1. JOINT ACTION ON ALCOHOL WORK PACKAGE 4 (Population survey) PROGRESS IN PREPARATION
Janusz Sierosławski, Jacek Moskalewicz
Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology
Warsaw
Expert Group on Alcohol and Substance Abuse (ASA EG) NDPHS
Fifth Working Meeting
Kirkenes, March, 2013

2. PURPOSE
To strengthen capacity in alcohol survey methodology and comparative analysis of drinking patterns and associated harm across Member States
To further develop a standardised monitoring approach in order to provide basis for comparative assessment and monitoring of trends across EU Member States.

3. Work Package 4 Strand 1 Strand 2
the use of the SMART instrument as a blueprint for collecting comparable data on drinking patterns and alcohol related harm across EU Member States.
Strand 2
pooling existing data on alcohol consumption and drinking patterns 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.

4. WP 4 – Strand 1 Joint work to refine the SMART survey methodology
Conducting a population survey at the national level applying common SMART methodology (coverage: national with option – regional only; population: with option 18+, sample: probabilistic, n = 1500+)
Analysis and reporting at national level against a comparative background, as appropriate
Developing a comparative report synthesising key findings from national SMART surveys and summarising methodological experiences and implications relating to methodology
Developing policy-relevant conclusions and recommendations at the EU and national levels

5. WP 4 – Strand 2
Pooling existing data from population surveys on alcohol consumption and drinking patterns and recoding it into variables comparable to those measured in the (refined) SMART questionnaire.
Joint work to assess the comparability of the SMART methodology and some existing surveys to monitor alcohol consumption and drinking patterns at national level.
Analysis of the pooled data and developing synthesising report, including discussion on benefits of comparison and limitations of comparability.
Developing recommendations for future steps to improve comparability of survey data on alcohol across EU Member States.

6. Progress to date
Number of countries declaring participation in strand 1 (implementation of survey) – 18
Number of countries participating in strand 1 with:
Budget ready – 15
Budget in process – 3
Countries implementing survey without JA funding
Spain (Catalonia) – JA collaborating partner
Serbia – drug survey funded by EMCDDA
Russia (nord part) – ?

7. Survey partners JA budget ready JA budget in process Other sources47 1 24
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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
Survey partners
Nord Russia
JA budget ready
JA budget in process
Other sources
Survey completed

8. Analysis & national reports
2014
2015
2016
Refining SMART instrument
Implementing SMART survey
Analysis & national reports
STRAND 1
Comparative report
Pooling and recoding data
Analysis of pooled data
Synthesis & recommendations
STRAND 2
Assessing comparability SMART data/pooled data
Report on pooled data and comparison
Work meeting: recommendations
(Work meetings)
(Expert meeting)
Work package coordination

9. Planed meetings – 1st strand
Kick off meeting – Lisbon (2014)
Introduction, sharing the tasks
1st working meeting – Warsaw (2014)
Discussing methodology, preparing pilot study
2nd working meeting – Munich (2014)
Summarizing pilot results, adopting final methodology
3rd working meeting – Budapest (2015)
Summarizing implementation, preparing data processing
4th working meeting – Barcelona (2015)
discussing results, developing conclusions and recommendations
Final conference – Lisbon (2016)

10. ASA EG Involvement Support in recruitment of countries to JA WP4
Enabling Russia participation in survey exercise
Project proposal for qualitative assessment of surveys methodology and reporting in ND Region submitted to NDPHS
Separate report for ND Region
comparisons within ND Region
comparisons of ND Region with other regions

11. Issues to be discussed
The role of NDPHS in supporting of and benefiting from EU Join Action – maybe collaborating partner
How to include Russia
question of funding
definition of population (coverage)
Time schedule