Our publications
Browse our A-Z listing below or use the left-hand navigation to find specific items by type of publication. All our free downloads - including Alcohol Concern factsheets - are pdf files - which can be read using Adobe software.
A drinking nation? Wales and alcohol
November 2010
Alcohol has been produced and consumed in Wales for around 4,000 years and has played a major role in the social, economic and cultural life of the country. But alcohol consumption has risen markedly in recent decades, with many people drinking well beyond the recommended guidelines.
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A losing bet? Alcohol and gambling: investigating parallels and shared solutions
February 2013
A report jointly published by Alcohol Concern Cymru and the Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCPysch) in Wales breaks new ground by considering alcohol and gambling, and the harms each can cause, side-by-side.
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Achieving positive change in the drinking culture of Wales
October 2011
This research report reviews the existing evidence on what effect policy changes actually have on drinking patterns and culture. Although focused specifically on Wales, this work is international in its scope.
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Alcohol and calories: briefing
August 2010
Weight gain is a major concern for many and is linked to a range of health problems. Many of us are taking in more calories in the form of food and drink than our bodies can use - and a major part of this is increasing levels of alcohol consumption.
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Alcohol and the mental health of older people
March 2013
This briefing looks at the effect of alcohol on the mental health of older people.
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Alcohol outcomes star: test version
November 2009
Alongside Triangle Consulting, Alcohol Concern is launching a 'test version' of the new Alcohol Outcomes Star.
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Alcohol training for youth providers project 2006-08
March 2009
An outline of the delivery and outcome of Alcohol Concern's youth provider training project, funded by Comic Relief.
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An unhealthy mix? Alcohol industry sponsorship of sport and cultural events
February 2011
Sponsorship of sporting and cultural events by the alcohol industry is common practice and is part of an increasingly diverse marketing mix designed to attract new drinkers and increase sales in existing drinkers.
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Binge – Drinking to get drunk: Influences on young adult drinking behaviours
November 2012
In a survey of young people price and promotion are identified as important influences on ‘binge’ drinking in the UK.
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Building a healthier relationship with alcohol
April 2010
Alcohol Concern general election manifesto 2010.
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Counting the cost: irresponsible alcohol promotions in the night-time economy in Wales
February 2010
Alcohol Concern examines the prevalence of alcohol promotions within the night-time economy in Wales.
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Embrace knowledge set one: domestic abuse
June 2009
Aims to provide the alcohol and related fields with basic information that they will need in order to develop more family-focused services that take account of domestic abuse.
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Embrace knowledge set three: families and carers
May 2011
Aimed at helping adult alcohol services to improve their response to those whose lives are affected by another person's problem drinking. This includes the significant others, families and carers of problem drinkers.
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Embrace knowledge set two: parenting
October 2009
Aims to provide the alcohol and related fields with basic information that they will need in order to develop more family-focused services that take account of domestic abuse.
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Embracing alcohol, domestic abuse and families: a new approach
May 2011
This 'end of project' report gives an overview of the Embrace project - in particular, the experiences of the pilot sites as the Embrace team trained and guided them in developing the Embrace model. It also offers insight and guidance for alcohol services considering the idea of implementing the Embrace model within their own organisation.
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Everyone's problem
February 2012
The role of local alcohol services in tackling Wales’ unhealthy relationship with alcohol
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Factsheet: Advertising alcohol
January 2004
The advertising of alcohol is an important and contentious issue which provokes much debate between the drinks industry on one side and organisations with public health concerns on the other.
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Factsheet: Alcohol and crime
September 2004
Looks at the prevalence of alcohol-related crime and the nature of the relationship between excess drinking and crime - particularly violent crime.
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Factsheet: Alcohol and mental health
September 2002
Summarises research on the nature and scale of the problem of co-existent mental health and alcohol problems from the alcohol perspective.
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Factsheet: Alcohol, crime and disorder in the night-time economy
September 2010
The rapid expansion in recent years of the night-time economy (NTE) - now an important part of the leisure, tourism and service industries - raises serious crime and public health concerns.
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Factsheet: Drinking patterns
January 2009
This Alcohol Concern factsheet looks at the history of the UK's drinking culture and outlines some of the consequences of heavy and inappropriate drinking.
