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HRB publish evidence review on drug-related intimidation
by Laura Murphy
Drug-related intimidation (DRI) negatively impacts the health and wellbeing of individuals, families, communities and the functioning of local agencies who serve them. Intimidation can be explicit or implicit, involving actual, threatened or perceived threats of violence or property damage. It can leave targeted individuals feeling helpless, isolated, demoralised and fearful. The Health Research Board (HRB) recently published an evidence review, conducted on behalf of the Department of Health’s Drugs Policy Unit, to identify international best practice, community-based responses to DRI1. The review focused on intimidation carried out by those involved in the distribution of drugs, including disciplinary intimidation, used to enforce social norms within the drug distribution hierarchy, to discourage or punish informants, or as a means to reclaim drug debt, and successional intimidation, used to recruit new members or gain control over networks or territory.
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Alcohol-related morbidity in Ireland
by Deirdre Mongan
In 2016, the Health Research Board (HRB) published an overview of the situation in Ireland regarding alcohol consumption and harm and trends over time.1 This overview provided an analysis of alcohol-related discharges from 1995 to 2013 that were wholly attributable (i.e. alcohol is a necessary cause for these conditions to manifest). The data were obtained from the Hospital In-Patient Enquiry (HIPE) scheme, which collects clinical and administrative data on discharges (including deaths) from acute Irish hospitals and is managed by the Healthcare Pricing Office (HPO) in the Health Service Executive (HSE). The purpose of this article is to update this analysis for the years 2014 and 2015. A detailed description of the methods undertaken in this analysis may be found in the 2016 overview.
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