1. Joint Action on Reducing Alcohol Related Harm RARHA NDPHS ASA EG Murmansk, 3-4 April 2014

2. CORE WORK PACKAGES 2 WP4 Monitoring A step towards take-up of common methodology to obtain comparable data on alcohol consumption and harm. WP5 Guidelines Explores the scientific basis and policy implications of the use of low/high-risk drinking guidelines as a public health policy measure. WP6 Too Kit Good practice interventions selected based on some evidence of effectiveness, cost estimates and transferability.

3. Background to WP4 3 SMART PROJECT An EU-funded project carried out 2008-2010 to develop a standardized comparative survey instrument on alcohol use, including unrecorded supply (purchasing), episodic heavy drinking (binge drinking), alcohol use disorders/dependence, harm from alcohol, including harm from drinking by other people, as well as public support for alcohol policy measures. http://www.alcsmart.ipin.edu.pl

4. Development of the SMART survey title of the presentation4 Review of literature Existing alcohol survey instruments collected from 22 European countries (in all 43 surveys) Development of study protocol and pilot questionnaire Pilot testing in 10 countries: interviews, qualitative assessment, focus group discussions Refining the methodology based on experiences and feedback Result: SMART questionnaire & protocol

5. SMART QUESTIONNAIRE

6. RARHA WP4 ”Monitoring” title of the presentation6 Objectives Providing a baseline for comparative assessment and monitoring of alcohol epidemiology, including drinking levels and patterns and alcohol related harms across the EU. Strengthening capacity in comparative alcohol survey methodology and increasing interest in using common methodology in the future.

7. Complementary approaches title of the presentation7 TASK 1 –Using the SMART instrument as a blueprint for a survey to collect comparable data on alcohol consumption, drinking patterns and alcohol related harm across Europe. TASK 2 –Pooling existing data on alcohol consumption, drinking patterns and related harms from surveys carried out in Member States between 2008 and 2012 and recoding the data into variables comparable to those measured in the SMART questionnaire.

8. Survey partners Albania Austria Belgium Bosnia-Herzegovina Bulgaria Belarus Croatia Cyprus Czech Rep. DK Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom Catalonia North Russia Joint Action Other funding Survey completed