New Zealand alcohol harms analysis powered by CISUR program
A new estimate of alcohol harms in New Zealand is the latest analysis powered by the International Model of Alcohol Harms and Policies (InterMAHP), an open access alcohol harms estimator and policy scenario modeler developed by CISUR researchers.
CISUR scientist Adam Sherk was a co-author on the report, led by researchers at the University of Otago in Wellington. The multi-year program of research found that 901 deaths and 29,282 hospitalizations were attributable to alcohol annually and has received attention in the New Zealand press.
InterMAHP was developed by Sherk as part of his PhD research at UVic and has been used to power similar analyses in Canada, Japan, Sweden and Finland.