The power of parents: co-designing health communications to reduce adolescent drinking

  • Research program: Prevention and early intervention
  • Project status: Current
  • Start date: July 2024
  • Expected end date: June 2028
  • Completion date:
  • Funded by: 2023 Maternal Health and Healthy Lifestyles
  • Lead organisation: Flinders University

Alcohol is the leading cause of death and disability among young people and inadvertently, parents play a key role in this burden. Adolescents are most likely to source alcohol from their parents, and parents assume they are teaching responsible drinking, but in fact, supply increases risky drinking, early initiation and harms. Through an innovative co-design approach, we will develop communication materials that can be delivered at scale to support parents and discourage alcohol provision.

Name & Contact Details Role Research Program Location
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Professor Steve Allsop
Tel: 61 (0)8 9266 1606
s.allsop@curtin.edu.au
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Chief Investigator

Alcohol policy and strategies

Perth

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Julia Stafford
Tel:
julia.stafford@postgrad.curtin.edu.au
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Chief Investigator

Alcohol policy and strategies

Perth

  • Chief Investigator: Jacqueline Bowden, Flinders University
  • Chief Investigator: Svetlana Bogomolova, Flinders University
  • Chief Investigator: Ashlea Bartram, Flinders University
  • Chief Investigator: Jonathan Karnon, Flinders University
  • Chief Investigator: Emily Brennan, Cancer Council Victoria
  • Chief Investigator: Shahid Ullah, Flinders University
  • Chief Investigator: Rebecca Jenkinson, Australian Institute of Family Studies
  • Chief Investigator: Robin Room, La Trobe University
  • Chief Investigator: Krista Monkhouse, Hunter New England Local Health District
  • Chief Investigator: Saran Chamberlain, Flinders University
  • Chief Investigator: Emma Portolesi,
  • Chief Investigator: Chris Rissel, Flinders University

This project aligns with the following Sustainable Development Goals and Targets:

Sustainable development goal 3 icon 3.5 Strengthen the prevention and treatment of substance abuse, including narcotic drug abuse and harmful use of alcohol