Table 1 Summary of recommendations related to education and information
From: Improving alcohol health literacy and reducing alcohol consumption: recommendations for Germany
# | Recommendation | Age of target population | Who will benefit the most from this measure? | Impact on antecendents, attributes or consequences of AHL (see [13]) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Implement effective alcohol prevention programs in schools | Adolescents (12–17 years) | While everyone can participate, prevention programs are most effective for students abstaining or with low-risk alcohol use and less effective for those with established risky use | Antecedents (social and intervention level) Attributes (knowledge & understanding, skills, critical thinking) Consequences (reduced (risky) consumption, reduced under age consumption, improved health) |
2 | Provide easily-accessible information about alcohol use | In theory everyone but in practice mostly adolescents and young adults | Greater reach for people with higher education; mostly for persons abstaining or with low-risk alcohol use | Antecedents (system and social level) Attributes (knowledge & understanding; critical thinking) |
3 | Provide information material in simple language as well as in other languages than German, including but not limited to the internet | Total population | Persons with lower education and migration background; mostly for persons abstaining or with low-risk alcohol use | Antecedents (system and social level) Attributes (knowledge & understanding; critical thinking) |
4 | Health labels on containers of alcoholic beverages | No restrictions | No restrictions | Antecedents (system level) Attributes (knowledge & understanding, critical thinking) Consequences (reduced alcohol consumption) |