HLTH355 Lecture Notes - Lecture 77: David Mowat, World Health Organization, Independent Community And Health Concern
27 Nov 2018
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Slide 54:
International and National Alcohol Harm Reduction Strategies
• WHO Global Strategy to Reduce the Harmful Use of Alcohol (2010)
o recommends 10 areas for national action
• Canada’s National Alcohol Strategy (2008)
o 41 recommendations
Sources: World Health Organization (2010) Global strategy to reduce the harmful use of alcohol.
Available at www.who.int/substance_abuse/msbalcstrategy.pdf
Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse (2008) Reducing alcohol-related harms in Canada. Available at:
www.ccsa.ca/REsource%20Library/ccsa-023876-2007.pdf
Slide 55:
Drivers Influencing Public Health Decisions & Action
Drivers:
• Public opinion
• Values
• Social factors
• Implications for industry
• Economic impact
• Government priorities
• Ideology
• Stakeholder interests and opinions
• Labour relations
• Professional interests and opinions
• Institutional structures
• Legal factors
• International obligations
(Dr. David Mowat)
• Many factors influence policy-makers decisions about which interventions to implement.
• Why labels?
• Meet people where they are at – public opinion is a very strong driver. Consumers voiced strong
desire for more information on alcohol containers about health risks and tools to track and
monitor drinking.
• Increasing awareness of health risks either through labels or awareness campaigns has been
shown to increase public support for future alcohol policies.
Document Summary
International and national alcohol harm reduction strategies: who global strategy to reduce the harmful use of alcohol (2010) recommends 10 areas for national action, canada"s national alcohol strategy (2008, 41 recommendations. Sources: world health organization (2010) global strategy to reduce the harmful use of alcohol. Canadian centre on substance abuse (2008) reducing alcohol-related harms in canada. Economic impact: public opinion, values, government priorities, professional interests and opinions. Legal factors (dr. david mowat: many factors influence policy-makers decisions about which interventions to implement, why labels, meet people where they are at public opinion is a very strong driver. Consumers voiced strong desire for more information on alcohol containers about health risks and tools to track and monitor drinking. Increasing awareness of health risks either through labels or awareness campaigns has been shown to increase public support for future alcohol policies. Key points: alcohol is widely available and consumed in canada.
