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Policy options paper: Preventing alcohol ‐ related family and domestic violence

Public health approach to preventing alcohol ‐ related family and domestic violence 2 Policy options paper: Preventing alcohol ‐ related family and domestic violence

Primordial prevention Creating a safer environment Preventing the emergence of predisposing social and environmental conditions that lead to harm • Reduce health and social inequalities • Reduce gender inequalities 3 Policy options paper: Preventing alcohol ‐ related family and domestic violence

Primary prevention Improving outcomes across the community Reducing the average risk of harm among the whole population • Conduct public education campaigns on alcohol ‐ related family and domestic violence and ways to prevent these harms • Reduce the physical availability of alcohol • Reduce the economic availability of alcohol • Regulate the promotion of alcohol 4 Policy options paper: Preventing alcohol ‐ related family and domestic violence

Secondary prevention Focusing on people at greater risk Early detection and intervention among people at greater risk of harm • Identify children and young people at risk of child maltreatment • Implement and fund family centred programs for people affected by alcohol and substance misuse • Reduce the prevalence of alcohol ‐ related family and domestic violence among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples • Undertake opportunistic screening with people at greatest risk of harm 5 Policy options paper: Preventing alcohol ‐ related family and domestic violence

Tertiary prevention Protecting people from further harm Preventing the recurrence of harm • Develop of a comprehensive Model of Care for alcohol ‐ related family and domestic violence • Provide adequate and ongoing funding to alcohol and other drug services and family and domestic violence services • Increase coordination between alcohol and other drug services and child protection services • Implement programs targeted at perpetrators 6 Policy options paper: Preventing alcohol ‐ related family and domestic violence

Moving towards a final policy paper for preventing alcohol ‐ related family and domestic violence 7 Policy options paper: Preventing alcohol ‐ related family and domestic violence

Thank you MR MICHAEL THORN Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education @MichaelTThorn www.fare.org.au info@fare.org.au @FAREAustralia Vimeo.com/FARE