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Alcohol: key references and evidence

References

Audit Scotland Drug and alcohol services reports

Public Health Scotland MESAS publications

Catto S, Gibbs D (2008) How much are people in Scotland really drinking? A review of data from Scotland's routine national surveys

Goddard E (2007) Estimating alcohol consumption from survey data: updated method of converting volumes to units (308Kb)

Public Health Scotland (2020) Alcohol-related Hospital Statistics Scotland 2019/20

Scottish Government (2003) The Nicholson Committee: Review of Liquor Licensing Law in Scotland

Scottish Government (2007) Plan for Action on Alcohol Problems Update, 2007

Scottish Government (2008) Costs of Alcohol Use and Misuse in Scotland

Scottish Government (2009) Scotland's Relationship with Alcohol: A Framework for Action 

Scottish Government (2018) Alcohol Framework 2018

Scottish Government (2018) Rights, respect and recovery: alcohol and drug treatment strategy

Scottish Government (2020Scottish Health Survey – telephone survey – August/September 2020: main report. Chapter 6: Alcohol

Effectiveness evidence

ScotPHO's purpose is to describe the pattern of health across the Scottish population. As a supplementary service to users, we include the following links to external sources of quality-assured evidence on effectiveness of interventions which may include relevant material for this topic. These links are provided as an aid to users. They are by no means exhaustive nor should they be necessarily viewed as authoritative.

Public Health Scotland: Reducing Health Inequalities

Centre for Reviews and Dissemination

Cochrane Library: Browse by topic

EPPI-Centre: Evidence library

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) Evidence services: Evidence search

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) Guidance: Find guidance

Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN)

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Page last updated: 29 June 2021
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