Miller Peter G, Ferris Jason, Coomber Kerri, Zahnow Renee, Carah Nicholas, Jiang Heng, Kypri Kypros, Chikritzhs Tanya, Clough Alan, Livingston Michael, de Andrade Dominique, Room Robin, Callinan Sarah, Curtis Ashlee, Mayshak Richelle, Droste Nicolas, Lloyd Belinda, Matthews Sharon, Taylor Nicholas, Crane Meredythe, Thorn Michael, Najman Jake
School of Psychology, Deakin University, Waterfront Campus, Geelong, VIC, 3220, Australia.
Institute for Social Science Research, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
BMC Public Health. 2017 Oct 5;17(1):789. doi: 10.1186/s12889-017-4811-9.
Alcohol-related harm is a substantial burden on the community in Australia and internationally, particularly harm related to risky drinking practices of young people in the night-time economy. This protocol paper describes a study that will report on the changes in a wide range of health and justice outcome measures associated with major policy changes in the state of Queensland, Australia. A key element includes trading hours restrictions for licensed premises to 2 am for the state and 3 am in Safe Night Precincts (SNPs). Other measures introduced include drinks restrictions after midnight, increased patron banning measures for repeat offenders, mandatory ID scanning of patrons in late-night venues, and education campaigns.
The primary aim of the study is to evaluate change in the levels of harm due to these policy changes using administrative data (e.g., police, hospital, ambulance, and court data). Other study elements will investigate the impact of the Policy by measuring foot traffic volume in SNPs, using ID scanner data to quantify the volume of people entering venues and measure the effectiveness of banning notices, using patron interviews to quantify the levels of pre-drinking, intoxication and illicit drug use within night-time economy districts, and to explore the impacts of the Policy on business and live music, and costs to the community.
The information gathered through this project aims to evaluate the effectiveness of the Policy and to draw on these findings to inform future prevention and enforcement approaches by policy makers, police, and venue staff.
酒精相关危害给澳大利亚乃至国际社会带来了沉重负担，尤其是与夜间经济中年轻人危险饮酒行为相关的危害。本方案文件描述了一项研究，该研究将报告与澳大利亚昆士兰州重大政策变化相关的一系列健康和司法结果指标的变化情况。一个关键要素包括将该州有执照场所的营业时间限制在凌晨2点，在安全夜区（SNPs）限制在凌晨3点。引入的其他措施包括午夜后限制饮酒、对屡犯者加强禁止进入场所的措施、在深夜场所对顾客进行强制性身份扫描以及开展教育活动。
该研究的主要目的是利用行政数据（如警方、医院、救护车和法庭数据）评估这些政策变化导致的危害程度变化。其他研究内容将通过测量安全夜区的人流量来调查该政策的影响，利用身份扫描数据量化进入场所的人数并衡量禁止通知的有效性，通过对顾客进行访谈来量化夜间经济区的预饮酒、醉酒和非法药物使用水平，并探讨该政策对商业和现场音乐的影响以及对社区的成本。
通过该项目收集的信息旨在评估该政策的有效性，并利用这些研究结果为政策制定者、警方和场所工作人员未来的预防和执法方法提供参考。
