Unpacking the policy process: alcohol policy in complex social environments

在寻求有效的酒精政策时，专家们侧重于促进基于证据的解决方案，假设决策者将根据研究证据选择政策。然而，这种循证政策的线性模型在涉及高度争议的社会问题（如饮酒）时很少发挥作用。我们需要新的思维方式来影响酒精政策，考虑并参与社会复杂地区的决策现实，特别是与土著和托雷斯海峡岛民有关的政策。该《十年》将通过产生关于酒精政策进程的知识，填补这一关键的知识空白，以期为更有效地参与酒精政策制定进程提供信息。

In pursuit of effective alcohol policies, experts have focused on promoting evidence-based solutions, assuming that policymakers will select policies on the basis of research evidence. However, this linear model of evidence-based policy rarely plays out when related to highly contested social issues such as alcohol use. We need new ways of thinking about influencing alcohol policy that account for and engage with the realities of policymaking in socially complex regions, particularly policy relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. This DECRA will address this critical gap in knowledge by generating knowledge on alcohol policy processes, with a view to informing more effective engagement in the alcohol policymaking process.