SHAAP invites you to attend the launch of our new report presenting research on the meanings of lived and living experience for alcohol and drugs policy, on Tuesday 4th February at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh from 12:30 - 14:00. This is a FREE event, registration is essential.
SHAAP/SARN invite you to register for our 2020 seminar series held over lunchtime at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh:
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20th February |
Relationship to alcohol through the lifespan in a Scottish island community |
Heather Still, Drug & Alcohol Researcher, Arran Community and Voluntary Service |
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26th March |
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders / FASD: everybody’s business |
Dr Jennifer Shields, Principal Clinical Pyschologist (FAAST) & Dr Sarah Brown, Consultant Paediatrician |
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30th April |
Minimum Unit Pricing in Scotland: A qualitative study of children and young people’s own drinking and related behaviour |
Dr Briege Nugent & Ian Clark, Director of Iconic Consulting |
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21st May |
‘A couple of nights a week I might have a couple of bottles of ale’: |
Brendan Gough, Prof of Social Psychology, Leeds Beckett University |
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11th June |
Problematic substance use in later life |
Trish Hafford-Letchfield, Prof of Social Work, Strathclyde Uni |
On October 25, 2019 SHAAP released their updated publication 'Alcohol and Cancer: A Guide for Health Professionals'. The new guide has been welcomed by Scotland's Chief Medical Officer, Dr Catherine Calderwood:
"This is a fantastic resource for all health colleagues, and I encourage everyone to use it in conversations with their patients. As the Scottish Government's Alcohol Framework recognises, the link between alcohol and cancer is not sufficiently well known. Initiatives to raise awareness about cancer and alcohol are really important for our population health, and I'm delighted to support this work from SHAAP."
Read NHS Health Scotland's 2019 reports assessing different impacts of Minimum Unit Pricing for alcohol since it was introduced in Scotland last year:
- on Alcohol Sales: http://www.healthscotland.scot/media/2587/mesas-monitoring-report-2019.pdf
- on Compliance within retail sector: http://www.healthscotland.scot/publications/minimum-unit-pricing-evaluation-compliance-study
- on impacts on the alcohol industry: Read the report by Frontier Economics
SHAAP and SARN (Scottish Alcohol Research Network) held a very successful extra 'Alcohol Occasional' event on July 9th at RCP Edinburgh, featuring Dutch investigative journalist Olivier van Beemen who introduced his latest book: 'Heineken in Africa: a multinational unleashed'.
Watch an interview with the author.
Read the report
SHAAP is delighted to announce it has today become proud sponsor of the Scottish Women's Football National Performance League and very happy to be associated with positive health messages embraced by Scotland's female footballers. Read the press release
Read our brief report of the event held at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, organised by SHAAP and addressed by Monica Lennon MSP, which brought together alcohol misuse survivors, people in recovery and organisations supporting them in their journey. The summary outlines key priorities identified by the workshops held.
Read about Visibility and Voice within the Addiction Recovery Advocacy Movement and an evaluation of the 'Drink Wise, Age Well' interventions.
Read SHAAP/Eurocare's new review of international sporting bodies' alcohol marketing policies in relation to young people. The evidence shows that increased exposure to alcohol advertising leads to increased consumption among youth; sporting organisations must take more responsibilitity for preventing alcohol harms and remove alcohol marketing from sporting events.
Find the reports of all the 'Occasionals' lectures that SHAAP/SARN have run from 2013 - 2018 in our newly published booklet.
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