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Saturday, June 23, 2007

A long-term preventive project on alcohol drinking in Slovenia
Drugs: education, prevention and policy, Volume 14, Issue 2 April 2007 , pages 173 - 180





The alcohol drinking problems in Slovenia are briefly described and the process of the first part of a long-term national alcohol drinking preventive population-based project called 'Message from the bottle', which has been run by the Department of Family Medicine at the Medical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, is explained.

Its long-term aims are to reframe understanding of alcohol issues, to change the social climate on alcohol and to reduce alcohol-related harm.

Different products have been prepared: postcards, brochures, posters for different kinds of exhibitions, an animated health-promotion film, a manual for primary healthcare physicians and workshops for physicians and nurses to learn about counselling for health behaviour change.

In conclusion, future planned activities are described.

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