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25 May 2018

Youth Summit sees young Victorians taking control of their mental wellbeing

It’s a case of generations colliding, with hundreds of young Victorians set to gather with researchers, advocates and policy makers today to discuss youth mental health.

Partner release

06 Jan 2018

Booze companies "get under our skin” say young Victorians

The first winners of an initiative from health promotion foundation VicHealth seeking to mobilise young Victorians around the sneaky tactics of booze companies say booze is ‘everywhere’ and Top Spin has ‘opened their eyes’ to how alcohol companies manipulate the way they drink.

Reducing harm from alcohol

13 Sep 2018

Parents back restricting booze supply to teens

New research from health promotion foundation VicHealth shows most parents back tougher restrictions on the supply of alcohol to underage Victorians, as new laws come into effect today.

Alcohol

24 Sep 2018

What’s Your Story?

The story behind an innovative project documenting youth alcohol culture change.

by Julia McCusker

25 Oct 2018

Going to YARD

Tapping social support for positive drinking attitudes

by Davey Wilson

07 Jan 2015

Young adults and alcohol

This report examines how alcohol cultures and patterns of use vary across inner- and outer-urban settings.

Local government policy

27 May 2016

Young people embrace personalised SMSs to curb risky or binge drinking

There’s a strong acceptance and uptake among young people for personalised mobile phone messages to address harmful, binge, or risky single-occasion drinking, new Burnet Institute research, the first of its type, has found.

Partner release

22 Nov 2019

Be Ready, Be Strong, Be Your Best

At Deakin we believe universities have a leadership role in creating healthy work and study environments, so this project was a natural fit for us.

Alcohol harm prevention

08 Apr 2019

Under the influence promotion of alcoholic drinks rife on social media

New research from health promotion foundation VicHealth has revealed the murky nature of alcohol promotion on social media, with a lack of disclosed sponsorship common among Australia’s top ‘influencers’.

Top Spin

12 Jul 2017

New projects to challenge risky drinking cultures

Health promotion foundation VicHealth will provide almost $1 million in funding to four creative new projects to help reduce risky drinking across Victoria.

Alcohol Culture Change

17 May 2017

Targeting risky drinking culture in local communities

Six Victorian councils will deliver four new projects to tackle risky drinking cultures in their community thanks to VicHealth’s $1.3 million Alcohol Culture Change grants initiative for Local Councils.

Targeting risky drinking culture