Adult drinking in Australian schools

Title: Adult drinking in Australian schools
Creator: Munro, Geoffrey; Buykx, Penny; Ward, Bernadette; Rae, Julie; Wiggers, John
Relation: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health Vol. 38, Issue 3, p. 205-208
Publisher Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.12178
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2014
Description: In 2011, the Australian National Council on Drugs (ANCD) suggested that the use, sale or promotion of alcohol for the purpose of fundraising by schools was not consistent with education values or ethical principles. It argued that fundraising with alcohol offended the ‘whole school approach to health’ as it normalised alcohol for school students and could lead to underage people adopting a positive attitude toward early drinking. A precedent exists: many schools have removed soft drinks and ‘non-nutritious’ foodstuffs from their canteen in order to align school practice with the school health curriculum. In particular, the ANCD objected to students playing any role in alcohol-related transactions, such as carrying offers of alcohol via school newsletters or delivering payments to the school.
Subject: alcohol; drinking; school; Australia
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1321012
Identifier: uon:24244
Identifier: ISSN:1326-0200
Language: eng
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