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NHS Health Scotland

NHS Health Scotland

NHS Health Scotland exists to increase understanding of Scotland's public health and provides evidence, evaluations, research publications and population health information.  It supports health improvement practictioners and other organisations working in partnership to improve health in Scotland and reduce inequalities.

For general information on alcohol-related programmes of work carried out by NHS Health Scotland see link : Alcohol

Recent publications:

Developing the Workforce for Mental Health Improvement: A Strategic Approach - 2 November 2011

Delivering Alcohol Brief Interventions in the Community Justice Setting: Evaluation of a Pilot Project - 5 October 2011

Alcohol Brief Interventions (ABI) training manual - 6 September 2011

An evaluation to assess the implementation of NHS delivered Alcohol Brief Interventions - 5 September 2011

Monitoring and Evaluating Scotland's Alcohol Strategy Report and briefing paper - 31 August 2011

Monitoring and Evaluating Scotland's Alcohol Strategy. Setting the Scene: Theory of change and baseline picture - 17 March 2011

ABI National Guidance on Data Reporting 2011 - 2012 - 1 March 2011

Alcohol Brief Interventions: Learning from the Collection of H4: Heat Core Data set [PDF 530 KB] - 23 February 2011

Alcohol and Offenders Research Reports - 28 January 2011

MESAS Economic Impact Final Report - 31 December 2010

Monitoring and Evaluating Scotland's Alcohol Strategy (MESAS) - Alcohol Sales Data 2005 - 2009 - 21 July 2010

A descriptive analysis of price band data for alcohol sold through the off-trade, Scotland 2009  - 2 July 2010

Drinking in Scotland: Qualitative insights into Influences, Attitudes and Behaviours (Final Report) - 12 June 2008

Analysis of drinking diaries and self-poured drinks - Technical Report: part of the Drinking in Scotland study - 12 June 2008

Snapshots of drinking - A rapid review of drinking cultures and influencing factors: Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom and Scotland - (Extension Report) 12 June 2008

How much are people in Scotland really drinking? - 26 May 2008 

This review assesses the extent to which Scotland's routine national surveys reflect true drinking behaviour and examines how much alcohol is drunk by people in Scotland; how many are drinking more than they should; whether men drink more than women; how much young people drink; and if we are drinking more or less than we used to.  It concludes with recommendations for the improvement of Scottish survey data on alcohol consumption so that they provide a more accurate picture of Scottish drinking.