Dear CHIFA colleagues.
I would like to invite you to consider the impact of alcohol on child health. How can we empower the general public, health workes and policymakers to address more effectively the suffering caused to children by alcohol?
This discussion on Alcohol Use Disorders is happening now on all our sister forums: HIFA-English, HIFA-French, HIFA-Portuguese, HIFA-Spanish.
43 messages have already been exchanged on HIFA-English: https://www.hifa.org/rss-feeds/17
Alcohol has a particular impact on child health and we invite you to consider the following questions:
1. Do people understand the health, socio-economic and environmental harms of alcohol on children? What matters to them? How can they be better informed? How to reduce stigma?
2. Do health workers have adequate knowledge to prevent and manage alcohol use disorders among parents, adolescents and children? What matters to them? How can they be better informed?
3. What is the role of the alcohol industry? What can be done to address misinformation from the alcohol industry?
4. Do public health professionals and policymakers have adequate knowledge to prevent and treat alcohol use disorders in their country? What are current national policies and what more can be done to fully implement those policies?
5. How can we define and measure alcohol use disorders?
We look forward to your comments. Personal and professional experience is especially welcome, so that we can all learn.
We are grateful to NextGenU.org for sponsoring this discussion.
For background info see: https://www.hifa.org/news/hifa-announces-deep-dive-discussion-alcohol-us...
Best wishes, Neil
HIFA profile: Neil Pakenham-Walsh is coordinator of HIFA (Healthcare Information For All), a global health community that brings all stakeholders together around the shared goal of universal access to reliable healthcare information. HIFA has 20,000 members in 180 countries, interacting in four languages and representing all parts of the global evidence ecosystem. HIFA is administered by Global Healthcare Information Network, a UK-based nonprofit in official relations with the World Health Organization. Email: neil@hifa.org
