EFFECTIVENESS BANK Bulletin 20 December 2012
Latest additions to the Effectiveness Bank all concern the prevention of alcohol and drug problems.
Featured are the two Canadian studies which form a large part of the evidence that in the real world
something close to the minimum per unit alcohol pricing contemplated for Britain has reduced
consumption in ways predicted by mathematical models - though in both studies pricing was set by a
government alcohol wholesale monopoly, a possibly significant difference from the UK. Another major
alcohol problem prevention tactic is mass screening for risky drinking and briefly advising those
screening positive. The main limitation has been getting mass programmes implemented, one which
Scotland seems partly to have cracked. Lastly, British specialists have developed quality standards
for the prevention of substance use problems which if implemented would transform prevention
practice.
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*revised* REAL-WORLD CANADIAN EVIDENCE SUPPORTS MINIMUM ALCOHOL PRICING
Mathematical models for Britain predict that high minimum per unit alcohol pricing would
substantially reduce consumption, but are consumers and markets that predictable? From British
Columbia in Canada, real-world support for this first step in the chain expected to lead to improved
public health and productivity and reduced crime.
http://findings.org.uk/count/downloads/download.php?file=Stockwell_T_12.txt
*revised* MINIMUM PRICE FOR ALCOHOL HAS REDUCED CONSUMPTION
Further and arguably stronger Canadian evidence from Saskatchewan of the real-world impact of
something close to minimum per unit alcohol pricing applied more consistently to more beverage types
and at a higher level than in British Columbia.
http://findings.org.uk/count/downloads/download.php?file=Stockwell_T_14.txt
*revised* SCOTLAND EXCEEDS NATIONAL BRIEF ALCOHOL INTERVENTIONS TARGET
In three years from 2008 Scottish national policy drove delivery of nearly 175,000 brief alcohol
interventions, testament to what can be done when policy is backed by funding and infrastructure and
incentive payments contingent on implementation. Leverage and acceptance were greatest in primary
care, where the vast majority of the work took place.
http://findings.org.uk/count/downloads/download.php?file=Parkes_T_2.txt
TRANSFORMATIVE POTENTIAL OF FIRST EU PREVENTION STANDARDS
These first European standards on delivering high quality drug prevention may be assumed to be dry
and technical, but in fact many of the standards would transform prevention practice if implemented,
condemning much existing practice as failing to meet basic standards, and leading to fewer
ineffective activities and an increased focus on approaches and interventions with realistic
objectives.
http://findings.org.uk/count/downloads/download.php?file=Brotherhood_A_1.txt
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