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Nov 7 '23, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
The Less Alcohol Webinar Series sets out to start global conversations on contemporary policy issues critical to preventing and reducing alcohol use. The topics explored through the series intend to draw attention to perceived blind spots in the policy sphere.
The series was first launched in 2021 and includes four to five webinars each year. Each webinar consists of a keynote presentation summarizing the evidence and critical concepts related to the topic, followed by a dynamic and actively moderated discussion spotlighting country experiences. The series is intended for a broad audience, including people working in public health, policy-makers, researchers, civil society groups, consumer associations, the mass media, and people new to alcohol control policy, research or practice.
Youth and Alcohol: Do New Trends Demand New Solutions?
Alcohol consumption among young people (15–19-year-olds) carries significant health risks and no benefits. Alcohol use among young people may appear to have changed little over the past two decades globally. However, this trend masks substantial changes at the country and regional levels. For example, alcohol consumption among youth appears to be decreasing in North America and Europe. Still, there is greater variability in trends in WHO South-East Asia, Africa and the Western Pacific regions, including areas of increasing youth consumption.
This webinar explores trends related to youth alcohol consumption according to the latest available data. Different hypotheses for these patterns will be tested to understand their root causes in various settings, including educational environments, online (digital) settings and the home environment. Different population-level policy interventions to influence alcogenic environments will also be explored, building upon the dialogue initiated in the second edition of the Less Alcohol Webinar series on reducing exposure to alcogenic environments.
The event is co-organized by the Less Alcohol Unit of the Department of Health Promotion, the Alcohol, Drugs and Addictive Behaviours Unit and the Adolescent and Young Adult Health Unit at the World Health Organization.
Date
November 7, 2023
Time
13.00 – 14.00 CET
Concept
The World Health Organisation has organised the latest installment in its Less Alcohol Webinar Series 2023 edition on ‘Youth and alcohol: do new trends demand new solutions’.
The webinar will explore trends related to youth alcohol consumption according to the latest available data. It will test different hypotheses for differing regional patterns in an effort to understand their root causes by different key settings including educational environments, online (digital) settings and the home environment. Different population-level policy interventions to influence alcogenic environments will also be explored.
The webinar targets policymakers, government officials and civil servants, civil society, researchers, local authorities, and the public.
Register for the event
Joining this event requires prior registration. Visit the registration link here. If you have questions regarding how to attend, please contact the WHO Less Alcohol Unit for more information: lessalcohol@who.int.
Interested parties can register for the event here. Participation in this event is by invitation, and third-party requests to attend will be considered.
Program
Moderator
- Ishu Kataria, Chair, NCDs Working Group, WHO Youth Council, Senior Public Health
Researcher, RTI International and representative of Young Professionals Chronic
Disease Network (YP-CDN)
Introductory remarks
- Valentina Baltag, Adolescent and Young Adult Health, World Health Organization
Introductory presentation
- New data on youth alcohol consumption trends globally – Alexandra Fleischmann, Alcohol, Drugs, and Addictive Behaviours Unit, World Health Organisation
Exploring the influence of different settings on youth and alcohol consumption trends
- School settings and training environments – Emeka Dumbill, Ad Astra Fellow and Assistant Professor in Sociology, School of Sociology, University College Dublin, College of Social Sciences and Law, Dublin, Ireland
- Online (digital) Setting – Mansi Chopra, Mentee, Less Alcohol Scientific Research and Writing Mentorship Initiative and Senior Research Scientist HRIDAY, India
- Home environment – Leon Booth, Research Fellow, Health Promotion and Behaviour Change, Food Policy, The George Institute, Australia
- Alcogenic environment and policies – Lillian Ghandour, Associate Professor of Epidemiology, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
Questions from audience and closing
- Final remarks – Juan Tello, Head, Less Alcohol Unit, Department of Health Promotion, World Health Organisation
Upcoming webinar: Measuring alcohol policy implementation: are existing tools and methods fit for purpose?
Date
December 7, 2023
Time
13–14:00 CET