I-CAAN. People powered change. The Irish Community Action on Alcohol Network. Unlocking the power and potential of communities to reduce alcohol harm.
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Pleased to be part of the @HSELive event on alcohol research in Dublin today. Building on this excellent @hrbireland report. hrb.ie/press-releases/new-hr…
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These are the conversations that need to be had re commercial determinants of health, their effects, and what we can do to address this @HsehealthW @AlcoholForum @ICAANnetwork @aislingsheehan
Inspiring afternoon 'Hey Corporations: leave those kids alone" looking at impact of & action to counteract corporations 'grooming' of young people re alcohol, vaping, unhealthy foods etc. @ICAANnetwork @AlcoholForum @HW_DSKWW
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“There is an inherent conflict of interest between the motives of the alcohol industry and our health and well-being”
Orla Fagan of @ICAANnetwork opening @AlcoholForum event on corporations’ influence on health
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Getting out of our silos and coming together from different sectors to talk about how big business is damaging our health - across tobacco, alcohol, food, vaping. Hey Corporations: Leave Our Kids Alone - felt like a coming together @ICAANnetwork @DrGPhilosomon @BallymunLDATF
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Really looking forward to having the support, guidance and expertise of James on our Board. His interest in commercial determinants aligns very closely with some of the work we have been doing through the i-Mark.
Delighted to be hosting this event....join us. The tide of resistance is rising
Brilliant event on the way, early summer, what's not to love? Speakers will include May VanSchakwyk and @petticrewmark. exploring impact of corporate strategies across alcohol, gambling, tobacco, vaping and ultra processed food industries on young people.
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Grass roots activism on the commercial determinants of health continues! Delighted to announce this youth focused event which will explore the impact of corporate strategies across alcohol, gambling, tobacco, vaping and ultra processed food industries on young people.
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Scotland: New eNews from @AlcoholFocus - bit.ly/3xh5Syi Kudos to Scottish Parliament voting to continue and increase MUP: "You have chosen to stand up for peoples’ right to health despite the best efforts of Big Alcohol once again to derail this policy" @AlisonDouglas
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The common enemy of public health and pubs: cheap alcohol in the off-trade.
By tackling cheap supermarket alcohol, we can support pubs AND reduce alcohol consumption.
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It could be legislated for in the Gambling Regulation Act for the Gambling Regulator to be the sole provider of State-based problem gambling education programmmes like in schools and family resources centres. Problem solved @JamesBrowneTD?
@AlcoholForum @ExternProbGam
I spoke to Paula Leonard CEO of the @AlcoholForum today on Near FM about her and other's advocacy for Irish schools and family resource centres to have no formal ties with the gambling industry body the Gambling Awareness Trust / Gambling Care:
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Well done to Paula Leonard for all her work in this area. I read some disturbing issues in a Belgium newspaper yesterday. Very disturbing. We can no longer ignore the issues facing teenagers of today @ICAANnetwork
Great to see further coverage of our campaign Teenage discos ‘need tighter regulations’ in interest of child welfare, says alcohol action group independent.ie/irish-news/te…
Great to have ICAAN, I-Mark, SAFER and our community action on alcohol work included in this podcast!! Have a listen
This week on #TalkingHealthandWellbeing #podcast, CEO of Alcohol Forum Ireland joins us to discuss the wide range of services and supports Alcohol Forum Ireland are providing, from community action on alcohol to family support and rehabilitation services: bit.ly/3Uk7uiB
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Good article on the pioneering work of @ICAANnetwork. Comment from @maizie333 @petticrewmark @InstAlcStud @RichardCPiper and others..
#BMJInvestigation Public health experts are calling for a ban on alcohol industry funded education programmes in UK universities and schools, which they say normalise drinking and downplay the long term health risks of #alcohol
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The Scottish government said in September it will not work with the alcohol industry on school education. Instead substance use education would come through "Curriculum for Excellence". A: @JennyGilruth Q: @clairebakermsp h/t @SHAAPAlcohol
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The ICAAN campaign against alcohol industry sponsored alcohol education to was highlighted last week in an Association of Directors of Public Health report. @ADPHUK
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"The Irish Community Action on Alcohol has produced i-Mark, an excellent toolkit and set of guiding principles for supporting organisational independence from the alcohol industry," says a new UK local government toolkit. @ADPHUK @ICAANnetwork
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really proud to see our I-Mark, ICANN &,@AlcoholForum campaign covered by the BMJ. The power of community activism his still sometimes overlooked by public health advocates ....
"Universities and schools are being urged to join a growing movement in Ireland and the UK that seeks to drive out the alcohol industry from any influence on public health advice on drinking." @InstAlcStud @AlcoholChangeUK @ICAANnetwork
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#BMJInvestigation Public health experts are calling for a ban on alcohol industry funded education programmes in UK universities and schools, which they say normalise drinking and downplay the long term health risks of #alcohol
bmj.com/content/385/bmj.q851…