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Less drinking, less harm

In June 2022, Te Whatu Ora | Health Promotion, along with nib foundation, co-funded University of Otago, Wellington (UOW) researchers to undertake a research and advocacy project titled 'Understanding and addressing adolescent alcohol harm'.

Pasifika Alcohol Harm Sector and Community Engagement Report

In October 2022, the Alcohol team commissioned Bluespur Consulting Limited, a Pacific engagement provider, to support engagements with the Pacific alcohol sector and community in our work on alcohol harm minimisation for Pacific.

Interventions to reduce alcohol’s harms to health: A modelling study

This research project used modelling techniques to estimate the health impacts of alcohol interventions and their contribution towards health equity in the Aotearoa context. The research was conducted by a team from the University of Otago and the Northern Regional Alliance, and was funded by Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand (previously Te Hiringa Hauora).

Attitudes and behaviours on supplying alcohol to under 18s

Studies show that parental social supply is more likely to contribute to increased alcohol use, and increased risk of alcohol-related harm later in life. Despite this, New Zealand adults reported to have socially suppled alcohol to under 18-year-olds in the last year.

Social supply of alcohol to under 18s

Alcohol consumption by young people aged under 18 years (‘under 18s’) increases the risk of adverse physical and cognitive development, other alcohol-related harms, and alcohol-use disorders later in life. Social supply is the supply of alcohol to individuals under the minimum purchase age by parents, guardians, friends, or others.

The development and implementation of an enhanced digital alcohol screening...

The aim of this project was to explore whether an improved alcohol screening tool for older adults could be integrated within primary health care settings. This report describes the development and implementation of this tool, which is designed to help health professionals identify and manage older adults at risk of alcohol-related harm.

Licensing and alcohol impacts in residential neighbourhoods

This report and educational resource is about community voice in bottle store licence decisions and alcohol’s effects on neighbourhood spaces.

National Alcohol Harm Minimisation Framework

A key piece of work over the past two years for Te Hiringa Hauora has been the development of a Te Tiriti o Waitangi-aligned National Alcohol Harm Minimisation Framework. It is structured around the two pillars of policy change and culture change, with the aspiration of Aotearoa free from alcohol-related harm. Download the Alcohol Harm Minimisation Framework below.

Monitoring alcohol affordability in Aotearoa New Zealand: 2020 update

In 2019/20, 1 in 5 New Zealanders (aged 15+) drank alcohol in ways that were especially harmful to their wellbeing or the wellbeing of others. There is strong evidence that lower alcohol prices lead to higher alcohol consumption, thereby increasing the risk of alcohol-related harm.

Alcohol and mental wellbeing: An evidence summary

The relationship between alcohol and mental wellbeing is complicated. Not least because both exist on a spectrum, from the occasional glass of wine to alcohol dependence, and from low mood to severe mental distress.

Community Law Alcohol Harm Reduction Project

This evaluation relates to the Demonstration Alcohol Harm Reduction Project (AHRP) established between Te Hiringa Hauora and Community Law Centres o Aotearoa (CLCA).

Public attitudes on policy interventions to reduce alcohol harm: Results...

This is one of three reports highlighting the results from the first Alcohol Use in New Zealand Survey (AUiNZ). This report describes the attitudes of respondents to the World Health Organization’s recommended policy interventions (SAFER) to reduce alcohol harm.