Measuring How Public Health Stakeholders Seek to Influence Alcohol Premises Licensing in England and Scotland: The Public Health Engagement In Alcohol Licensing (PHIAL) Measure

Niamh Fitzgerald; Andrea Mohan; Nason Maani Hessari; Richard Purves; Frank  de Vocht; Colin Angus; Madeleine Henney; James Nicholls; Tim Nichols; Gemma Crompton; Laura Mahon; Cheryl McQuire; Niamh Shortt; Linda Bauld; Matt Egan

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Measuring How Public Health Stakeholders Seek to Influence Alcohol Premises Licensing in England and Scotland: The Public Health Engagement In Alcohol Licensing (PHIAL) Measure

Niamh Fitzgerald^*, Andrea Mohan, Nason Maani Hessari, Richard Purves, Frank de Vocht , Colin Angus, Madeleine Henney, James Nicholls, Tim Nichols, Gemma Crompton, Laura Mahon, Cheryl McQuire, Niamh Shortt, Linda Bauld, Matt Egan

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Abstract

Objective:
In the UK, some public health teams (PHTs) routinely engage with local alcohol premises licensing systems, through which licences to sell alcohol are granted. We aimed to categorise PHT efforts, and to develop and apply a measure of their efforts over time.

Methods:
Preliminary categories of PHT activity were developed based on prior literature, and guided data collection with PHTs in 39 local government areas (27 in England; 12 in Scotland), sampled purposively. Relevant activity from April 2012 to March 2019 was identified through structured interviews (n=62), documentation analysis and follow-up checks, and a grading system developed. The measure was refined based on expert consultation, and used to grade relevant PHT activity for the 39 areas in 6 month periods.

Results:
The Public Health engagement In Alcohol Licensing (PHIAL) Measure includes nineteen activities in six categories: (1) staffing; (2) reviewing licence applications; (3) responding to licence applications; (4) data usage; (5) influencing licensing stakeholders or policy; and (6) public involvement. PHIAL scores for each area demonstrate fluctuation in type and level of activity between and within areas over time. Participating PHTs in Scotland were more active on average, particularly on senior leadership, policy development and working with the public. In England, activity to influence licence applications prior to decision was more common and a clear increase in activity is apparent from 2014 onwards.

Conclusion:
The novel PHIAL Measure successfully assessed diverse and fluctuating PHT engagement in alcohol licensing systems over time, and will have practice, policy and research applications.

Original language	English
Article number	jsad.22-00020
Pages (from-to)	318-329
Number of pages	12
Journal	Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs
Volume	84
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.15288/jsad.22-00020
Publication status	Published - 3 May 2023

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Funding Information:
This study has received grant funding from the UK National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR; Public Health Research programme, project number 15/129/11). The views expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the National Health Service, the NIHR, or the Department of Health and Social Care. The study funders had no role in the study design. Frank de Vocht is partly funded by NIHR Applied Research Collaboration West (NIHR ARC West) and the NIHR School for Public Health Research. *Correspondence may be sent to Niamh Fitzgerald at the Institute for Social Marketing & Health, University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA, England, or via email at: [email protected].

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© 2023, Alcohol Research Documentation Inc.. All rights reserved.

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Fitzgerald, N., Mohan, A., Maani Hessari, N., Purves, R., de Vocht , F., Angus, C., Henney, M., Nicholls, J., Nichols, T., Crompton, G., Mahon, L., McQuire, C., Shortt, N., Bauld, L., & Egan, M. (2023). Measuring How Public Health Stakeholders Seek to Influence Alcohol Premises Licensing in England and Scotland: The Public Health Engagement In Alcohol Licensing (PHIAL) Measure. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 84(2), 318-329. Article jsad.22-00020. https://doi.org/10.15288/jsad.22-00020

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Fitzgerald, N, Mohan, A, Maani Hessari, N, Purves, R, de Vocht , F, Angus, C, Henney, M, Nicholls, J, Nichols, T, Crompton, G, Mahon, L, McQuire, C, Shortt, N, Bauld, L & Egan, M 2023, 'Measuring How Public Health Stakeholders Seek to Influence Alcohol Premises Licensing in England and Scotland: The Public Health Engagement In Alcohol Licensing (PHIAL) Measure', Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, vol. 84, no. 2, jsad.22-00020, pp. 318-329. https://doi.org/10.15288/jsad.22-00020

Measuring How Public Health Stakeholders Seek to Influence Alcohol Premises Licensing in England and Scotland: The Public Health Engagement In Alcohol Licensing (PHIAL) Measure. / Fitzgerald, Niamh; Mohan, Andrea; Maani Hessari, Nason et al.
In: Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, Vol. 84, No. 2, jsad.22-00020, 03.05.2023, p. 318-329.

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