1. Alcohol and workplace
Edina Gábor
Association for Healthier
Workplaces
The 8th Global Conference on
Health Promotion 2013

2. Alcohol and workplace
Some point of interest
• 60% of the problem drinker have a
job, working on a workplace.
• The workplace is one of the best
setting to involve adults into
healthpromotion.
• The setting approach is the most
sustianable way of the
healthpromotion.

3. Alcohol and workplace
• Two examples, how Work and
Health (Alcohol and Workplace)
are included in other policies, in
Lifelong Learning Programme and
in Occupational Safety and Health
Programme.

4. Alcohol and Workplaces in
Lifelong Learning Policy
• MEPMIS: Maximising employee
performance, by minimising the impact
of substances in the workplace

5. Alcohol and Workplaces in
Lifelong Learning Policy
• The MEPMIS Project developed a
training resource (web based, & face to
face) for trainers and managers in small
and medium sized enterprises (SMEs)
that equip them with the appropriate
skills and sufficient knowledge and
understanding to enable them to deal
both proactively and reactively with the
issue of alcohol and substances and
their impact on work/employment.

6. Module titles
1. General introduction
2. The best corporate approach
3. Legal principles
4. Managerial knowledge, skills
and competencies
5. To test or not to test
6. The problem
7. Putting theory into practice

7. Alcohol and Workplaces in
Lifelong Learning Policy
• The web based training is (freely)
available at
http://www.alcoholdrugsandwork.eu/,
in English, Dutch, Italian, Polish and
Hungarian.
• The MEPMIS project was funded by the
LEONARDO DA VINCI Programme, which
is a part of the European Commission's
Lifelong Learning Programme.

8. Website:
http://www.alcoholdrugsandwork.eu/

9. Partners are also SME’s
• Partners with the lead of John Griffits

10. Alcohol and Workplace in
Occupational Health And
Safety Policy
• The European Agency for Safety and Health at
Work (EU-OSHA) also contribute to the prevention
efforts by OSHwiki, which represents an innovative
channel to disseminate the latest knowledge on
Occupational Safety and Health (OSH). The
OSHwiki aims to provide authoritative, in-depth,
multilingual and easily updated information on
OSH, through a collaborative tool that allows the
active participation of the OSH community.
Alcohol at workplace will be included in it.

11. Website:
http://oshwiki.syslab.com/de/skins/osha/OshWiki.html

12. Health for all through
health for all policies
• With MEPMIS project we (health
sector) contribute to the lifelong
learning and economy
improvement
• With OSHwikipedia we
contribute to the safety and the
economy

13. • May be in this way health for
all policy we can be more
effective………….
• Lets think on it!

14. Thank you
for your kind attention!
edina.gabor@healthpromotion.hu