@alextorney.bsky.social
PhD researcher at the Centre for Alcohol Policy Research. Interested in alcohol price, taxation, and related public health policy.
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New report examining whether differences in parent cohort explain the decline in adolescent drinking. Spoilers, they don't! doi.org/10.1111/dar.... Many thanks to my co-authors @sarahcallinan.bsky.social @amypennay.bsky.social @alextorney.bsky.social @birdmichael.bsky.social
Does parental cohort increase the likelihood of underage alcohol consumption in Australia?
Introduction Adolescent alcohol consumption has declined in many high-income countries, with some evidence pointing toward shifts in parenting practices as a key driver. Parenting styles related to ...
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March 10, 2025 at 8:41 PM
New report examining whether differences in parent cohort explain the decline in adolescent drinking. Spoilers, they don't! doi.org/10.1111/dar.... Many thanks to my co-authors @sarahcallinan.bsky.social @amypennay.bsky.social @alextorney.bsky.social @birdmichael.bsky.social
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Congratulations @meganpcook.bsky.social and team for the massive systematic review of 1,267 studies that focused on single gender alcohol studies. They found that the majority of single gender studies focused on women's alcohol use.
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Examining gender in alcohol research: A systematic review of gender differences in how men and women are studied in alcohol research
This systematic review examined differences in the way women and men have been studied in alcohol research over the past decade. In particular, it exp…
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March 6, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Congratulations @meganpcook.bsky.social and team for the massive systematic review of 1,267 studies that focused on single gender alcohol studies. They found that the majority of single gender studies focused on women's alcohol use.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Really looking forward to sharing findings from our systematic review of over 1,200 studies and to discuss differences in how men and women have been studied in alcohol research over the past decade.
Our first seminar for 2025 will be at 4pm on February 21st with @meganpcook.bsky.social. Megan will be presenting her work on differences in how men and women are studied in alcohol research.
See details below and join us in-person if you can!
vicsubstanceuseresearchforum.wordpress.com
See details below and join us in-person if you can!
vicsubstanceuseresearchforum.wordpress.com
Victorian Substance Use Research Forum
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January 31, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Really looking forward to sharing findings from our systematic review of over 1,200 studies and to discuss differences in how men and women have been studied in alcohol research over the past decade.
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In our new study (£0) we find that the use of dehumanising ‘zombie’ framing, frequently used in news reporting on drugs, leads to higher public stigma towards people who use drugs www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
'Zombie drugs': Dehumanising news frames and public stigma towards people who use drugs
News media is an important determinant of public understanding of drug policy topics. Recent media reporting around the use of synthetic drugs such as…
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January 18, 2025 at 9:40 AM
In our new study (£0) we find that the use of dehumanising ‘zombie’ framing, frequently used in news reporting on drugs, leads to higher public stigma towards people who use drugs www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...