimum unit pricing. You might be mistaken in thinking the issue is a simple one – has minimum unit pricing led to...

A Public Health Approach to Alcohol Use and its Related Harms in Iran

Scientific article

2 April 2019

In Iran, alcohol consumption, production, and trade are criminalised for Muslim citizens; however, bootleg alcohol and harmful alcohol consumption is a burden that should not be overlooked. Currently the Iranian Ministry of Health has...

Seminar Presentation: Ecological Momentary Assessment of Alcohol Use

Video and audio recordings

23 April 2019

The majority of existing knowledge on patterns of alcohol consumption is based on retrospective-recall methodologies. These are cost-efficient and convenient but are limited in their capacity to record data on the circumstances of alcohol...

Alcohol and Older People

Book

1 March 2019

The Swedish Society of Medicine, the Swedish Society of Nursing and IOGT-NTO have come together to produce a report on the elderly’s increased sensitivity to the effects of alcohol which, may increase the risk of disease and accidents, even at relatively low consumption levels.