AER Alcohol Peer Reviews:Preventing Alcohol-Related Harm

co-financed under the European Public Health Programme

The AER is partner to the project "Building Capacity: Implementing Coordinated Alcohol Policy Across Europe", which is co-financed under the European Public Health Programme.

The AER will organise a series of peer reviews each focusing on a specific aspect of regional policy to prevent alcohol related-harm.

The AER Alcohol Peer Reviews will focus on the following themes: 

• traffic (drink driving)
• children & young people
• pregnancy & nursing
• early identification & brief intervention in primary healthcare

The project aims to:

• establish a network of regions active in the field of preventing alcohol-related harm
• support regions in improving their policies for the prevention of alcohol-related harm
• catalogue best practice in preventing alcoohol-related harm

For an overview of the project activities, please download the project outline below.

For further information on this project, please contact the Committee 2 Secretariat.

Introduction to the AER Alcohol Peer Reviews

The second AER Alcohol Peer Review took place in Umeå (Västerbotten, S) on 4 June 2008, from 09:00 -15:00 and focused on the theme Availability of Alcohol: Regional Methodologies
The 2nd AER Alcohol Peer Review on Availability was being held at the occasion of the AER Social Policy & Public Health Committee (2) plenary session and conference on "Regional Responses to Demographic Change" on 2-3 June 2008.

Meeting Documents

Agenda

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Questoinnaire for partner regions

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Regional Methods - Input Form

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2nd Alcohol Peer Review Presentations

"Alcohol-Related Harm Situation in the Region of Fejér (H)" Antal Lajos

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"Responsible Beverage Service" Karin Mernelius

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"Alcohol and Traffic" Karin Mernelius

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"Responsible Beverage Service" Swedish National Institute of Public Health

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Meeting Documents

Agenda - 1st Alcohol Peer Review

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Outcomes-1st AER Alcohol Peer Review - Alcohol & Traffic

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Presentations from the regions

ARGES, RO - Alcohol Consumption - A Cause of Road Accidents

Jämtland, S - ‘The Jämtland Model' for reducing drunk driving

Veneto, I - Strategies to prevent ALCOHOL ABUSE in a decentralized nation: the experience in the Veneto Region of Italy

Østfold, N - 'Safely home for 50 kroner'

Vara, Västra Götaland, S - Health Adventure Oasen/the Oasis