Hargreaves, SC, Ure, C, Burns, EJ, Coffey, M, Audrey, S, Ardern, K and Cook, PA (2022) A mixed methods analysis evaluating an alcohol health champion community intervention: How do newly trained champions perceive and understand their training and role? Health and Social Care in the Community. ISSN 0966-0410

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Abstract

Globally, alcohol harm is recognised as one of the greatest population risks and reducing alcohol harm is a key priority for the UK Government. The Communities in Charge of Alcohol (CICA) programme took an asset-based approach in training community members across nine areas to become alcohol health champions (AHCs); trained in how to have informal conversations about alcohol and get involved with alcohol licensing. This paper reports on the experiences of AHCs taking part in the training through the analysis of: questionnaires completed pre- and post-training (n = 93) and semi-structured interviews with a purposive sample of five AHCs who had started their role. Questionnaires explored: characteristics of AHCs, perceived importance of community action around alcohol and health, and confidence in undertaking their role. Following training AHCs felt more confident to talk about alcohol harms, give brief advice and get involved in licensing decisions. Interviews explored: AHCs’ experiences of the training, barriers and facilitators to the adoption of their role, and how they made sense of their role. Four overarching themes were identified through thematic analysis taking a framework approach: (a) perceptions of AHC training; (b) applying knowledge and skills in the AHC role; (c) barriers and facilitators to undertaking the AHC role; and (d) sustaining the AHC role. Findings highlight the challenges in establishing AHC roles can be overcome by combining the motivation of volunteers with environmental assets in a community setting: the most important personal asset being the confidence to have conversations with people about a sensitive topic, such as alcohol.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	alcohol; brief intervention; community; licensing; public health; Nursing; 1117 Public Health and Health Services; 1607 Social Work
Subjects:	R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
Divisions:	Public Health Institute
Publisher:	Wiley
SWORD Depositor:	A Symplectic
Date Deposited:	23 May 2022 12:34
Last Modified:	23 May 2022 12:34
DOI or ID number:	10.1111/hsc.13717
URI:	https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/16905

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