Publications: Alcohol misuse

This study shows a link between days around major sporting events and increases in alcohol intoxication and related harm based on data on ambulance attendances, emergency department and hospital admissions, and police attendances.

This study reports on the nature of alcohol sponsorship of clubs in Australia and studies the ways in which a government buy-out may help to reduce the financial dependency on such sponsorships.

This report examines alcohol product advertising in two daily newspapers in Victoria from 1989 to 2009. It is the product of a study whose primary aim was to identify the nature and extent of packaged liquor advertising and to ascertain if and how this advertising had changed in character over that period.

Research into alcohol related harm and public holidays in Victoria shows an influx of hospital admissions, ambulance call outs and arrests for assault on most social occasions throughout the year, as well as the day before.

VicHealth evaluates febfast, a national community-based initiative that challenges people to take a break from alcohol for a month each year.

This fact sheet outlines the development of an exciting new study by the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute on the effect of low to moderate alcohol consumption on pregnant women and their babies.

This report by University of Melbourne provides interesting evidence that access to an increased number of alcohol outlets within a neighbourhood is associated with a higher risk of drinking at hazardous levels.

A new report by Turning Point and VicHealth into the concentration of liquor outlets concludes that the poorest areas of Victoria have up to six times more bottle shops than wealthier neighbourhoods.

The key finding of this research report suggests that any variation to current rates of alcohol excise would be a cost-effective healthcare intervention.