Preventing Alcohol and Drug Misuse in Young People
Adaptation and Testing of the Strengthening Families Programme 10-14 (SFP10-14) for use in the United Kingdom In 2006 Coombes et al produced a report Implementation of the Strengthening Families...
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Introduction There has been growing concern about alcohol consumption among young people in the United Kingdom and other countries. This concern has been reinforced by large-scale surveys of national...
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Can alcohol screening and brief intervention work in a young people’s sexual...
Introduction The use of alcohol by young people, and its links to antisocial and risk-taking behaviour, has been the subject of much government and media attention. Links to sexual risk-taking have...
View ArticleResearching the effects of Digital Storytelling as a brief alcohol...
Introduction This study documents important findings from an innovative alcohol intervention that was piloted in Caerphilly, South Wales. The intervention is innovative in terms of its use of media...
View ArticleYoung people, alcohol and the news: preliminary findings
Introduction In recent years, there has been widespread coverage of binge drinking among young people in the UK news media. However, there is only limited research into either how news reporting...
View ArticleWhy do people drink at home? An exploration of the perceptions of adult home...
Background There has been a 50% rise in overall per capita consumption since 1950 (Academy of Medical Sciences 2004) though there are signs from the National Household Survey (National Statistics...
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Student Choices and Alcohol Matters (SCAM)
A multi-level analysis of student alcohol (mis)use and its implications for policy and prevention strategies within universities, cognate educational establishments and the wider community a review of...
View ArticleAdult Consequences of Late Adolescent Alcohol Consumption: A Systematic...
Background Alcohol is responsible for a significant portion of the global burden of disease. There is widespread concern reported in the media and other sources about drinking trends among young...
View ArticleGender, alcohol and interventions
This Alcohol Insight summarises the end-of-award report for a study funded by Comic Relief and Alcohol Research UK. There is widespread concern about health and social consequences of excessive...
View ArticleGlass Shape Influences Consumption Rate for Alcoholic Beverages
Background High levels of alcohol consumption and increases in heavy episodic drinking (binge drinking) are a growing public concern, due to their association with increased risk of personal and...
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