1. Clinical Unit of Health Promotion WHO Collaborating Centre for Evidence-Based Health Promotion in Hospitals Maintaining an Alcohol Policy Vibeke Thygesen, MD Bispebjerg University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark

2. Clinical Unit of Health Promotion WHO Collaborating Centre for Evidence-Based Health Promotion in Hospitals The survey Purpose To evaluate the effect of implementing a policy for a alcohol-free hospital for staff- members Material and Methods Anonymised questionnaire sent to 3,606 staff-members

3. Clinical Unit of Health Promotion WHO Collaborating Centre for Evidence-Based Health Promotion in Hospitals Response rate 75% Administrative staff73% Physicians71% Nurses79% Social-/health ass. and ass. nurses63% Physical and occup. therapists74% Non-health care workers61% Questionnaire sent to 3,606 127 excluded 700 drop-outs 156 returned blank 2,623 returned

4. Clinical Unit of Health Promotion WHO Collaborating Centre for Evidence-Based Health Promotion in Hospitals Alcohol intake - rate exceeding Danish recommendation %

5. Clinical Unit of Health Promotion WHO Collaborating Centre for Evidence-Based Health Promotion in Hospitals Do you know the policy? 83% of staff-members knew of the hospitals alcohol policy Only 35% (one third) knew, who their alcohol key person was

6. Clinical Unit of Health Promotion WHO Collaborating Centre for Evidence-Based Health Promotion in Hospitals Do you want to changes drinking habits? 5% of all staff-members wanted to change their drinking habits 74% wanted help if they had a alcohol problem

7. Clinical Unit of Health Promotion WHO Collaborating Centre for Evidence-Based Health Promotion in Hospitals How can the hospital help staff-members? Reducing stress Early intervention Leaders adhere to the policy Offering treatment

8. Clinical Unit of Health Promotion WHO Collaborating Centre for Evidence-Based Health Promotion in Hospitals Health promotion policy Proposals and idears from staff-members Strategy for improvement More information and dialogue

9. Clinical Unit of Health Promotion WHO Collaborating Centre for Evidence-Based Health Promotion in Hospitals What do we do? Educate alcohol key persons Dialouge based meetings for alcohol key persons More information to staff-members as –by Intra-net –by booklets Supervise leaders and key persons Offer treatment in local Alcohol-unit

10. Clinical Unit of Health Promotion WHO Collaborating Centre for Evidence-Based Health Promotion in Hospitals Conclusion From survey Staff-members consume less alcohol than the Danish population 85% knew the policy - only 35% knew their alcohol key person Proposals from the staff-members have been discovered Intervention More information: Quantity and quality A number of activities should be carried out empowering alcohol key persons and staff- members

11. Clinical Unit of Health Promotion WHO Collaborating Centre for Evidence-Based Health Promotion in Hospitals Maintaining an alcohol policy is still a challenge – a never-ending story Thank You