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“Background: Scotland’s Alcohol Strategy
In a bid to reduce alcohol related harm and improve the health and well-being of the Scottish population, the Scottish Government is taking forward Scotland’s alcohol strategy. Scotland’s alcohol strategy is a whole population approach incorporating both legislative and policy measures to shift changes in alcohol related behaviours. The strategy comprises the Framework for Action, Licensing (Scotland) Act (2005), Alcohol etc (Scotland) Act (2010) and most recently the Alcohol Minimum Pricing (Scotland) Act 2012 (still to be implemented). Further information on alcohol related policy is Scotland is available on the NHS Health Scotland Alcohol webpages.
Monitoring and Evaluating Scotland’s Alcohol Strategy (MESAS)
The
Scottish Government has tasked NHS Health Scotland with the
responsibility of evaluating Scotland’s alcohol strategy (including
Minimum Unit Pricing (MUP), if implemented) through the Monitoring
and Evaluating Scotland’s Alcohol Strategy (MESAS) programme of
work. The key evaluation questions outlined for the whole MESAS
programme of work are:
- How and to what extent has implementing the package of measures (taken together and/or individually) contained in the Scottish alcohol strategy contributed to reducing alcohol-related harms?
- Are some (people and businesses) affected (positively and negatively) more than others?
- How might the strategy be implemented differently to improve effectiveness?
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‘Theory of Change’ approach has been adopted to address the
evaluation questions presented above. The Theory of Change assumes
that alcohol related harms will reduce if alcohol consumption goes
down. Further information on the Theory of Change and the evaluation
plan is available in the first annual MESAS (baseline) report.
The
evaluation comprises of a portfolio of seven studies. The studies started at the beginning of 2010
and will run through to 2015, with the monitoring of routine data
continuing beyond. Further information on the study portfolio can be
found in the MESAS Briefing Paper (December 2009). Additionally the evaluation of
the impact of MUP, if implemented, will be developed and interpreted
within the framework of the MESAS programme of work. The evaluation
plan for MUP is currently being devised.”
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