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Factsheet: Grasping the nettle: alcohol and domestic violence
June 2010
A completely revised edition of this factsheet provides an updated overview of the research on the association between alcohol and domestic violence, and examines the implications for policy and practice
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Factsheet: Men and alcohol
July 2008
This factsheet covers various aspects of men's drinking including drinking habits, risk factors and social and health effects of excess drinking.
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Factsheet: Mortality and alcohol
June 2003
This factsheet looks at figures for alcohol-related deaths and patterns of mortality across sexes and different ages.
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Factsheet: Putting brief interventions into practice
June 2006
Despite the evidence of the effectiveness of brief interventions, implementation of brief intervention programmes in primary care remains the exception rather than the rule.
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Factsheet: Tackling alcohol misuse in prison: a window of opportunity or a lost opportunity
March 2007
This factsheet looks at the scale of alcohol misuse among prisoners, provides evidence of the effectiveness of interventions and outlines the current strategy for addressing alcohol problems in the prison population.
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Factsheet: The impact of alcohol on health
December 2010
Alcohol misuse is a major cause of illness, injury and death. The World Health Organisation has identified alcohol as the third largest risk factor to health in developed countries.
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Factsheet: Women and alcohol - a cause for concern?
December 2008
This factsheet examines how much women are drinking, recent trends in women's drinking and focuses on the key issues relating to women's drinking.
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Factsheet: Young people and alcohol
January 2011
This factsheet looks at the existing evidence on young people's drinking, showing the prevalence of drinking and highlighting alcohol-related problems that are specific to young people.
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First report of the Youth Advertising Standards Advisory Group
November 2011
Alcohol Concern's youth advisory group judge whether recent alcohol advertisements follow the Advertising Standards Authority's code.
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Fuelling the problem? The sale of alcohol at petrol stations in Wales
July 2010
This briefing paper examines the issue of alcohol sales at petrol stations and makes proposals for future action.
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Full to the brim? Outlet density and alcohol-related harm
June 2012
This report by Alcohol Concern Cymru says that licensing authorities in England and Wales need more powers to better regulate the availability of alcohol in their areas.
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Future proof: can we afford the cost of drinking too much?
November 2009
This review examines levels of per capita alcohol consumption and alcohol-related mortality in the UK over the past 25 years.
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Guidance for user-led commissioning: how to involve alcohol service users in commissioning
January 2008
Service user involvement is one of the most important measures and determinants of quality in public health planning and delivery. This document will guide commissioners of alcohol treatment services in determining how best to develop service user involvement in commissioners local commissioning process.
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Health interventions for problem drinkers: integrating health promotion interventions for problem drinkers into primary health care
July 2006
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Hidden harm? Alcohol and older people in Wales
May 2011
This briefing paper highlights that although drinking tends to decline with age, this pattern may conceal serious alcohol-related problems amongst some older people.
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Investing in alcohol treatment - reducing costs and improving lives. Alcohol Concern's learning from 10 years of consultancy and training
July 2010
Alcohol misuse is a costly business. Not just for individuals and their families but also to society, through unemployment, welfare benefits, health care costs and housing support. Supporting dependent drinkers to turn their lives around makes good economic sense.
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It's only a game? Domestic abuse, sporting events and alcohol: briefing
May 2010
This briefing from Alcohol Concern Cymru examines how alcohol consumption and reports of domestic abuse increase during sporting occasions.
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Keeping it in the family: growing up with parents who misuse alcohol
April 2008
This report by Alcohol Concern and The Princess Royal Trust for Carers highlights the negative effect that parents' chronic drinking can have on children.
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Lessons learnt from alcohol harm reduction initiatives across England: HubCAPP briefing
June 2010
The Hub of Commissioned Alcohol Projects and Policies (HubCAPP) is an online resource of local alcohol initiatives. This briefing presents information from a wide range of projects listed on the HubCAPP website and highlights the learning from each project.
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Making alcohol a health priority: opportunities to curb alcohol harms and reduce rising costs
February 2011
This report highlights the rising trends of poor health and well-being linked to alcohol misuse in England and the poor state of the current public health response.
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Message on a bottle: does the public have enough information about what they are drinking?
July 2009
Alcohol Concern has been looking at how much information is available to the public about the unit content of the alcohol products they are buying.
