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ALKOHOLPRÄVENTION IM SPANNUNGSFELD ZWISCHEN VERHÄLTNIS- UND VERHALTENSPRÄVENTION

SuchtMagazin 1/2010

Irene Abderhalden
Lic phil 1, Leiterin Abteilung Prävention, Schweizerische Fachstelle für Alkohol- und andere Drogenprobleme SFA, , www.sfa-ispa.ch

"Für eine wirksame Alkoholprävention muss auch weiterhin an einer Kombination von Verhaltens- und Verhältnisprävention festgehalten werden. Bei diesen handelt es sich nicht um zwei völlig unterschiedliche Strategien, sondern um sich ergänzende und gegenseitig bedingende Massnahmen. [...]."

(This article is only available in German.)

FAILURE OF SELF REGULATION OF UK ALCOHOL ADVERTISING

British Medical Journal, 20 January 2010

Gerard Hastings, Director (1), Oona Brooks, Researcher (1), Martine Stead (1), Deputy Director (1), Kathryn Angus, Researcher(1), Thomas Anker, Researcher (1), Tom Farrell, Researcher (2)

1) Institute for Social Marketing, University of Stirling, Stirling FK9 4LA
2) Open University, Milton Keynes

Although the content of alcohol advertisements is restricted, Gerard Hastings and colleagues find that advertisers are still managing to appeal to young people and promote drinking.

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PRESS RELEASES

CHILDREN WITH A FAMILY HISTORY OF ALCOHOLISM PREFER INTENSE SWEETS

"Addiction" Press Release
10 February 2010

"New research from the Monell Center reports that children’s response to intense sweet taste is related to both a family history of alcoholism and the child’s own self-reports of depression.

The findings illustrate how liking for sweets differs among children based on underlying familial and biological factors."

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ONLINE INTERVENTIONS PROVIDE HELP FOR PROBLEMATIC ALCOHOL USE

"Addiction" Press Release
5 January 2010

A recent study by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) in Canada shows that online interventions for problem alcohol use can be effective in changing drinking behaviours and offer a significant public health benefit.

In the first evaluation of its kind, the study published in Addiction found that problem drinkers who were given access to the online screener www.CheckYourDrinking.net, reduced their alcohol consumption by 30% - or six to seven drinks weekly -results that are comparable to those from face-to-face interventions. This result was sustained in both the three and six month follow-up.

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