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1 ONTARIO PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION OPHA Alcohol Work Group Cathy Edwards, PHN, KFL&A Public Health Chair
2 OPHA Alcohol Work Group Created in 2002 to develop policy posieons on alcohol issues and to advocate for alcohol policies at both the provincial and local levels. The Alcohol Work Group: Strives to keep public health units informed of current alcohol issues by monitoring the social and poliecal landscape communicates acevely with stakeholders responds to requests for informaeon and provides consultaeon on Ontario government legislaeon and policy issues
3 OPHA Alcohol Work Group Durham Grey Bruce Hamilton KFL&A Middlesex- London Niagara OSawa Peel Region Simcoe Muskoka Sudbury Toronto Wellington- Dufferin- Guelph Windsor Essex York Region
4 AcEviEes 2015 Knowledge Exchange Developed resources to raise awareness of policies that have the poteneal to impact consumpeon and alcohol related harm e.g. DraZed policy summaries for use with media and key stakeholders OPHA issue series on Alcohol Availability, Alcohol AdverEsing, Alcohol Pricing
5 AcEviEes 2015 Knowledge Exchange Regular communicaeon on alcohol policy issues with OPHA membership and others working in public health in Ontario e.g. distribueon, newsleser, social media Advocacy for maintaining and strengthening exiseng alcohol policies in the province of Ontario
6 AcEviEes Advocacy VQA Wine in Farmers Markets ConsultaEon Follow up lesers to FMO, AMO, and Sustain Ontario Spring 2015 Beer Sales in Grocery Stores Provincial Alcohol Strategy
7 Provincial Alcohol Strategy Framework Who: Steering Commi;ee: In August 2013, OPHA brought together a group of provincial organizaeons in order to address the need for a provincial alcohol strategy (OPHA, OPHA Alcohol WG, CAMH, PHO, OMA, CMHA Ontario, and AMHO. Technical Working Group : responsible for providing research content and support to the Steering CommiSee (CAMH, PHO, OMA). Purpose: To develop and make the case for a provincial alcohol strategy in Ontario, and suggest a framework for the strategy.
8 Provincial Alcohol Strategy Framework Work to date: 2014 Completed an environmental scan of exiseng strategy and alcohol policy best pracece documents. Strategy documents guiding the process included: the WHO Global Alcohol Strategy (2010), the NaEonal Alcohol Strategy (2007), and the CPHA PosiEon Paper on Alcohol (2011). DraZ framework document was developed. Key stakeholder groups idenefied for consultaeon.
9 Provincial Alcohol Strategy Framework Work to date: 2015 DraZ framework document delayed; capacity issues September: Shorter brief Call for a provincial alcohol strategy for Ontario drazed and released to the media, government and key stakeholders December: Government announcement re development of an Alcohol Policy for Ontario
10 Provincial Alcohol Strategy Framework Work to date: 2016 January: worked with the MOHLTC on pulling together a face to face meeeng with OPHA, steering commisee members and other key stakeholders February: face to face meeeng held on Feb 4 th and wrisen submission sent on Feb 22 nd
11 Provincial Alcohol Policy consultaeon RecommendaEons: Raise minimum prices across the board and 2e more closely to alcohol content. Establish a moratorium on further priva2za2on of alcohol sales. Curb alcohol adver2sing and update regula2ons Evaluate expansion of alcohol sales monitor sales data by channel and study impact
12 Provincial Alcohol Policy consultaeon RecommendaEons: Create an en2ty responsible for coordina2ng and implemen2ng Ontario s alcohol strategy. Coordinate Ontario s alcohol strategy with related provincial strategies and cross- Canada ini2a2ves. Dedicate a por2on of alcohol revenue for preven2on and treatment.
13 Provincial Alcohol Policy consultaeon RecommendaEons: Develop an educa2on campaign designed to improve Ontarians awareness and understanding of the health risks and harms of alcohol both acute and chronic. Develop an educa2on campaign designed to improve Ontarians awareness and understanding of a standard drink. Study the possibility of including standard drink labels on alcohol boeles / containers.
14 Provincial Alcohol Policy consultaeon RecommendaEons: Enhance access to naltrexone and acamprosate for alcohol dependence. Improve curriculum content for health professionals around the health risks of alcohol and conduc2ng screening and brief interven2ons.
15 Provincial Alcohol Policy consultaeon RecommendaEons: MEASURING SUCCESS Establish a surveillance plan that provides baseline data on alcohol sales and consump2on. Commission a new study of alcohol- related costs, based on the one from 2002 (Rehm)
16 Canadian Injury PrevenEon Resource, Parachute, 2015
17 QuesEons How can injury preveneon stakeholders become more involved in advocaeng for populaeon level policies? Is there an area this group could work on collecevely? Ideas: Are we currently tracking alcohol- related injuries and deaths in Ontario? How easy is it to retrieve this data? What about alcohol- outlet density? (Dr. Joel Ray, St. Michael s Hospital EMS ambulance calls and AODensity)
18 Thank you! OPHA Alcohol Work Group Cathy Edwards, Chair PHN, KFL&A Public Health or x1508
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