The document discusses a framework for harm minimization for alcohol. It is divided into four parts. Part one discusses harms associated with alcohol and compares zero tolerance versus harm minimization approaches. Part two provides an overview of the three components of harm minimization: demand reduction, supply reduction, and harm reduction. Part three provides an example of a harm reduction strategy. Part four lists references.

1. FRAMEWORK OF
HARM MINIMISATION FOR
ALCOHOL
Dr Gargi Sinha
Edith Cowan University , Western Australia

2. Part one : harm associated with alcohol and
Zero tolerance vs harm minimisation
Part two :Overview of three component of harm minimisation
Part three: Example
Part four : reference

3. Harmful use of
alcohol
family
Domestic
violence
Neglect own
children
Spouse suffer
the most
social
Damage fabric
of communities
Crime
Violence
•drink driving
individual
World Health Organization ,2010
Global strategy to reduce the harmful use of
alcohol
National Health and Medical Research Council. (2009)

4. Zero tolerance
Harm
minimisation
versus
Two main policy options :-

5. Zero tolerance
Harm
minimisation
versus
Underpinning assumption and consequences
Perspective
• Banning alcohol will solve the problem
CONSEQUENCES
• Illegal supply of alcohol will be in the market
• No evidence of success
Perspective
• Alcohol addiction reflects social problem
• People need help rather than
punishment
(Baum, 2016)

6. Demand
reduction Supply
reduction
Harm
reduction
• Harm minimisation encompasses three equally important pillar
• an overarching strategy
What is Harm minimisation ?
Cousins, Connor, & Kypri, 2014; Wachtel & Staniford, 2010

7. Demand Reduction
Include strategies which aim to :
• Prevent the uptake/and delay the use of
alcohol
• Reduce the use of alcohol
• Support people to recover from
dependence
(Ministerial Council on Drug, 2015)

8. Harm reduction
Example for alcohol harm reduction
Drink driving intervention Sobering up shelters
Harm reduction aim to reduce
•Adverse effect on health
•Social and economic
consequences of alcohol
•Reducing harms to community
safety
http://www.aodknowledgecentre.net.au

9. Supply reduction
Aims to reduce or remove the supply of
alcohol
Restriction on sale of alcohol to minors and
restriction of alcohol consumption at public place
Pricing and taxation on alcohol

10. References
Baum, F. (2016). The new public health (4th edition. ed.). South Melbourne, Vic. :: Oxford University Press.
Cousins, K., Connor, J. L., & Kypri, K. (2014). Effects of the Campus Watch intervention on alcohol consumption and related
harm in a university population. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 143, 120-126. doi:10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2014.07.015
Ministerial Council on Drug. (2015). National alcohol strategy 2010-2015. Canberra :: Commonwealth of Australia.
National Health and Medical Research Council. (2009). Alcohol guidelines to reduce health risk from alcohol drinking.
Canberra: NHRMC Retrieved from
https://www.nhmrc.gov.au/_files_nhmrc/publications/attachments/ds10-alcohol.pdf
The Australian Indigenous Alcohol and Other Drugs Knowledge Centre Harm minimisation. Retrieved from
http://www.aodknowledgecentre.net.au/aodkc/harm-minimisation
World Health Organisation. (2014). Global status report on alcohol and health. Retrieve from
http://www.who.int/substance_abuse/publications/global_alcohol_report/en/