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Alcohol in the East Midlands
Alcohol and the East Midlands
This briefing, produced jointly by EMPHO and GO-EM, provides a summary of the issues for the region's policy makers and practitioners:
- Overview of the alcohol problem in the East Midlands: consumption and its direct and indirect consequences.
- Safe. Sensible. Social. The Government strategy.
- The Drink Debate. Local public consultation on the issue.
- East Midlands policy initiatives
Indications of Public Health in the English Regions 8: Alcohol
The Association of Public Health Observatories has published 'Indications of Public Health in the English Regions 8: Alcohol'. This is the eighth report in this series which address areas covered by the Choosing Health White Paper. Each section of this report contains different measures of the alcohol-related effect on the population. A key finding is that there are very evident variations between regions across nearly all indicators, with life lost, rates of mortality, admission to hospital, incapacity due to alcoholism, visits to a pub/bar and binge, hazardous and harmful drinking all showing much higher levels in the more deprived regions of England compared to the more affluent regions. A regional summary has been produced by the East Midlands Public Health Observatory, which explores the impact of alcohol across the region and compares the East Midland’s position to the rest of England.
Alcohol in the East Midlands Briefing
Paper, EMPHO 2006
The purpose of this briefing is to review
the available information on the impact of alcohol in the East Midlands in
order to identify gaps in information, preventive and care services. The
introductory section provides useful terminology (defining alcohol units, and
the different types of drinking: sensible, binge, hazardous, harmful and
dependent). Alcohol consumption and misuse section outlines data on alcohol
consumption in the East Midlands, and make comparisons between regional and
national data, while examining variation within the region. There are sections
on Alcohol related morbidity and mortality (looking at a variety of indicators
for the East Midlands, alcohol related hospital admissions and mortality due to
liver cirrhosis), Young people and alcohol (including prevalence estimates of
underage drinking at a national level, and under-age sales; and the progress of
East Midlands’ schools to reaching National Healthy Schools Standard) and the Impact
of alcohol on crime (indicators such as road safety, public disorder and
domestic violence) all placed in the East Midlands context.
Local Alcohol Profiles for the East Midlands, NWPHO 2007
These are local area profiles of
alcohol-related harms. They combine 22 different measures relating to
health, crime, mortality and binge drinking to show the overall impact that
alcohol is having on 354 local communities across England. Summary spine
charts, bar graphs and indicator data are available for all areas. Maps showing
geographical inequalities in alcohol harms are also available.
Alcohol Needs Assessment Research Project
(ANARP): The 2004 alcohol needs assessment for England
The Alcohol Needs Assessment Research
Project (ANARP) describes the methodology and results of the first ever English
needs assessment. It presents information at national and regional level to
highlight the range of alcohol use disorders in the population and the range of
services currently available to offer treatment for alcohol problems. The
report identifies gaps in services and the regional variations in access to
current treatment.
Indications of Public Health in the English
Regions 3: lifestyle and its impact on health
This report aims to support all those
engaged in implementing the White Paper Choosing health: making healthy choices
easier – and improving the health of the population – by bringing together
summary information on seven risk factors, including alcohol, and four diseases
which are key causes of ill-health and death in England. Information about
their impact on health, what can be done to tackle them and relevant national
targets is summarised alongside graphs presenting the latest data, trends or geographical
comparisons.
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