Effectiveness Bank Analysis: Alcohol Harm Reduction Education Gains Credibility in UK
Submitted by Mike Ashton
- 17 January 2019
Trialled in schools in Northern Ireland and Scotland, an alcohol harm reduction curriculum for secondary schools plus a parental component led to fewer pupils drinking heavily at a single sitting. Bolstered by this study, school programmes aiming to reduce harm rather than prevent drinking per se now have a limited but relatively good research record in the UK.