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Santé publique France. (2024) International scientific symposium - Reducing the burden of alcohol: focus on two scientific and public policy challenges. Presentation videos. Santé publique France.

External website: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLl00syIAMv7...


Part 1 How to take into account the latest scientific evidence to develop and promote low-risk drinking guidelines to reduce alcohol consumption?
Chairwomen: Viêt Nguyen-Thanh, Head of the Addictions Unit at Santé publique France
Caroline Costongs, Director of EuroHealthNet

  • Challenges in implementing low-risk drinking guidelines Pierre Arwidson, Deputy Director of the Prevention and Health Promotion Department at Santé publique France
  • The Canadian example: scientific method and choices made in the development of Canada’s Guidance on Alcohol and Health, released in 2023 Catherine Paradis, Technical Officer, Alcohol, Illicit Drugs and Prison Health Unit, Special Initiative on NCDs and Innovation, WHO Regional Office for Europe
  • The UK example: Lessons learned from an evaluation of the impact of (not) promoting revised low-risk drinking guidelines. John Holmes, Sheffield Addictions Research Group, School of Medicine and Population Health, University of Sheffield
  • Disseminating low-risk drinking guidelines: what does the scientific literature say about effective approaches for raising awareness of the guidelines? Emily Brennan, Centre for Behavioural Research in Cancer, Cancer Council Victoria, Melbourne
  • Roundtable – discussions with speakers and participants

Part 2 The commercial determinants of health: what impact on alcohol prevention policies and what levers for public health action? 
Chairwomen: Myriam Savy, Director of Advocacy and Communication at Addictions France
Caroline Costongs, Director of EuroHealthNet

  • The strategies of the alcohol industry in influencing health policies, an overview. Mark Petticrew, Faculty of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine; SPECTRUM Consortium
  • A European example: current difficulties with labelling at European level and the European Beating Cancer Plan: what can we do about it? Florence Berteletti, Secretary General of The European Alcohol Policy Alliance (Eurocare)
  • The French example: the political activities, successes and failures of the French alcohol producers Daniel Benamouzig, Director of Research at the CNRS, holder of the Health Chair at Sciences Po and researcher at the Centre of Sociology of Organisations (CSO - CNRS)
  • Ireland’s Public Health Alcohol Act – a story of big ambition and persistence Eunan McKinney, Strategic advisor, Institute of Public Health, Ireland [24 minutes]
  • Roundtable – discussions with speakers and participants

Conclusion
François Beck, Director of the Prevention and Health Promotion Department at Santé publique France
John Newton, Professor of Public Health and Epidemiology, University of Exeter, Chair of the Scientific Advisory Board of Santé publique France

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