How do you measure up?

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How do you measure up?

• An Alcohol Awareness Programme
• Louth Hospital Dundalk
• T Alexander, R Byrne, S Kenny

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Dundalk
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Rationale

• The Euridice project is a European workplace
  initiative examining issues related to
  dependencies
• Alcohol- the Irish perspective
• Strong Binge Drinking culture

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Drinking Patterns- European Comparison
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Alcohol related mortality and alcohol consumption
Ireland
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Objectives

• To provide clients, staff and members of the
  public with information on national safe drinking
  guidelines i.e. standard drinks
• To ascertain the baseline level of knowledge and
  awareness among the target group
• Implement a hospital based alcohol information
  campaign

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Methods

• Awareness day was held in the Louth County
  Hospital
• Information stands were manned by the
  facilitators
• Measure challenge and quiz
• Subsequent information campaign

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Evaluation
Staff-Aware Public-Aware
What is the maximum weekly standard drinks for men? 80 52
Awareness of standard drinks 70 39
Calorific values of alcohol 45 8.7
Measure challenge 31 23.9
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Next steps

• The effectiveness of the campaign will be
  evaluated in June when the awareness quiz and the
  Measure challenge will be repeated and the
  results compared with the baseline data.
• Ongoing links with the Regional Alcohol Misuse
  Prevention officer.

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