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Prof

Robin Room

Honorary
Melbourne School of Population and Global Health
humans
science & technology
life sciences & biomedicine
substance abuse
alcohol drinking
male
female
adult
alcohol
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Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences
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Projects

Displaying the 10 most recent projects by Robin Room.

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Lifetime low risk drinkers: who are they and what influences their drinking patterns

2015 - 2018
Completed
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BETTER METHODS TO COLLECT SELF-REPORT DATA ON ALCOHOL USE BEHAVIOURS FROM ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER AUSTRALIANS

This project will develop, refine and trial a tablet computer tool for assessing drinking among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Austra..

2015 - 2015
Completed
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International Alcohol Control study

2014 - 2014
Completed
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ALCOHOL'S HARM TO OTHERS: A CROSS-NATIONAL STUDY

Alcohol causes harms to drinkers, and others around them, including spouses, children, family, friends, workmates and strangers. Australian ..

2014 - 2015
Completed
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2013 International Alcohol Control Study Data collection for Turning Point

2013 - 2013
Completed
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EXPOSURE TO ALCOHOL ADVERTISING AND SPONSORSHIP IN AUSTRALIAN TELEVISED SPORT: ASSOCIATION WITH EXPLICIT AND IMPLICIT ALCOHOL COGNITIONS AND DRINKING

The project will examine whether alcohol advertising and sponsorship in televised sport is related to positive alcohol-related thoughts and ..

2012 - 2015
Completed
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THE ROLE OF TAXES AND SUBSIDIES IN PROMOTING HEALTHY LIFESTYLES: AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS

This project will look at two critically important policy relevant questions in public health terms - obesity prevention and changing consum..

2012 - 2014
Completed
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ALCOHOL MANAGEMENT PLANS AND OTHER ALCOHOL RELATED REFORMS

2012 - 2012
Completed
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ALCOHOL AND CAFFEINATED ENERGY DRINKS: EXPLORING PATTERNS OF CONSUMPTION AND ASSOCIATED HARMS

Very little research has been conducted on the functions, contexts, effects and harms associated with combining energy drinks and alcohol, d..

2012 - 2015
Completed
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Drinking Patterns, Regulation and Market Influences In Australia: The International Alcohol Control Survey

2012 - 2014
Completed

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Projects

Project Types

11

Research Grant

4

Research Contracts

1

Internal Research Grant

Scholarly Works

Displaying the 10 most recent scholarly works by Robin Room.

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Supranational changes in drinking patterns: factors in explanatory models of substantial and parallel social change

Robin Room, Thomas K Greenfield, John Holmes, Ludwig Kraus, Michael Livingston, Amy Pennay, Jukka Törrönen

Journal article  |  2020  |  Addiction Research & Theory

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Who or what do young adults hold responsible for men’s drunken violence?

Sarah MacLean, Jakob Demant, Robin Room

Journal article  |  2020  |  International Journal of Drug Policy

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Long waves of consumption or a unique social generation? Exploring recent declines in youth drinking

Ludwig Kraus, Robin Room, Michael Livingston, Amy Pennay, John Holmes, Jukka Törrönen

Journal article  |  2020  |  Addiction Research and Theory

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Prevalence and risk factors associated with stroke in China: A nationwide survey of 726,451 adults

Yong Gan, Heng Jiang, Robin Room, Yiqiang Zhan, Liqing Li, Kai Lu, Chao Wang, Shanquan Chen, Jianxin Liu, Yudi Yang, Hongbin Xu, Zhiqiang Nie, Yuanyuan Chang, Changan Gong, Shuran Tan, Wei Hu, Wei Yue, Feng Yan, Zhihong Wang, Zuxun Lu

Journal article  |  2020  |  European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

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Restricting alcohol consumption to reduce liver disease in the Asia-Pacific region

Heng Jiang, Robin Room, Orratai Waleewong, Wei Hao

Journal article  |  2020  |  The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology

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Modelling the effects of alcohol pricing policies on alcohol consumption in subpopulations in Australia

Heng Jiang, Michael Livingston, Robin Room, Sarah Callinan, Melvin Marzan, Alan Brennan, Christopher Doran

Journal article  |  2020  |  Addiction

AIMS: To model the effects of a range of alcohol pricing policies on alcohol consumption in subpopulation groups (e.g. alcohol con..

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Restricting alcohol outlet density through cumulative impact provisions in planning law: Challenges and opportunities for local governments

Claire Wilkinson, Sarah MacLean, Robin Room

Journal article  |  2020  |  Health & Place

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Children's experience of physical harms and exposure to family violence from others' drinking in nine societies

Anne-Marie Laslett, Oliver Stanesby, Kathryn Graham, Sarah Callinan, Katherine J Karriker-Jaffe, Sharon Wilsnack, Sandra Kuntsche, Orratai Waleewong, Thomas K Greenfield, Gerhard Gmel, Ramon Florenzano, Siri Hettige, Latsamy Siengsounthone, Ingrid M Wilson, Angela Taft, Robin Room

Journal article  |  2019  |  Addiction Research & Theory

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Short screening tools for risky drinking in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians: modified AUDIT-C and a new approach

KS Kylie Lee, James H Conigrave, Scott Wilson, Jimmy Perry, Sarah Callinan, Robin Room, Tanya N Chikritzhs, Tim Slade, Noel Hayman, Geoffrey Leggat, Katherine M Conigrave

Journal article  |  2019  |  Addiction Science & Clinical Practice

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Government monopoly as an instrument for public health and welfare: Lessons for cannabis from experience with alcohol monopolies

Robin Room, Jenny Cisneros Örnberg

Journal article  |  2019  |  International Journal of Drug Policy

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Scholarly Works

Keyword Analysis

Public Health (excl. Specific Population Health)
Public Health and Health Services
Policy and Administration
Public Health
Sociology
Health and Support Services
Cultural Studies
Law
Political Science
Psychology

News

Displaying the 4 most recent news articles by Robin Room.

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Could new trade rules mean a lack of health warnings on alcohol?

Paula O'Brien, Robin Room

August 28, 2017
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Quick fixes aren't the answer, alcohol and violence have a complex relationship

Robin Room

August 17, 2015
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Harper makes case for competition overhaul: experts react

Allan Fels, Robin Room

March 31, 2015
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Could a regulated cannabis market help curb Australia's drinking problem?

Robin Room

July 17, 2013

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Credentials

Positions

Honorary

Melbourne School of Population and Global Health

Education

Doctor of Philosophy - Sociology

University of California - Berkeley

Master of Arts - Sociology

University of California - Berkeley

Master of Arts - English

University of California - Berkeley

Ars Baccalaureum

Princeton University