Technical Paper 3:
Preventing Alcohol-related harm in Australia: a window of opportunity

9. Education and persuasion

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Youth & Family

Beatty, Shelley E.; Cross, Donna S.; Shaw, Therese M. (November 2008) The impact of a parent-directed intervention on parent-child communication about tobacco and alcohol, Drug and Alcohol Review 27:6, pp. 591–601.

Dillon, Paul. (2009) Teenagers, alcohol and drugs: what your kids really want and need to know about alcohol and drugs, Crows Nest NSW: Allen & Unwin.

Eden, Rina D.; Colder, Craig; Edwards, Ellen P.; Leonard, Kenneth E. (March 2009) A longitudinal study of social competence among children of alcoholic and nonalcoholic parents: role of parental psychopathology, parental warmth, and self-regulation, Psychology of Addictive Behaviors 23:1, pp. 36–46.

Epstein, Jennifer A.; Griffin, Kenneth W.; Botvin, Gilbert J. (May 2008) A social influence model of alcohol use for inner-city adolescents: family drinking, perceived drinking norms, and perceived social benefits of drinking, Journal of studies on Alcohol and Drugs 69:3, pp. 397–405.

Fleming, M. F., Lund, M. R., Wilton, G., Landry, M., & Scheets, D. ‘The Healthy Moms Study: the efficacy of brief alcohol intervention in postpartum women’, Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research, vol. 32, no. 9, Sep 2008. pp. 1600–1606.Top of page

Hanewinkel, R., Morgenstern, M., Tanski, S. E., & Sargent, J. D. ‘Longitudinal study of parental movie restriction on teen smoking and drinking in Germany’, Addiction, vol. 103, no. 10, Oct 2008. pp. 1722–1730.

Hawkins, J. David; Brown, Eric C.; Oesterle, Sabrina; Arthur, Michael W.; Abbott, Robert D.; Catalano, Richard F. (2008) Early effects of Communities that Care on targeted risks and initiation of delinquent behavior and substance use, Journal of Adolescent Health 43:3, pp. 15–22.

Hutchinson, D., Maloney, E., Vogl, L., & Mattick, R. ‘Adolescent drinking: the influence of parental attitudes, modeling and alcohol supply’, In-Psych, vol. 30, no. 5, Oct 2008. pp. 12–13.

Johnson, Patrick; Stone, Rachel. (2009) Parental alcoholism and family functioning: effects on differentiation levels of young adults, Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly 27:1, pp. 3–18.

Keller, Peggy S.; El–Sheikh, Mona; Keiley, Margaret; Liao, Pei–Ju. (March 2009) Longitudinal relations between marital aggression and alcohol problems, Psychology of Addictive Behaviors 23:1, pp. 2–13.Top of page

King, Serena M.; Keyes, Margaret; Malone, Stephen M.; Elkins, Irene; Legrand, Lisa N.; Iacono, William G.; McGue, Matt. (April 2009) Parental alcohol dependence and the transmission of adolescent behavioral disinhibition: a study of adoptive and non-adoptive families, Addiction 104:4, pp. 578–586.

Koutakis, N., Stattin, H., & Kerr, M. ‘Reducing youth alcohol drinking through a parent-targeted intervention: the Orebro Prevention Program’, Addiction, vol. 103, no. 10, Oct 2008. pp. 1629–1637.

Smit, E., Verdurmen, J., Monshouwer, K., & Smit, F. ‘Family interventions and their effect on adolescent alcohol use in general populations; a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials’, Drug & Alcohol Dependence, vol. 97, no. 3, 1 Oct 2008. pp. 195–206.

Tucker, J. S., Ellickson, P. L., & Klein, D. J. ‘Growing up in a permissive household: what deters at-risk adolescents from heavy drinking?’, Journal of Studies on Alcohol & Drugs, vol. 69, no. 4, Jul 2008. pp. 528–534.

School And University Settings

McBride, N. (October 2008) The School Health and Alcohol Harm Reduction Project (SHAHRP). An evidence-based program to reduce alcohol related harm in young people, Perth: National Drug Research Institute.

