Alcohol, Health and Harm
To view a report on the Health-Related Consequences of Problem Alcohol Use, click on the link below
https://www.hrb.ie/uploads/tx_hrbpublications/Overview6.pdf
A report on Alcohol Related Harm in Ireland by Dr Ann Hope documents the extent and nature of alcohol harms to both to the drinker and to those affected by the drinker
https://www.hse.ie/eng/Publications/Hospitals/Alcohol_Related_Harm_in_Ireland.pdf
The World Health Organisation (WHO) published a Global Status Report on Alcohol in 2004 which details patterns of alcohol use and consequences of consumption
https://www.who.int/substance_abuse/publications/global_status_report_2004_overview.pdf
How much do we drink?
The HSE report on Alcohol Consumption in Ireland 1986-2006 is available from
https://www.healthpromotion.ie/fs/doc/hpu_publications/HPR00485.pdf
The most recent (2007) Eurobarometer report on Attitudes Towards Alcohol can be found at
https://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/ebs/ebs_272b_en.pdf
To read an executive summary of the results of the Irish report on the 2007 European Schools Project for Alcohol and other Drugs (ESPAD) survey, click on the link below
https://www.dohc.ie/press/releases/pdfs/espad_summary.pdf
The full report on the Irish ESPAD data can be downloaded from the link below
https://www.dohc.ie/publications/espad07.html
Click on the link below to access a copy of a report on the link between alcohol affordability, consumption and harms requested by the European Commission’s Department of Health and Consumer Affairs
https://ec.europa.eu/health/ph_determinants/life_style/alcohol/news_rand_en.htm
Drink Driving
View Declan Bedford’s findings on Drink Driving in Ireland presented to the Road Safety Authority conference in October 2008
https://www.rotr.ie/conference/presentations/Declan_Bedford_rsa_131008.pdf
PARC Drink Driving Limit Survey
https://www.parcgroup.ie/survey%20results.html
The Road Safety Strategy 2007-2012 can be found by clicking on the following link
https://www.rsa.ie/NEWS/upload/File/822_RSA_Strategy_ENG.pdf
Alcohol and Women
For an information booklet on the effects of alcohol use on women, click on the link below
https://www.healthpromotion.ie/fs/doc/hpu_publications/Little_Book.pdf
The Coombe Women’s Hospital Study of Alcohol, Smoking and Illicit Drug Use 1987-2005 can be found at
https://www.ndc.hrb.ie/attached/3220-3369.pdf
Alcohol, Mental Health and Suicide
An Oireachtas report on The High Level of Suicide in Irish Society can be viewed at
https://www.oireachtas.ie/documents/committees29thdail/committeereport2006/Suicide_Irish_Society.pdf
Reports, presentations and research on suicide and deliberate self harm, as well as Reach Out: The Irish National Strategy for Action on Suicide Prevention 2005-2014 are available from the National Office for Suicide Prevention at www.nosp.ie
The UK Mental Health Foundation has published a report called Cheers? Understanding the Relationship between Alcohol and Mental Healthwhich is available by clicking on
https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/publications/?EntryId5=38566
The National Suicide Research Foundation publish a National Registry of Deliberate Self Harm. Their annual report for 2006/2007 is available at the link below
https://www.nsrf.ie/reports/RegistryReport2006_07/NSRF_06_07_NRDSH.pdf
Marketing Alcohol
The Science Group of the European Alcohol and Health Forum was requested by the Forum in 2008 to prepare an in-depth analysis of the relationship between marketing communication and volume and patterns of alcohol consumption, especially by young people. The report can be found by clicking on the following link
https://ec.europa.eu/health/ph_determinants/life_style/alcohol/Forum/alcohol_science_group_en.htm
A report detailing the exposure of young people to alcohol marketing was launched by the National Youth Council of Ireland in June 2009. Click on the link below to access a copy of Get ’em Young
https://www.youth.ie/resources/published_reports
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