To mark the launch of the 3-year independent evaluation of the Junior-Cycle Alcohol Education Programme (JC-AEP), we hosted our Spring 2021 Research Briefing. In 2018, we commissioned Maynooth University to undertake a 3-year independent study to examine the effectiveness, acceptability, and…
Category: Research
MU Evaluation Release
Alcohol education in schools can prevent and intervene in underage drinking Maynooth University’s 3-year longitudinal study shows positive impact for Drinkaware’s Junior Cycle Alcohol Education Programme. This significant study, for the first time, tracks 1st to 3rd year students’ experiences…
Drinkaware Winter Research Briefing: Why don’t we do what we know is good for us?
To mark Alcohol Awareness Week, we hosted our 5th research briefing session in the series with the theme Why don’t we do what we know is good for us? How can we change that? We were delighted to host two speakers – Padraig Walsh, Beahvioural Psychologist and…
Drinkaware urges healthy coping at Christmas as household tensions and home drinking on the rise
Drinkaware, the national charity working to prevent and reduce alcohol misuse in Ireland, is reporting that high levels of household tension have contributed to an increase in alcohol consumption in households during lockdown, in particular those with younger children. As…
Research Focus: How are young adults coping during the COVID-19 pandemic?
COVID-19 has radically altered our lives, and caused fundamental changes to the ways in which we interact in society. The pandemic has reordered social, economic and cultural relations, leaving us to grapple with the terms of a new normal. Within…
Research Focus: Families, Alcohol and Covid-19
Increase in household tension, managing anxiety alongside new rules, and the need to ‘cheer up’, all describe Irish households during the first Covid lockdown, as described in our research Barometer (Behaviour & Attitudes 2020) conducted in April and May of…
Research Focus: Understanding (intentional/unintentional) binge drinking at home
Pre-COVID 19 alcohol consumption in the home setting had become the ‘norm’ with 61% of all drinking occasions taking place within the home in Ireland (Drinkaware Index, 2019). In addition, high levels of binge drinking had been reported (WHO, 2018)….
HBSC STUDY 2020: KEY FINDINGS FROM NEW ‘SPOTLIGHT ON ADOLESCENT HEALTH AND WELL-BEING’ REPORT
Spotlight on Adolescent Health and Well-being, the latest findings from the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) Study were released today. This WHO collaborative cross-national study has provided information about the health, well-being, social environment and health behaviour of 11-,…
One Quarter of Irish Adults Drinking More During Covid-19, 14% Drinking 4+ Times a Week: New Drinkaware/B&A Research
Key Findings One in four say they are drinking more since Covid-19 Frequency has increased – 14% drink four or more times each week in the past 30 days Main reason for drinking is to relax and unwind – as…