• About In:tuition
• Resources and lesson plans for teachers
• Factsheets for under 18s
• Research on alcohol and young people
• Other online resources for professionals
• Useful links for professionals

The following are some useful sources of information. 

World Health Organisation   

Global status report on alcohol and health (2011) : Comprehensive perspective on the global, regional and country consumption of alcohol, patterns of drinking and health consequences.

Office for National Statistics   

Alcohol-related deaths in the United Kingdom, 2000-2009 : Latest numbers and rates of alcohol-related deaths in the United Kingdom, England and Wales, and government office regions from 2000 onwards. Publishd in 2011.

General Lifestyle Survey – Smoking and drinking among adults: Information on a range of topics from people living in private households in the UK. 

NHS Information Centre

Smoking, Drinking and Drug Use among Young People in England (annual report published in July)  Survey includes information on:

• prevalence of smoking, drinking and drug taking among school children
• the number of pupils who have never smoked, drunk alcohol or taken drugs
• types alcohol and drugs taken
• how often pupils smoke, drink and take drugs
• pupils' attitudes to these behaviours
  

Statistics on Alcohol (annual report - May)  Report includes:

• drinking habits and behaviours among adults (aged 16 and over) and school children (aged 11 to 15)
• drinking-related ill health and mortality
• affordability of alcohol
• alcohol-related costs

Department of Health   

Guidance on the consumption of alcohol by children and young people. A report by the Chief Medical Officer (December 2009)  In April 2008, the Chief Medical Officer was asked by the Secretaries of State for Health and for Children, Schools and Families to prepare guidance on the consumption of alcohol by children and young people.

Alcohol Information Scotland   

Alcohol Information Scotland hompage : Wide range of information on alcohol for Scotland, includes statistics, research, publications, key policy documents and links to useful websites.

Wales Centre for Health   

A Profile of alcohol and health in Wales : profile compiled in April 2009

Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency   

NISRA hompage : Source of official statistics and social research on Northern Ireland´s population and socio-economic conditions.

North West Public Health Observatory

Local Alcohol Profiles for England  - The NWPHO has produced and published LAPE on an annual basis since 2006. The profiles contain alcohol-related indicators for every local authority (LA) and primary care trust (PCT) in England. The indicators measure the impact of alcohol on local communities.

Joseph Rowntree Foundation

Alcohol programme Research reports include:

• Pre-teens learning about alcohol: drinking and family contexts (October 2010)
• Alcohol consumption and family life (October 2010)
• The influence of family and friends on young people’s drinking (January 2011)
• Children, young people and alcohol: how they learn and how to prevent excessive use (October 2009)
• Teenage drinking cultures (February 2011)
• Young people, alcohol and influences (June 2011)

Drinkaware

Drinking repertoires and habits amongst 15-17s : Drinkaware research on the incidence and frequency of drinking amongst 15-17 year olds.

Mixing alcohol and sex put young people at risk : Drinkaware conducted a poll among 16 and 17 year olds with sexual health charity Brook to investigate young people’s experiences of alcohol and sex.

British teenagers turning to alcohol to relieve boredom : Drinkaware conducted a poll among 16 and 17 year olds to investigate the reasons young people drink alcohol.

Page last updated by

Matthew Bateman, 15 Sep 2011.

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04 Nov 2009.