TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2023//
TI  - Meet us where we are: non-Indigenous young peoples' ideas on how to reduce alcohol-related harm in Mparntwe (Alice Springs)
JO  - Australian and New Zealand journal of public health
A1  - Carey, Timothy A.
A1  - Cibich, Mikaela
A1  - Carey, Margaret
A1  - Hines, Sonia
SP  - e100100
EP  - e100100
VL  - 47
IS  - 6
N2  - OBJECTIVE: This research sought to understand the strategies young people in a remote central Australian town believed would reduce alcohol-related harms amongst their peers. <br><br>METHODS: A total of 38 non-Indigenous residents of Mparntwe (Alice Springs), aged between 14 and 18 years, participated in focus groups at their school. Participants discussed strategies they thought would reduce alcohol-related harms among people their age. Data were analysed using thematic analysis. <br><br>RESULTS: Participants suggested that young peoples' drinking behaviour developed with peers. Through social learning in peer groups, drinking alcohol was perceived as fun and normal. Participants indicated a willingness to learn about strategies to stay safe around alcohol. Their ideas for doing so reflected their existing social methods of learning about alcohol: having comfortable conversations and storytelling with a small group of peers and a relatable role model. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Young residents of Mparntwe (Alice Springs) advised that alcohol-related harm reduction strategies would be most effective if focussed on safety, rather than abstinence, and applied social-learning strategies. IMPLICATIONS FOR PUBLIC HEALTH: Young people value their burgeoning self-determination. Youth health interventions must engage youth in intervention co-design and aim to assist young people to make safer decisions, rather than making decisions on their behalf.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1326-0200
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anzjph.2023.100100
ID  - ref1
ER  -