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Estimated effect of alcohol pricing policies on health and health economic outcomes in England…

General price increases were effective for reduction of consumption, health-care costs, and health-related quality of life losses in all population subgroups {Lancet Abstract, UK]

Tags: abstractjournaluk   Date: 25 Mar 10

Alcohol: No Ordinary Commodity – a summary of the second edition

Overall, the strongest, most cost-effective strategies include taxation that increases prices, restrictions on the physical availability of alcohol, drink-driving countermeasures, brief interventions with at risk drinkers and treatment of drinkers with alcohol dependence [Addiction Abstract, UK]

Tags: abstractbookjournaluk   Date: 22 Mar 10

Evidence for the effectiveness of sterile injecting equipment provision in preventing hepatitis C…

The evidence is weaker than given credit for in the literature. The lack of evidence for effectiveness of NSP vis-à-vis biological outcomes (HCV and HIV incidence/prevalence) reflects the limitations of studies that have been undertaken to investigate these associations [Addiction Abstract, UK]

Tags: abstractjournaluk   Date: 03 Mar 10

HIV prevention, treatment, and care services for people who inject drugs: a systematic review of…

Worldwide coverage of HIV prevention, treatment, and care services in IDU populations is very low. There is an urgent need to improve coverage of these services in this at-risk population [Lancet Abstract, UK]

Tags: abstractjournaluk   Date: 03 Mar 10

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