About Insights & Reports

Under its Statement of Purpose the Council is committed to generate and disseminate research-based evidence to inform and influence policy and practice. To implement the statement the Council has reviewed its publications' policy and decided to disseminate more widely the knowledge gained from its research and action projects. This will be done principally by:

  • publishing a series of lay summaries entitled Alcohol Insights;
  • making reports more accessible to researchers, educators and policy makers.

It is a requirement of any grant that the Grant Holder will provide a Final Report in a standard form and draft an Alcohol Insight.

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Alcohol Insights

A core part of the new AERC Alcohol Library.

Alcohol Insights are short easily digestible documents, which present reports on projects funded by the Alcohol Education and Research Council.

These documents are all in PDF Document file format, if you're not sure how to use these, please see the orange box in the side bar for further details.

A majority of these documents are shorter versions of an AERC Final Report so if you're looking for more detail visit the FInal Report section. If one of these Insights directly relates to a specific Final Report then a link will appear in the farthest right hand column. Click the link to be taken to the corresponding report.

No Title - Click to read the Alcohol Insight Date Size Related Final Report
All files are saved as PDF documents - see the box to the right for details of how to read them.
71 “They’ll Drink Bucket Loads of the Stuff” An Analysis of Internal Alcohol Industry Advertising Documents April 2010 NA Report No 60
70 The role of parents in preventing alcohol misuse:
An Evaluation of the Kids, Adults Together Programme (KAT)		 March 2010 NA Report No 59
69 A survey of general practitioners’ knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding the prevention and management of alcohol-related problems: an update of a World Health Organisation survey ten years on February 2010 NA Report No 58
68 Why do people drink at home? An exploration of the perceptions of adult home consumption practice November 2009 NA Report No 57
67 Young people, alcohol and the news: preliminary findings August 2009 NA Report No 56
66 Script representation of alcohol-related aggression
in underage drinkers.		 October 2009 NA Report No 55
65 The Orientation and Integration of Local and National Alcohol Policy in England and Wales. October 2009 NA Report No 54
64 “You don’t even wash your face,let alone anything else”. Exploring Understandings of the Relationship between Alcohol Misuse, Sexual Health Risk and General Health Outcomes among Scottish Women Offenders. February 2009 NA Report No 53
63 Reducing alcohol-related harm in the workplace. February 2009 NA Report No 52
62 Acute effects of alcohol on prospective memory. February 2009 NA Report No 51
61 Are you looking at me? October 2008 NA Report No 50
60 Why do individuals delay accessing treatment for alcohol concerns? A pilot study October 2008 NA Report No 49
59 Researching the effects of Digital Storytelling as a brief
alcohol intervention for young people delivered in non-medical settings.		 September 2008 NA Report No 48
58

Can alcohol screening and brief intervention work in a young people’s sexual health service?

