Research Publications

ALAC's research publications can be found below. The search tool can be used to search the publications by date or keyword.

Cost Savings of Brief Alcohol interventions in Primary Health Care

Sapere Research Group was commissioned by ALAC to estimate the short-term health care cost savings from the use of alcohol brief interventions (BIs) in general practice and emergency departments (EDs). The study has two main components: a literature review of existing research; and the development of a model to estimate the short-term cost savings.

Cost Savings of Brief Alcohol Interventions in Primary Health Care (PDF 473 KB)

Survey of off-licence premises in North Shore/Hibiscus Coast: analysis of survey data

(August 2011)

A survey of off-licence premises in the North Shore City Council (NSCC) region and Hibiscus Coast (within Rodney District Council [RDC] boundaries) took place in 2009/2010. The survey attempted to include all off-licence premises in the area with the exclusion of supermarkets.

(PDF 3.11 MB)

Think Drink: Buying them alcohol doesn't buy them a good time - Impact evaluation

(April 2011)
Impact evaluation of the Think Drink Campaign 2009-10 which ran in Counties Manukau over a nine-month period between May 2009 and March 2010.

(PDF 172 KB)

ALAC Alcohol Monitor 2009-10

(Feb 2011)
This report updates the previous drinking behaviours reports produced for ALAC covering the 2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08 and 2008-09 periods. The 2008-09 year saw a change in ALAC’s monitoring programme, with a shift from quarterly monitors of youth12-24 years of age. and adults to a single annual survey for each of these groups.1 As was the case in 2008-09, the 2009-10 annual survey was completed between November and December 2009, although the interviewing for previous years was completed on a continuous basis throughout the years in question.

(PDF 500 KB)

Far North Co-location Project Evaluation Indicator Framework

(September 2010)
Excerpts from the draft Far North Co-location Project midpoint evaluation.

(PDF 806 KB)

An Evaluation of Moana House Residential Therapeutic Community

(August 2010)
An evaluation to assess the impact of participation in the Downie Stewart Foundation Programme, Moana House, on the functioning and changes of its residents.

(PDF 1.67 MB)

National Alcohol Accords Stocktake

(August 2010)
This report collates information from the initial Phase 1 draft report compiled by Barry MaDonald and Paul Tweed, Canterbury District Health Board - Community and Public Health.

This report makes recommendations to the Alcohol Accords Working Group (AAWG) that will inform future planning considerations for accords across New Zealand.

(PDF 332 KB)

Takataapui, Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Scoping Exercise

(March 2010)
A scoping report to help inform ALAC's consideration of its role in the reduction of alcohol-related harm in Takatâpui, Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual communities.

(PDF 595 KB)

Far North Area Alcohol Accords Final Evaluation

(March 2010)
An evaluation to describe and analyse the four Far North alcohol accords, and document why the accord initiative was set up, how the accords were established and implemented.

(PDF 1.09 MB)

Representatives from Agencies addressing Drug and Alcohol issues Regionally Report

(February 2010)
The purpose of this research is to provide ALAC and partner agencies with information to support their decisions on “RADAR” – an initiative in which Northland agencies collaborate to address issues of alcohol and other drugs in the region.

(PDF 5.73 MB)

ALAC Alcohol Monitor 2008-09

(December 2009)
This report updates the previous drinking behaviours report produced for ALAC covering the 2005-06, 2006-07, and 2007-08 periods. The 2008-09 year saw a change in ALAC's monitoring programme, with a shift from quarterly monitors of youth12-24 years of age. and adults to a single survey (conducted in November 2008) for each of these groups. Therefore, while the reports for previous years are based on amalgamated results from quarterly monitors, this 2008-09 report is based on one point-in-time measure.

(PDF 1.24 MB)

Pearls Unlimited

(November 2009)
A resource that collates the available literature and information on Pacific peoples and alcohol in New Zealand. - A concise literature review that collates and synthesises major research on Pacific peoples and alcohol in New Zealand. - A descriptive review of ALAC's Pacific work

(PDF 1.94 MB)

Le Ala Alcohol Community Interventions and Services for Pacific Peoples - Final Report

(June 2009)
This report, Searching for Pacifi c Solutions – a Community-Based Intervention Project to Minimise Harm from Alcohol Use, is the third of the suite and focuses on the ‘intervention’ (story-telling). It includes recommendations for future work and possibilities, and provides an evaluation of the intervention, which was undertaken by Dr Bev James and Dr Diane Mara (2008). The evaluation aims to give the project credibility in an ‘evidence-based’ world and documents the efficacy and effectiveness of some of its processes and procedures.

(PDF 1.34 MB)

Alcohol Community Interventions and Services for Pacific Peoples - Stocktake Report

(June 2009)
‘Le Ala’ is a community action research project led by Pacific people from a range of academic and clinical disciplines. It aims to increase Pacific peoples’ understanding of alcohol- and drug-related harm and encourage activities that reduce its likelihood.

(PDF 2.21 MB)

Evaluation of Only in the Club 2008

(May 2009)
"Only in the Club" was an initiative that used a portion of funding supplied by the Ministry of Justice to Franklin District Council for the development of an Alcohol Harm Reduction Strategy with associated actions to reduce alcohol-related harm in the Franklin District. This evaluation assesses the impacts, critical processes to achieve positive outcomes with this type of initiative.

(PDF 420 KB)

ALAC Alcohol Monitor 2007-08

(March 2009)
This report updates the drinking behaviours report produced for ALAC covering the 2005-06 and 2006-07 periods. Whereas the reports for these previous years are based on four quarterly monitors, this report is based on only three quarterly monitors (conducted in September 2007, December 2007 and March 2008) because of a change in the monitoring programme.

Where appropriate, the 2007-08 results have been compared to those for 2005-06 and 2006-07. Differences are only reported if they are statistically significantSurvey results, including comparisons between surveys, have been tested for their significance at the 95 percent confidence level, meaning that this is how confident we can be that the results are not due to chance. (at the 95 percent confidence level).

(PDF 1.71 MB)

Anamata 08 Evaluation - Executive Summary

(October 2008)
Executive Summary of the ANAMATA 08 Evaluation Report.

(PDF 245 KB)

Anamata 08 Evaluation Report

(October 2008)
Evaluation Report of ANAMATA 08. Anamata provided a platform for young people from around Aotearoa to come together and discuss alcohol issues as they see it. Discussions focussed on identifying the key alcohol issues across New Zealand for young people; brainstorming the ways in which we want our future to look; and discussing what our collaborative roles are in making this future happen.

(PDF 429 KB)

Evaluation of the Whanganui-a-Tara Courts and Health (WATCH) Project

(August 2008)
The Whanganui-a-Tara Courts and Health (WATCH) Project was implemented from October 2006 to March 2007 to reduce repeat offending and improve health outcomes for young adult18 years and over offenders with high and implicative addiction needs.

(PDF 366 KB)

Parental Attitudes and Behaviours Towards Teen Drinking

(May 2008)
This report presents the results of a quantitive survey of a nationally representative sample of parents of 12 to 17 year old.

(PDF 3.94 MB)