Alcohol Policies in EU Member States and Norway


Book Description

Colección de informes sobre las políticas relacionadas con el alcohol en diversos países europeos: impuestos, restricciones al consumo según la edad y durante determinadas actividades, regulación de la publicidad de bebidas alcohólicas, etc.




Health at a Glance: Europe 2020 State of Health in the EU Cycle


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The 2020 edition of Health at a Glance: Europe focuses on the impact of the COVID‐19 crisis. Chapter 1 provides an initial assessment of the resilience of European health systems to the COVID-19 pandemic and their ability to contain and respond to the worst pandemic in the past century.




Health Policy and European Union Enlargement


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While there may be consensus on the broader issues of the core objectives of the health care system, expectations differ between EU countries, and European national policy-makers. This book seeks firstly to assess the impact of the enlargement process and then to analyse the challenges that lie ahead in the field of health and health policy.




Health at a Glance: Europe 2018 State of Health in the EU Cycle


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Health at a Glance: Europe 2018 presents comparative analyses of the health status of EU citizens and the performance of the health systems of the 28 EU Member States, 5 candidate countries and 3 EFTA countries.




Alcohol in the European Union


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At head of title: World Health Organization, regional office for Europe.




A Frog in the Fjord


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An insightful and humorous account of the author's first year in Norway as a foreigner. From Easter to summer holidays and Christmas, it dives deeply into Norwegian culture, language and people.




Global Status Report on Alcohol and Health 2018


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The report provides an overview of alcohol consumption and harms in relation to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (Chapter 1) presents global strategies action plans and monitoring frameworks (Chapter 2) gives detailed information on: the consumption of alcohol in populations (Chapter 3); the health consequences of alcohol consumption (Chapter 4); and policy responses at national level (Chapter 5). In its final chapter 6 the imperative for reducing harmful use of alcohol in a public health perspective is presented. In addition the report contains country profiles for WHO Member States and appendices with statistical annexes a description of the data sources and methods used to produce the estimates and references.




Alcohol: No Ordinary Commodity


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From a public health perspective, alcohol is a major contributor to morbidity and mortality, and impacts on many aspects of social life. This text describes advances in alcohol research with direct relevance to the development of effective policies at local, national and international level.




European Prison Rules


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This publication examines the rules in force in Europe governing prisons and the treatment of prisoners, including the use of force, the selection of prison staff and the protection of prisoners' human rights, based on Recommendation Rec (2006) 2 on the European Prison Rules (which was adopted by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe in January 2006). It contains the text of the recommendation with a detailed commentary on it, together with a report which considers recent developments and analyses the effectiveness of these rules and of imprisonment as a form of punishment.




The Effects of Nordic Alcohol Policies


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This book is concerned with studies in the last half of the 20th century in five Nordic countries - Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden - of the impact of alcohol policies.