BIOM30001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 35: Technocracy, Treaty, Coroner
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Others are effective: a list of 10 best practices , based on the international evaluation literature. Net cost of some of the strategies is negative - tax. What is politically feasible is often ineffective, what is effective is often politically difficult. Bring alcohol into the central concerns of public health. Develop the evidence base on size of problems and on what works. Advocate for effective policies/interventions to reduce rates of problems. Build provision (and funding) for evaluation into any policy change. Example 1: reducing tobacco deaths (the australian experience) Enforcement of age limits; regulations of sales outlets. 1892 cigarettes/capita in 1980; 942 in 2011. Example 2: driving down traffic casualties in victoria, australia. Lowered speed limit in residential areas; anti-speed measures 2001-2002. Deaths in 1970: 1061; in 2013: 242. Clear ph goals: reducing the harm to a minimum. Cross-sector collaboration e. g. for transport safety: transport industry safety group: coroner, road & transport industry, community and regulatory bodies.
