Global Alcohol Policy Conference & SSA symposium presentations; NIHR webinar

Global Alcohol Policy Conference 2015

The Global Alcohol Policy Alliance's 2015 Conference, co-hosted by Alcohol Focus Scotland, recently took place in Edinburgh on the theme of 'Momentum for change: research and advocacy reducing alcohol harm'.

Over 100 presentations took place, many of which have been made available until the end of November 2015. Keynote presentations included [in pdf]:

• Understanding Alcohol Industry Strategies and Tactics in the UK, Prof. Jim McCambridge

• Mega 'Trade' Treaties as Obstacles to Alcohol Control Policies, Professor Jane Kelsey

• Protecting children’s right to grow up free from alcohol marketing, Melvyn Freeman

• Seeking the Best Legislative Possibilities to Regulate Alcohol Advertising, Sari Aalto‐Matturi

• Alcohol Marketing Regulation, Professor Amandine Garde

• Alcohol Marketing: The Need for Radical Action, Gerard Hastings

See here for links to the additional presentations and the GAPC Abstract Book, and a review of the event by the IAS.

An opening speech by the Scottish First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon is available to view here. See here for  WHO Opening Remarks.

 

SSA Annual Symposium 2015

Selected presentations and audio from the recent Society for the Study of Addictions (SSA) recent annual symposim are available, including:

• Alcohol pricing and heavy drinkers in Scotland, Jonathan Chick

• Integrating treatment for substance use disorders into mainstream medicine: Who benefits?, Thomas McLellan

• The role of social networking sites in young people’s drinking cultures, Amanda Atkinson

• The barriers that prevented me from addressing my alcohol dependency for twenty years - And how Soberistas.com seeks to address these, Lucy Rocca

• Club Soda - Behaviour change and social action, Laura Willoughby

• Measuring recovery, Duncan Raistrick

Further presentations are available here.

NIHR local alcohol interventions Webinar

A webinar in now available to view detailing the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) funding call to evaluate 'local interventions to reduce intake and harm from alcohol'. A presentation by Alan Knobel (Alcohol Strategy Coordinator at Portsmouth City Council) is also available to view.