Studying life in the inner city: can research benefit the people who live there?

Article Abstract:

A project used focus groups to study the attitudes of children and adults towards life in an inner city environment in the North East of England. The joint study involved Save the Children, Newcastle-upon-Tyne City Council and Newcastle University. The aim of the project was to evaluate the perceptions of children and adults living in an area of crime and vandalism and to help them take a more active part in improving their surroundings and living conditions. Since the completion of the report, local people have created productive relationships with recreation, police and housing officials.

Social aspects, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Crime, Newcastle upon Tyne, England, Inner cities, Criminal sociology, Urban youth

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Peer education as a means of drug prevention and education among young people: an evaluation

Article Abstract:

Various people were chosen to educate people about drugs and this dissemination of information to a large sector of the community, such as parents and teachers, was effective. However, it is unclear whether giving young people information will change their behaviour. None of the young people doing the educating used drugs themselves and they were unable to pass information on to those who did. It is very important that this group is reached. More evaluation is needed to establish whether or not peer education is more useful than other methods of education.

Evaluation, Teenagers, Youth, Health promotion, Drug use, Peer counseling

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Do people understand 'units of alcohol'?

Article Abstract:

A survey of student nurses and general medical outpatients shows a wide variation in knowledge about the unit content of alcoholic drinks and the alcohol equivalences of drinks. The UK has set down consumption levels of 21 units per week or below for men and 14 for women, which is a positive development, but it will only be effective if the unit system is widely understood and used. It is possible that an easier system, in which all drinks are related to a familiar unit, such as a bottle of wine, would be better understood.

Research, Drinking of alcoholic beverages, Drinking (Alcoholic beverages)

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