This post contains Amazon affiliate links. We may earn a commission from qualifying purchases through these links at no extra cost to you. The Montreal Protocol (#MontrealProtocol) is an upstream intervention #ClimateAction classic. It is a powerful climate treaty. It directly impacted global public health. The Protocol’s 35-year-long legendary journey carries many lessons for the public health community who sail upstream. We can adapt and adopt many of its elements. This post attempts to surface out the key elements of this Montreal Protocol success story. Let us dive into its upstream journey. Background My journey begins with the Montreal Protocol’s…

In my last two posts, I discussed the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT), the standard drink size concept, and the challenges faced when administering the AUDIT’s quantify-frequency questions.  In this post, I will discuss how I met the above challenges. Anyone interested can adapt the steps I followed. I have presented these steps in several scientific forums in various cities.  In 2017, I presented it as a poster at the Canadian Association for Global Health (previously Canadian Society for International Health) Conference in Ottawa held on the 29th of October 2017.  At the end of this post, you can…

The problem Estimating the amount of ethanol consumed accurately is difficult but essential to identify risk groups for alcohol-related problems.  The varying ethanol content in different alcohol brands becomes one of the main challenges. The ethanol content in different types of alcoholic beverages varies as follows; 5% in beer; 10% – 12% in wine, and 40% in spirits. Think of this question; How much pure ethanol is consumed by an individual when they drink two glasses of spirits?’ To answer this question, we need to know the percentage of pure ethanol in the particular spirit brand and the total amount…