Effectiveness of community‐based interventions for reducing alcohol‐related harm in two metropolitan and two regional sites in Victoria, Australia

Abstract

The majority of interventions introduced across the four sites were proposed and implemented by local liquor accords. Given none of the interventions demonstrated a reduction in ED injury presentation rates or police attended assault rates, it is argued that local liquor accords may not be best placed to propose alcohol-related harm reduction measures, and instead, there should be a focus on the implementation of evidence-based regulatory strategies, such as restricted trading hours. [Curtis A, Coomber K, Droste N, Hyder S, Palmer D, Miller PG. Effectiveness of community-based interventions for reducing alcohol-related harm in two metropolitan and two regional sites in Victoria, Australia. Drug Alcohol Rev 2017;36:359-368].

Effect of the Prevent Alcohol and Risk‐Related Trauma in Youth (P.A.R.T.Y.) Program among senior school students

“…These findings indicate the ongoing need for a multifaceted approach to continual reinforcement of key injury prevention messages . Health promotion and harm minimisation strategies are shown to be most effective when a community‐based, multimodal approach is undertaken.…”

“…23 These findings indicate the ongoing need for a multifaceted approach to continual reinforcement of key injury prevention messages. 24,25 Health promotion and harm minimisation strategies are shown to be most effective when a community-based, multimodal approach is undertaken. That is, to influence community-based behaviour change, society should look to combine interventions including legal and legislative change (such as compulsory seat belt and bicycle helmet use and mandatory pool fences), improving the built environment (providing safer roads and building regulations), promotion of safe behaviours (such as protective sporting equipment and motorcycle protective gear), public awareness campaigns and positive role modelling (such as celebrity involvement in domestic violence campaigns) and targeted education programmes, such as the Victorian Drug Education in Victorian Schools Program and P.A.R.T.Y.…”

Enacting alcohol realities: gendering practices in Australian studies on ‘alcohol‐related presentations’ to emergency departments

“…education campaigns, patron banning, safe taxi ranks) for reducing alcohol‐related harm, including violence, are ineffective (Curtis et al . ). In establishing the significance and contribution of the study, the article does not identify the disproportionate involvement of men and masculinities in the perpetration of physical and sexual violence.…”

Consumption plans for the rest of the night among Australian nightlife patrons

“…Other community-based programs, such as the Stockholm Prevents Alcohol and Drug Problems (STAD) project, included a focus on responsible service of alcohol, and resulted in a 29% reduction in violent crimes (Wallin, Norström, & Andréasson, 2003), and an increase in refusal of service to drunk patrons (Wallin, Gripenberg, & Andréasson, 2005). However, the STAD project was implemented at a time when there was very little responsible service of alcohol occurring and police were reactive, and as such, any engagement in these activities would be an improvement on the baseline (Curtis et al, 2017).…”