This article was published as part of a special issue in the International Journal of Alcohol and Drug Research on “Alcohol Prevention Research and Policy Development in Low- and Middle-Income Countries.” FORUT and Movendi supported the publication of articles by authors from low- and middle-income countries.
In this article, Jalloh and colleagues investigated the capacity and priorities of the non-government organizations (NGOs) and community-based organizations (CBOs) from Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Gambia, Liberia, Ghana, Senegal, Burkina Faso, Benin and Guinea Bissau, belonging to the West Africa Alcohol Policy Alliance. Through the West African Alcohol Policy Alliance Capacity Assessment Survey, they found that most of the NGOs and CBOs in the alliance were mainly engaged in community outreach, health promotion, and alcohol education for alcohol prevention. The study also found that the NGOs and CBOs were most concerned about alcohol-related violence, traffic accidents and injuries but less aware of alcohol-related breast cancer, other cancers and birth defects. Given the above, Jalloh and colleagues recommended that the NGOs and CBOs not only need to adopt local evidence-based strategies but also need additional capacity and information to use outreach and engagement on alcohol-related harm across the nine countries in West Africa.
Authors: boi-Jeneh Jalloh, Franklin Umenze, Monica H. Swahn, Issah Bangura and Alhassan Jalloh
Publisher: International Journal of Alcohol and Drug Research
Recommended citation: Jalloh, boi-J., Umenze, F., Swahn, M. H., Bangura, I., & Jalloh, A. (2024). Community awareness and engagement to prevent alcohol related harm: Stakeholder priorities in West Africa. International Journal of Alcohol and Drug Research, 12(S2), S86–S90.
Read the full article here: https://doi.org/10.7895/ijadr.459.