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ulster.ac.uk Working Together for Better Health & Wellbeing: Understanding What Works Alcohol Dr Gillian W Shorter (Ulster University, Teesside University) [email protected]
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Working Together for Better Health &
Wellbeing: Understanding What Works
AlcoholDr Gillian W Shorter
(Ulster University, Teesside University)
Some perspectives from the North
• Drinking location and minimum unit pricing
• Patterns of use
• Reframing the policy around personal responsibility
– “No safe amounts” and “Risk”
• Challenges in the North
• Discussion section
Where do we drink alcohol?Thinking about policy contexts
Minimum Unit Pricing
Irish Examiner, 7th Nov 2017
Good news from Scotland- A good day to discuss alcohol policy
Who drinks what in Northern
Ireland?
73% drink alcohol
70% of women 76% of men
64% wine; 34% spirit; 19% beer 70% beer; 35% wine; 27% spirit
48% at least once a week 58% at least once a week
19% drank over daily limit (2-3 units) more than once in the past week
81% drank 14 or less units per week
30% drank over daily limit (3-4units) more than once in the past week
74% drank less than 21 units per week
A big shift
“Sensible levels”
to “no safe
amount”
Implementation challenges
Holmes & Sumnall, 2017
Implementation
challenges II
• Can we trust health advice?
• “The unhealthy non-drinker”
• ‘misrepresenting’ evidence
• “pulling another 2 million
hazardous drinkers out of
her hat”
“They don’t trust us to handle
accurate information. As a
result, we can no longer trust
them to give us it.”
Other challenges
WHO Global Strategy to reduce the
harmful use of alcoholAreas for policy options
Leadership awareness and commitment
Health services response
Community and workplace action
Drink-driving policies
Availability of alcohol
Marketing of alcohol
Pricing policiesReducing negative consequences of
intoxication
Reduction of impact of illicit
alcohol
Monitoring and surveillance
WHO Policy in Action: A tool for measuring alcohol policy implementation, 2017
Over to youHow can we reduce the harm from alcohol
in Ireland
1. What are the three priorities for North South alcohol
policy in your group?
Draw upon your range of expertise
Draw upon North and South experience
2. What are the barriers?
3. What are the facilitators?