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Mixed messages: briefing
September 2011
In this briefing paper Alcohol Concern Cymru highlights the possible dangers of mixing highly caffeinated drinks with alcohol.
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New media, new problem
August 2011
This report looks at how children and young people are at risk of being exposed to alcohol marketing and pro-drinking messages via the internet.
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Off measure: how we underestimate the amount we drink
December 2009
The Off Measure report shows that drinkers in the UK underestimate how much they drink by approximately one bottle of wine per week per drinker.
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Off the rails? Alcohol and public transport in Wales
December 2010
The consequences of alcohol misuse in Wales are to be seen in a range of health problems, and also in crime and disorder in public spaces, including on public transport.
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On the front line: alcohol and the armed forces
July 2012
Alcohol plays a major role in the social environment of the British armed forces. Whilst alcohol may provide benefits in terms of social bonding and comradeship, drinking in excess can lead to physical and mental health issues, as well as operational problems.
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One on every corner
September 2011
The relationship between off-licence density and alcohol harms in young people.
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Out of the way? Alcohol displays in supermarkets
March 2011
Research published today reveals the true extent of alcohol displays in supermarkets.
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Overexposed and overlooked
October 2011
Alcohol Concern's survey of over 2,300 children and young people reveals concern at alcohol marketing exposure and support for stronger regulation that robustly protects under-18s.
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Overexposed: alcohol marketing during the World Cup 2010
October 2010
This briefing from Alcohol Concern looks at the impact of alcohol advertising on children and the effectiveness of regulations in place to protect them.
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Peer-support briefing
March 2010
A briefing about peer-support and the need for greater options to be made available to people with an alcohol problem.
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Reducing the impact of alcohol-related harm to Londoners - how well are we doing?
June 2011
This audit, which focuses on progress on delivering to the alcohol harm reduction agenda in London since 2004, suggests a variable picture in terms of progress and its sustainability.
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Reducing underage alcohol harm in Accident and Emergency settings
April 2011
Evidence suggests that existing A&E department harm-reduction approaches lack coherency and that the most basic safeguarding measures, including referral pathways to specialist support, have not been uniformly established.
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Right time, right place: alcohol-harm reduction strategies with children and young people
October 2010
Alcohol consumption by under-18s remains a significant problem for the UK and whilst government policy has often focused on how to tackle alcohol as a public nuisance issue insufficient attention has been paid to the health problems that young people face.
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Safe.Sensible.Social. Alcohol strategy local implementation toolkit
July 2008
A resource to help local teams develop strategies to address alcohol-related crime, ill-health and other harms in line with Safe.Sensible.Social. The next steps in the National Alcohol Strategy.
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Spring 2012 report of the Youth Alcohol Advertising Council (YAAC)
May 2012
This report by the Youth Alcohol Advertising Council (YAAC) – a group of young people coordinated by Alcohol Concern that review alcohol marketing against the Advertising Codes - looks at advertisements that break the spirit if not the letter of the Codes.
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Summer 2012 report of the Youth Alcohol Advertising Council (YAAC)
September 2012
The Youth Alcohol Advertising Council (YAAC) – a group of young people coordinated by Alcohol Concern that review alcohol marketing against the Advertising Codes - looks at advertisements that break the spirit if not the letter of the Codes.
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Swept under the carpet: children affected by parental alcohol misuse
October 2010
This report by Alcohol Concern and The Children's Society highlights the significant impact on children of parental alcohol misuse.
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The price is right: protecting communities through action on alcohol sales
May 2009
This report investigates the relationship between the price of alcohol, consumption levels and alcohol-related harms.
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Unequal partners: a report into the limitations of the alcohol regulatory regime
July 2008
A detailed analysis of official data and primary research into the way alcohol is sold in England
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What's the damage? Negative health consequences of alcohol misuse in Wales
June 2010
The results of a survey by Alcohol Concern Cymru show that many people in Wales remain ill-informed about the possible effects of alcohol on their health, and about what is sensible drinking.
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White cider and street drinkers: recommendations to reduce harm
April 2011
Professionals working with homeless and dependent street drinkers have expressed concern for many years that white cider - often sold cheaper than bottled water - seems to have a particularly damaging effect on the health and behaviour of the people they work with.
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