Prof Charles Parry presentation:Understanding the Link Between Violence and Alcohol Consumption

 
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Phuza Wize Meadowlands – Speakers’ backgrounds

Dr Neo Morojele is the Deputy Director of the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Research Unit of the Medical Research Council. She has experience in conducting substance abuse research in treatment, health, school, bar and community settings. She is currently involved in studies on alcohol and other drug use and HIV-related sexual risk behaviour. She also conducts research on adolescent substance [...]

Phuza Wize round table: 3 March at Sedibeng in Meadowlands, Gauteng

09:45-10:00
(15 mins)

REGISTRATION & TEA

10:00-10:15
(15 mins)

WELCOME
Birgit Schwarz (project director, frayintermedia)

10:15-10:30
(15 mins)

KEYNOTE ADDRESS:
Phuza Wize: Why the need for this campaign?
Speaker: Dr Sue Goldstein (senior executive, Soul City Institute)

10:30-11:30
(1 hour)

SEMINAR 1:
Understanding the Link Between Violence and Alcohol Consumption
Expert: Dr Neo Morojele (deputy director, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council)
Facilitator: [...]

Phuza Wize round table: 1 March at the Rainbow in Pinetown KZN

09:30-10:00
(30 mins)

REGISTRATION & TEA

10:00-10:15
(15 mins)

WELCOME
Michael Schmidt (managing director , frayintermedia)

10:15-10:30
(15 mins)

KEYNOTE ADDRESS:
Phuza Wize: Why the need for this campaign?
Speaker: Dr Sue Goldstein (Soul City Alcohol Reduction and Violence Prevention Campaign Manager)

10:30-11:30
(1 hour)

SEMINAR 1: Understanding the Link Between Violence and Alcohol Consumption
Experts: Prof Charles Parry (director, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Research Unit, South African [...]

Are we a nation of violent drinkers? Soul City launches Phuza Wize

Whatever your answer, the available research paints a horrifying picture:
More than half of the victims of non-fatal and fatal violence test positive for alcohol in urban areas. Most violence-related deaths occur on Saturdays and Sundays, when binge drinking is common. Binge drinking is defined as having 5 or more drinks in a day. Alcohol is [...]

Soul City signs with frayintermedia

frayintermedia is set to leverage media across the country to speak to all South Africans – across race, gender and age – in an effort to get the country talking about multiple and concurrent partners and the effect of this on the HIV/Aids pandemic.
Appointed to handle media advocacy for the Soul City Institute on its [...]