@article{ref1,
title="The impact of late-night alcohol restrictions on ambulance call-outs in entertainment precincts",
journal="Drug and alcohol review",
year="2021",
author="de Andrade, Dominique and Coomber, Kerri and Livingston, Michael and Taylor, Nicholas and Moayeri, Foruhar and Miller, Peter G. and Ferris, Jason and Puljević, Cheneal and Mayshak, Richelle and Scott, Debbie",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="INTRODUCTION: In July 2016, the Queensland Government introduced the Tackling Alcohol-Fuelled Violence (TAFV) policy to address alcohol-related harm in entertainment precincts [safe night precincts (SNP)]. Additional measures were introduced in February and July 2017. We aim to examine the impact of the policy on Queensland Ambulance Service call-outs in Fortitude Valley, Surfers Paradise, all 15 SNP suburbs combined and statewide. <br><br>METHODS: Auto-regressive integrated moving average (ARIMA) models and seasonal ARIMA (SARIMA) models were developed to test the impact of TAFV policy stages on monthly number of ambulance call-outs during high alcohol hours (HAH; Friday and Saturday nights, 20:00-05:59) over an 8-year period (July 2011-June 2019). <br><br>RESULTS: The average number of monthly call-outs in HAH reduced by 26.2% in Fortitude Valley, 21.1% in Surfers Paradise and 4.3% in all 15 SNP suburbs combined. In Fortitude Valley, there was a significant decline in the monthly number of call-outs between 00:00 and 02:59 and across all HAH combined when examining the cumulative effect of the policy stages; and significant declines between 03:00 and 05:59 after each stage and cumulatively. Across the 15 SNP suburbs combined, there was a significant decline in call-outs between 03:00 and 05:59 after the third policy stage (July 2017). There were no significant declines in Surfers Paradise or statewide. <br><br>DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS: Overall, the introduction of the TAFV policy stages in Queensland had a limited effect on ambulance call-outs during HAH. However, there were some notable declines in HAH ambulance call-outs in some of the state's key nightlife suburbs.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0959-5236",
doi="10.1111/dar.13308",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13308"
}