Alcohol Action in Rural Communities

Phase 2

Active, not recruiting

• Conditions: Alcohol-related problems in rural communities in NSW; Public Health - Other public health

• Registration Number: ACTRN12607000123448
• Lead Sponsor: The University of Newcastle

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2007-02-12
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 20

Inclusion Criteria

Communities must be in NSW; have a population size between 8,000 and 20,000

Exclusion Criteria

Communities must be more than 70km from a major urban or regional centre; experimental and control communities must be at least 100km apart; and communities must not be involved in any other community-wide intervention studies.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Reductions in alcohol-related criminal incidents[These will be measured on an ongoing basis through daily routine data collection systems and analysed and reported back to the communities at least annually during the 3 year intervention period.];Reductions in alcohol-related traffic accidents[These will be measured on an ongoing basis through daily routine data collection systems and analysed and reported back to the communities at least annually during the 3 year intervention period.];Reductions in alcohol-related emergency department presentations[These will be measured on an ongoing basis through daily routine data collection systems and analysed and reported back to the communities at least annually during the 3 year intervention period.];Reductions in alcohol-related hospital inpatient admissions. [These will be measured on an ongoing basis through daily routine data collection systems and analysed and reported back to the communities at least annually during the 3 year intervention period.]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Process measures including documented changes in health services delivery, policing, legal referral practices and education-based prevention.[These will be measured at the time the relevant intervention strategy is implemented on a pre- and post-test basis only (ie: they will not be measured on an ongoing basis in the same way that the primary outcomes will be).]