Evaluation and monitoring of action on alcohol: targets, indicators and monitoring and reporting systems for action on alcohol
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World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe
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iii, 89 p.
Alcohol arouses increasing concern in the World Health Organization (WHO) European Region, owing to the large scale of production and trade, and the high costs of consumption to health and society. Because many of the problems related to alcohol use can be prevented, the WHO European Alcohol Action Plan promotes comprehensive policies to reduce harmful consumption in all countries of the Region. This booklet contributes to the monitoring and evaluation needed to make such policies effective. It is the first of nine in a series to support the Action Plan. One of the first priorities of work under the Plan is to set targets, choose indicators and create systems to monitor and evaluate action on alcohol at the international, national and local levels. The booklet proposes targets and indicators – and indicates sources of useful data – for just this task. It thus provides both a useful “menu” from which authorities at all levels can choose and a basis for valuable international comparisons. This booklet offers useful and valuable reading for anyone interested in health promotion, substance abuse and particularly responses to the harm caused by alcohol use. It makes an important contribution to the success of the European Alcohol Action Plan and thus to progress towards health for all.
Alcohol arouses increasing concern in the World Health Organization (WHO) European Region, owing to the large scale of production and trade, and the high costs of consumption to health and society. Because many of the problems related to alcohol use can be prevented, the WHO European Alcohol Action Plan promotes comprehensive policies to reduce harmful consumption in all countries of the Region. This booklet contributes to the monitoring and evaluation needed to make such policies effective. It is the first of nine in a series to support the Action Plan. One of the first priorities of work under the Plan is to set targets, choose indicators and create systems to monitor and evaluate action on alcohol at the international, national and local levels. The booklet proposes targets and indicators – and indicates sources of useful data – for just this task. It thus provides both a useful “menu” from which authorities at all levels can choose and a basis for valuable international comparisons. This booklet offers useful and valuable reading for anyone interested in health promotion, substance abuse and particularly responses to the harm caused by alcohol use. It makes an important contribution to the success of the European Alcohol Action Plan and thus to progress towards health for all.