261615 Where have we come since the 2010 WHO's Global Alcohol Control Strategy?

Tuesday, October 30, 2012 : 10:50 AM - 11:10 AM

Donald Zeigler, PhD , Prevention and Healthy Lifestyles, American Medical Association, Chicago, IL
     
Since the WHO released the Global Alcohol Strategy in 2010, there has been enhanced attention to alcohol problems and solutions at the international level. WHO has released a global status report on alcohol and health and strategies on reducing the noncommunicable diseases. Moreover, the UN held a special General Assembly session on noncommunicable diseases which recognized alcohol as a major contributing factor and confirmed evidence-based interventions. In addition, leaders met in Thailand at the global alcohol policy conference to report on developments in carrying out the global strategy at the national and local levels. The presentation will highlight key challenges and developments which add to the armamentarium of policy advocacy tools.

Learning Areas:
Administer health education strategies, interventions and programs
Advocacy for health and health education
Chronic disease management and prevention
Other professions or practice related to public health
Public health or related public policy
Systems thinking models (conceptual and theoretical models), applications related to public health

Learning Objectives:
1. Describe the key features of the WHO Alcohol strategy 2. Recognize the subsequent developments which raised the attention to alcohol issues and solutions, including the special UN meeting on noncommunicable diseases 3. Identify progress nations have made implementing the global alcohol strategy. 4. Describe the implications and challenges governments and NGOs will encounter carrying out the evidence-based strategies internationally and in the US.

Keywords: Alcohol, Public Health Policy

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: Authored the World Medical Association and APHA policies on alcohol, several articles and one book chapter on topic; attended and presented at Global Alcohol Policy Conference; spoke on topic at APHA 2010 and 2011 meetings
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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