Youth drinking in decline with Dr Melissa Oldham

The Alcohol 'Problem' Podcast

In this episode we talk to Dr Melissa Oldham about why alcohol consumption appears to have fallen amongst children and young people over recent decades. Evidence shows that overall falls in UK consumption have been driven entirely by young people abstaining more frequently from alcohol, and when they do drink drinking less, and less often. However, the reasons for the these falls remain uncertain. For instance what role have changes in parenting, availability, social media and other cultural shifts affecting children and young people had, and what can we learn from this?
Dr Melissa Oldham is a Research Fellow at University College London's Tobacco and Alcohol Research Group. If you are interested in taking part in research about drinking less, please visit www.ideastrial.co.uk.

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Chapitres

1. Youth drinking in decline with Dr Melissa Oldham (00:00:00)

2. Intro (00:00:08)

3. Why declines in youth drinking? Drugs? Social media? Parenting? (00:04:04)

4. Supply and access to alcohol? (00:09:40)

5. Should parents teach 'responsible' drinking? (00:11:50)

6. Generational shifts? (00:13:17)

7. Positive sobriety (00:17:56)

8. Drinking identity and abstience vs moderation (00:20:37)

9. A future focused 'best life'? (00:24:38)

10. Mental health challenges (00:25:41)

11. Reflections on Dry January (00:27:50)

12. Where next for youth drinking trends? (00:30:24)