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WWS Aberdeenshire multi-layered preventative partnership Case study Alcohol Issues Opps and Challenges

A diagram graphically representing aspects of talking with key partners: issues, opportunities and challenges raised. The first part of the graphic lists the Opportunities and is headed “Developing effective partnership-working challenges and opportunities with the following bullet points below: • Targeting and supporting vulnerable people who are making most use of services. • Empowering staff to explore upstream opportunities in the midst of this downstream work. • Aberdeenshire Community Safety Hub, developing CPP analytical capacity to bring together diverse sources of knowledge and data – can then be ‘sense-checked’ by local communities. • Pooling budgets and seeing preventative work as part of a shared remit to be resourced. • Untapped potential of the third and community sectors and community networks to promote health education, prevention and protection – but needs resourcing and training. Below this the next section of the graphic lists the Issues and is headed “The issues around alcohol are complex” with the following bullet points below this: • Involves stigma, prejudice and stereotypes, and blame; how to reduce this stigma? • ‘Alcohol-use’ may be the presenting condition but should be seen in wider social context and the individual needs e.g. support for parents; multiple long-term conditions and ageing • Safety and alcohol: link between alcohol and violence including domestic abuse, street assault, sexual assault and rape, drink driving and public safety. The third and final section of the graphic is below and is titled Challenges with the heading “Shifting to a ‘low alcohol culture’ – avenues can include” followed by the bullet points below: • Changing drinking habits: alcohol free nights; drinking in pubs rather than at home privately. • Rewarding responsible venues e.g. ‘Best Bar None’ Awards; talking with venues and retailers. • Working with universities, student bodies and pubs to reduce student drinking and increase safety. • Community enterprises to develop alternatives: alcohol free pubs/venues; local transport • Local democracy and social inclusion: Marmot Review and Christie Commission make the case for the need to challenge inequality and poverty – relates to alcohol harm too.

Social Sciences Communications January 31, 2018
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What Works Scotland was an initiative to improve the way local areas in Scotland use evidence to make decisions about public service development and reform. It explored how public services could start to work towards the recommendations of the Christie Commission on the Future Delivery of Public Services and the Scottish Government’s priorities for reform. ...

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