Call for examples of early interventions

Thanks to Adrian for bringing this to my attention:
EMIE at NFER are collecting policy and planning documents relating to early intervention to make available to all authorities and help inform a project for the LGA.

Has your authority adopted an early intervention policy in some aspect of its work with children, young people and their families?
Do you have policy documents, plans,

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EMCDDA – Children’s Voices

The EMCDDA have a new paper out Children’s Voices; Experiences and perceptions of European children on drug and alcohol issues. 
They explain:
The purpose of this paper is to give meaning and insight into some of the key drug and alcohol issues that affect children from the perspectives of the children themselves. It is not to estimate the relative magnitude of a specific drug or

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Children, Young People and Alcohol Pan-London Guidance

New guidance from the GLA alcohol and young people includes a chapter on education and prevention. They say:
London boroughs are encouraged to develop education and awareness campaigns based on local issues and needs. However it is important that the key messages from the Chief Medical Officer Guidance are promoted and National information and campaigns complimented and signposted as part of

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Research in Brief

Cannabis Use and Educational Achievement: Findings from Three Australasian Cohort Studies
A paper looking at whether educational outcomes are affected by cannabis use finds that:
Pooled study estimates suggested that the early use of cannabis may contribute up to 17% of the rate of failure to obtain the educational milestones of high school completion, university enrolment and degree attainment.

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links for 2010-05-23

• EUROPEAN ALCOHOL AND HEALTH FORUM
  Minutes of the Science Group, including discussion on quality standards for youth health projects
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Who Is In Control?

The Guardian have an interesting article about a new public health campaign commissioned by the NHS in Birmingham.  The paper says that the messages are for the 16-30 year old range and come from research that found:
that while most people claim to understand the dangers of binge drinking, they resent being told that it is not acceptable behaviour. To avoid alienating the target group the

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The Coalition: our programme for government

The new government have produced their full agreement on what they want to achieve.
There are a number of references to drugs and alcohol, though as you’ll see they seem to be largely concerned with treatment and enforcement.
On drugs the document says:
We will introduce a system of temporary bans on new ‘legal highs’ while health issues are considered by independent experts. We

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Festival Survival Guide

The NHS Choices website has a guide for those going to festivals.
Talking about drugs they suggest:
Taking drugs in a new place with large crowds is risky as you could end up feeling stressed and lost. "Try not to mix drugs and drink as it will make you sick," says Dr Howes. "If you’re a regular drug user, don’t take more than you’re used to."
You can also get sick and have

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Project Management for ?Young People?s Health Day?

Via email:
The Yorkshire and Humber Regional Public Health Group are inviting organisations who have experience of working with teenagers to bid for a piece of work which is seeking to showcase positive activities in which young people in the region have been involved.
If you are interested in submitting a bid for this work, I would be grateful if you could, in the first instance, register on

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Research in Brief

Changes in alcohol consumption and beverage preference among adolescents after the introduction of the alcopops tax in Germany
As the government commits to a review of "alcohol taxation and pricing to ensure it tackles binge drinking" policy makers may want to take a look at this paper which points to what happened in Germany when they introduced an alcopops tax.
The authors found

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