 August 2008 NA Report No 47
57 Not In Front Of The Children – Child Protection And Advertising. March 2008 NA Report No 46
56 Awareness of unit content of self poured drinks by UK adults: a useful intervention tool? February 2008 NA Report No 45
55 The Representation and Reception of Meaning in Alcohol Advertising and Young People’s Drinking. February 2008 NA Report No 44
54 Implementation of the Licensing Act 2003: A national survey. January 2008 NA Report No 43
53 Preventing Alcohol and Drug Misuse in Young People: Adaptation and Testing of the Strengthening Families Programme 10-14 (SFP10-14) for use in the United Kingdom. January 2008 NA Report No 42
52 An investigation into the environmental impact of off-license premises on residential neighbourhoods. November 2007 NA Report No 41
51 The effect of alcohol advertising and marketing on drinking behaviour in young people: systematic review of published longitudinal studies. November 2007 NA Report No 40
50 UKCAPP: UK Community Alcohol Prevention Programme. October 2007 NA Report No 39
49 The normalisation of binge drinking? An historical and cross cultural investigation with implications for action. July 2007 NA Report No 37
48 A randomised comparison of two levels of an intervention to work with relatives of alcohol and drug users in primary care. July 2007 148KB Report Nos 35 & 36
47 The Influence of Alcohol on Blood Pressure. June 2007 141KB Report No 33
46 Population based latent class analysis of drinking behaviour: related psychological problems and cognitive impairment. June 2007 80KB Report No 32
45 Relationships between late night drinks marketing and alcohol related disorder. April 2007 100KB Report No 31
44 Young People’s Street Drinking Behaviour: Investigating the Influence of Marketing & Subculture. February 2008 108KB Report No 30
43 Binge Drinking and Emergency Departments. January 2007 87KB
42 An exploration of psychosocial risk factors of hazardous alcohol use in people with learning disabilities. September 2006 124KB Report No 27
41 Strategy for Implementing Screening and Brief Alcohol Interventions in Primary Health Care in England. September 2006 125KB Report No 24
40 Risk factors in bars. August 2006 101KB Report No 23
39 Implementation of the Strengthening Families Program (SFP) 10-14 in Barnsley: The Perspectives of Facilitators and Families. August 2006 106KB Report No 22
38 Development, implementation and evaluation of a pilot project to deliver interventions on alcohol issues in community pharmacies, ‘Drinking in Pharmacies’. August 2006 106KB Report No 21
37 A randomised controlled trial of brief intervention strategies in patients with alcohol related facial injury. July 2006 105KB Report No 20
36 A Multi-Agency Community-Based Intervention to Reduce Excessive Drinking in Cardiff City Centre: Findings from night time surveys. June 2006 108KB Report No 19
35 Parent-young people communication about alcohol. April 2006 149KB Report No 17
34 The effectiveness of interventions in the alcohol server setting for preventing injuries: findings from a Cochrane Systematic Review. April 2006 96KB Report No 18
33 A valid and reliable method of evaluating the delivery of manual-based psychosocial treatments for alcohol dependence and misuse. March 2006 96KB Report No 25
32 Child Risk and Parental Resistance: Can Motivational Interviewing Improve the Practice of Child and Family Social Workers in Working with Parental Alcohol Misuse? March 2006 108KB Report No 16
31 Boozeville: developing an electronic resource for alcohol education. December 2005 211KB
30 Can Warning Signs Training help maintain abstinence? December 2005 194KB
29 Alcohol Services and the needs of Black and Minority Ethnic Groups. October 2005 101KB Report No 28
28 Review of projects and initiatives that support children and families affected by alcohol misuse. September 2005 101KB
27 Are intoxicated males more aggressive or do aggressive males like a drink? September 2005 100KB
26 Feasibility study for an evaluation of a schools-based, peer-led intervention to reduce the prevalence of pupil problem drinking. September 2005 98KB Report No 13
25 Alcohol and Breast Cancer July 2005 197KB
24 Prevalence of Alcohol Use Disorders in Deaf psychiatric patients. July 2005 87KB Report No 10
23 Alcohol related brain damage: knowledge and attitudes of frontline care staff. July 2005 86KB Report No 11
22 An evaluation of an action planning intervention to reduce the incidence of high-risk single session alcohol consumption in high risk drinkers. December 2004 85KB Report No 8
21 The effects of hangover on performance. December 2004 152KB Report No 5
20 Referral for alcohol misuse in an emergency department: Results of a randomised trial. December 2004 95KB Report No 15
19 Negotiating Alcohol Problems in Primary Care Consultation: Power, Evidence and Practice. December 2004 107KB Report No 6
18 Down Your Drink: an online Treatment Plan for Problem Drinkers. March 2003 46KB
17 Primary Prevention for Alcohol Misuse in Young People. March 2003 39KB
16 Alcohol Education Materials for Secondary Schools. March 2003 43KB
15 'Optimal' Levels of Alcohol Consumption for People at Different Ages. October 2002 46KB Report No 4
14 Gender and Alcohol: The UK Part of GENACIS, an International Study . October 2002 43KB
13 The Effects of Alcohol Consumption in People with Diabetes Mellitus. October 2002 38KB
12 A randomised controlled trial of training and support strategies to encourage screening and brief alcohol intervention. October 2001 29KB
11 The 1999 European School Survey Project on Alcohol & other Drugs (ESPAD). October 2001 31KB
10 Gender differences in alcohol consumption and problems with alcohol. October 2001 23KB
9 Improving methods of estimating alcohol consumption. October 2001 24KB
8 Maternal alcohol consumption and the behaviour of the foetus October 2001 24KB
7 Drinking habits of 16 year olds: Secondary analysis of the 1970 British Cohort Study. October 2001 30KB
Press Release: Summary of Insights 7-12. 22KB
6 The effect of alcohol on surgical dexterity. February 2000 39KB
5 Fast screening for alcohol problems. February 2000 38KB Report No 7
4 Aiming for moderation rather than total abstinence. February 2000 40KB Report No 1
3 Reducing alcohol consumption in young men with alcohol-related facial injuries. February 2000 38KB
2 Controlling supply: the concept of need in liquor licensing. February 2000 39KB
1 Alcohol sales to underage adolescents. February 2000 48KB

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