Name: Public health team efforts to reduce alcohol harms at local authority level
Start: 2022-11-21T10:00:00Z
End: 2022-11-21T16:00:00Z
Location: Friends House

Public health team efforts to reduce alcohol harms at local authority level

Institute of Alcohol Studies

A focused day of discussion on alcohol licensing and community-led approaches to reducing alcohol harms.

Friends House

We’re delighted to invite you to this in-person event, hosted by the University of Stirling and the University of Salford, in association with IAS.The event will share key findings from the ExILEnS and CICA studies and host lively discussion on implications for future policy and practice.Please register via Eventbrite to confirm your in-person attendance at the event. We will share further details of the event nearer the time. This event is for public health professionals, researchers, healthcare workers, civil servants, NGOs, health agencies etc. If you or your organisation receives funding from the alcohol industry (alcohol producers, retailers, trade associations, Social Aspect Public Relations Organisations (SAPROs), &amp; Business-Interest NGOs) please do not attend.<h3>Agenda:</h3><ul><li>10:00-10:30: Registration, coffee and networking</li><li>10:30-10:45: Welcome and housekeeping</li><li>10:45-11:00: Opening by Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town </li><li>11:00-12:15: Presentation of the ExILEnS study </li><li>12:15-12:45: Table discussion and feedback</li><li>12:45-13:45: Lunch</li><li>13:45-15:00: Presentation of the CICA study </li><li>15:00-15:30: Table discussion and feedback</li><li>15:30-15:45: Summary and next steps</li><li>15:45-16:00: Close by Clive Henn, OHID</li></ul><h3>Study summaries:</h3>The ExILEnS (Exploring the Impact of alcohol premises Licensing in England and Scotland) study has been led by Professor Niamh Fitzgerald (University of Stirling):<ul><li>ExILEnS explored the ways in which 39 diverse local public health teams engaged in alcohol licensing and whether their actions impacted on alcohol-related health harms or crime over a 7-year follow up period (2012-2019). The study also looked at differences in licensing laws between England and Scotland.</li><li>The team has developed policy-relevant evidence which can be acted on locally and inform national legislative changes.</li></ul>The CICA (Communities in Charge of Alcohol) study has been led by Professor Penny Cook (University of Salford):<ul><li>CICA trained local people as ‘alcohol health champions’ (AHCs) to have informal healthy conversations with personal and professional networks and get involved in alcohol licensing decisions, putting local communities in a position to help reduce the availability of alcohol and its impact on the wider community.</li><li>The team has developed detailed guidance on setting up a community alcohol health champions scheme at a local area level, including recommendations to ensure local licensing policy is community-centred.</li></ul>

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