alcohol

The WHO ASSIST package for hazardous and harmful substance use

Toolkit

The ASSIST package, which consists of a brief questionnaire, a guide for health professionals on how to use the questionnaire in detecting and responding to substance use and also a self-help manual for cutting down or stopping substance...

AUDIT : the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test : guidelines for use in primary health care

Guide

18 November 2001

This manual introduces the AUDIT, the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test, and describes how to use it to identify persons with hazardous and harmful patterns of alcohol consumption. It is distributed with "Brief intervention for...

SCHARR Mini Master Class in Health Research - Changing alcohol serving size to reduce drinking

12 December 2023

Online, https://eu.bbcollab.com/guest/fbae374ad6ed4eeea1ed792b69cc2b6c

Join this online for a monthly online masterclass by health research experts based in The Sheffield Centre for Health-Related Research (ScHARR) at The University of Sheffield as we explore topics in the changing world of public health research.

Open Consultation: UK clinical guidelines for alcohol treatment

News

16 October 2023

The consultation on the UK clinical guidelines for alcohol treatment is now open. Consultation description This consultation asks you to review individual chapters from the draft UK clinical guidelines for alcohol treatment. Each chapter of...

Performing solidarity? A scoping review of alcohol marketing to sexual and gender minorities

Scientific article

3 October 2023

Background Harmful alcohol use is more prevalent among sexual and gender minorities (SGMs) than their cisgender/heterosexual counterparts. The reasons for this are complex, incorporating alcohol’s normalization and availability in social...

New Guidance on Alcohol

Guide

11 October 2023

"Drink Less, Live More" is the message of a new advertising campaign launched by the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA) to promote Canada's Guidance on Alcohol and Health. Starting in early October, the digital campaign...

The absence of data on driving under the influence of alcohol in road traffic studies: a scoping review of non-randomized studies with vote counting based on the direction of effects of alcohol policies

Scientific article

28 July 2023

Background Data concerning driving under the influence of alcohol (DUIA) are frequently characterised by their lack of availability, accuracy, or reliability. This inherent limitation poses challenges in the examination of the influence of...

Binge drinking episode causes acute, specific alterations in systemic and hepatic inflammation-related markers

Scientific article

17 August 2023

Abstract Background Frequent binge drinking is a known contributor to alcohol-related harm, but its impact on systemic and hepatic inflammation is not fully understood. We hypothesize that changes in immune markers play a central role in...

Alcohol-associated bowel disease: new insights into pathogenesis

Scientific article

18 August 2023

Abstract Excessive alcohol drinking can cause pathological changes including carcinogenesis in the digestive tract from mouth to large intestine, but the underlying mechanisms are not fully understood. In this review, we discuss the effects...

Trends in Alcohol-Related Deaths by Sex in the US, 1999-2020

Scientific article

28 July 2023

Abstract Importance Alcohol consumption rates have been increasing among women in the US, which may affect mortality rates and sex gaps. Therefore, conducting a comprehensive assessment of sex differences in alcohol-related deaths is...

Themes

Epidemiology and Etiology

Supply control

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