Newton, N. C., Vogl, L. E., Teesson, M., & Andrews, G. ‘CLIMATE Schools: alcohol module: cross-validation of a school- based prevention programme for alcohol misuse’, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, vol. 43, no. 3, Mar 2009. pp. 201–207.Top of page

Stafstrom, M., & Ostergren, P. O. ‘A community-based intervention to reduce alcohol-related accidents and violence in 9th grade students in southern Sweden: the example of the Trelleborg project’, Accident Analysis & Prevention, vol. 40, no. 3, May 2008. pp. 920–925.

Turner, J., Perkins, H. W., & Bauerle, J. ‘Declining negative consequences related to alcohol misuse among students exposed to a social norms marketing intervention on a college campus’, Journal of American College Health, vol. 57, no. 1, Jul 2008. pp. 85–94.

White, H. R., Fleming, C. B., Kim, M. J., Catalano, R. F., & McMorris, B. J. ‘Identifying two potential mechanisms for changes in alcohol use among college-attending and non-college-attending emerging adults’, Developmental Psychology, vol. 44, no. 6, Nov 2008. pp. 1625–1639.

Zakocs, R. C., Tiwari, R., Vehige, T., & DeJong, W. ‘Roles of organizers and champions in building campus-community prevention partnerships’, Journal of American College Health, vol. 57, no. 2, Sep 2008. pp. 233–241.

Product Labelling

Australia and New Zealand Food Regulation Ministerial Council (ANZFRMC), ‘Joint Communique 1 May 2009’: Canberra.Top of page

Jones, S. C., & Gregory, P. ‘The impact of more visible standard drink labelling on youth alcohol consumption: helping young people drink (ir)responsibly?’ Drug and Alcohol Review 2009, 28, pp. 230–234.

Drinking Guidelines

Heather, N. ‘The Importance of Keeping Regular: accurate guidance to the public on low-risk drinking levels’. Alcohol Alcohol. 2009 44: 226–228.

Martin, G. ‘Truth in drink?: lobbying on alcohol guidelines and labelling’, Ethical Investor (Maroubra no. 77, Jun 2008. pp. 30–33.

Moore, E., Coffey, C., Carlin, J., et al., ‘Assessing alcohol guidelines in teenagers: results from a 10-year prospective study’. Australia and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2009. 33(2): pp. 154–159.

National Health and Medical Research Council. ‘Australian guidelines to reduce health risks from drinking alcohol’. 2009, National Health and Medical Research Council: Canberra.

Rehm, J. T., Room, R., & Taylor, B. ‘Method for moderation: measuring lifetime risk of alcohol-attributable mortality as a basis for drinking guidelines’, International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, vol. 17, no. 3, 2008. pp. 141–151.Top of page

Roche, A. M. ‘Making sense of Australia’s alcohol guidelines’. National Centre for Education and Training on Addiction (NCETA) at Flinders University. Adelaide. 2009.

Whittingham, J. R., Ruiter, R. A., Castermans, D., Huiberts, A., & Kok, G. ‘Designing effective health education materials: experimental pre-testing of a theory-based brochure to increase knowledge’, Health Education Research, vol. 23, no. 3, Jun 2008. pp. 414–426.

Community Attitudes

Houben, Katrijn; Wiers, Reinout W. (August 2008) Implicitly positive about alcohol? Implicit positive associations predict drinking behavior, Addictive Behaviors 33:8, pp. 979–986.

Skager, R. ‘Having fun and defying adults: speculations on why most young people ignore information on the dangers of drinking alcohol’. Addiction 2009, 104 (4): 576–577.

Social Research Centre (April 2008) National Drugs Campaign: evaluation of phase three, North Melbourne: The Social Research Centre.

Stead, M., Gordon, R., Holme, I., Moodie, C., Hastings, G., & Angus, K. ‘Changing attitudes, knowledge and behaviour: a review of successful initiatives’. York: Joseph Rowntree Foundation. 2009.

Wilkinson, C., Room, R., & Livingston, M. ‘Mapping Australian public opinion on alcohol policies in the new millennium’, Drug & Alcohol Review no. Published online 11 Feb 2009, 2009.

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