Problematic alcohol consumption is a major public health, health education and health
promotion issue in Australia and internationally. In an effort to better understand young …

Young people's drinking has declined markedly in Australia over the past 15 years, and this
may be linked to changing norms and values around health. We take the view that healthism …

Background Alcohol use has strong associations with the pursuit of pleasure, yet trends in
young people's drinking have been declining in Australia for more than 15 years. Therefore …

In this article, we critically reflect on the constitution of the UK's alcohol problem in the
government's 'Safe, Social, Sensible'policy document, referring to findings from a 3-year …

In countries with liberalised alcohol policies, alcohol harm reduction strategies
predominantly focus on young adults' excessive drinking harms and risks. However …

Background Increasing rates of alcohol-related mortality and morbidity across the United
Kingdom suggest that attitudes, values and practices concerning alcohol have shifted …

Excessive alcohol consumption among young people in England regularly features in
national media and has been a focus of recent academic research and government policy …

This article contrasts two understandings of intoxication. The first, found in public health
discourse, constructs intoxication as a harm produced by risky alcohol consumption and …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of recent changes in young
people's consumption of alcohol in Britain before then charting emerging academic …

Background Youth alcohol consumption has fallen markedly over the last twenty years in
England. This paper explores the drivers of the decline from the perspectives of young …