Table 1.
Overview of the measures of the concept and rating of their implementation (process evaluation).
| Measures of the Concept | Related Area of Policy Action of the WHO Portfolio | Component Rated as Evaluable within the Framework | Methods of Evaluation and Data Sources | Measures Rated as Implemented |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Media campaigns strengthening public support to combat alcohol abuse. | Leadership, awareness, and commitment | Partly | Media analysis. | Yes |
| Coordinating training programs and campaigns to promote a healthy lifestyle. | Community and workplace action | Partly | Document analysis of respective documents and provisions. | Yes |
| Promotion of a healthy lifestyle among children and youth. | Leadership, awareness, and commitment | Partly | Media analysis. Document analysis of respective documents and provisions. |
Yes |
| Alcohol-awareness campaigns among youth. | Leadership, awareness, and commitment | Partly | Media analysis. Document analysis of provisions and existing curricula. | Yes |
| Prevention of alcohol consumption as part of educational programs and curricula. | Community and workplace action | Partly | Document analysis of provisions and existing training materials. | Yes |
| Facilitating access to family-friendly treatment and prevention programs. | Health services’ response | Partly | Document analysis of healthcare provisions and the regulatory base, Central Public Health Research Institute of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation. | Partly |
| Improving specialized narcological care for individuals with alcohol use disorders. | Health services’ response | Partly | Quantitative analysis of treatment data, Serbsky National Medical Research Centre for Psychiatry and Narcology of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation. | Yes |
| Creation of rehabilitation and psychological centers for the prevention of alcohol use disorders, capacity building of specialized psychologists. | Health services’ response | Partly | Document analysis of provisions and existing curricula, Serbsky National Medical Research Centre for Psychiatry and Narcology of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation. | NA/No information found |
| Work-place based education, prevention, early detection, and treatment of alcohol use disorders. | Community and workplace action | Partly | Document analysis, Central Public Health Research Institute of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation. | Yes |
| Implementation of pricing policies, based on alcohol content in products | Pricing polices | Yes | Affordability analysis, Federal State Statistics Service, Tax Code of Russian Federation. | Yes |
| Technical regulations on safety requirements of alcoholic beverages and alcohol-containing products. | Not aligned with the WHO portfolio; partly related to the area of unrecorded alcohol | Yes | Document analysis, Federal Agency on Technical Regulating and Metrology, Eurasian Economic Commission. | Partly (when accounting for regulation of unrecorded) |
| Restricting hours and places of retail sale of alcohol | Availability of alcohol | Yes | Document analysis, Federal Service for Alcohol Market Regulation. | Yes |
| Restricting hidden advertising of alcoholic beverages | Marketing of alcoholic beverages | Yes | Document analysis, Federal Service for Alcohol Market Regulation. | Yes |
| Content-related restrictions of alcohol marketing | Marketing of alcoholic beverages | Yes | Document analysis, Federal Service for Alcohol Market Regulation. | Yes |
| Restricting events promoting the consumption of alcoholic beverages. | Marketing of alcoholic beverages | Yes | Document analysis, Federal Service for Alcohol Market Regulation. | Yes |
| Supporting production of high-quality domestic wines | Not supported by existing evidence, not aligned with the WHO portfolio | Partly | Document analysis, Federal Service for Alcohol Market Regulation, Federal Service for Alcohol Market Regulation. | NA |
| Strengthening administrative responsibility for violations in production and sale of alcohol, including minimum legal age provisions | Reduction of the public health impact of illicit alcohol and informally produced alcohol; Availability of alcohol; |
Yes | Document analysis, Federal Service for Alcohol Market Regulation. | Yes |
| Measures against illegally produced alcohol, strengthening state control over the production and sale of alcohol. | Reduction of the public health impact of illicit alcohol and informally produced alcohol; | Yes | Document analysis, Federal Service for Alcohol Market Regulation. | Yes |
| Supporting public and religious organizations’ initiatives against alcohol abuse. | Community and workplace action | Partly | Document analysis, Official website of the Russian Government. | Yes |
| Improving monitoring systems and evaluating the effectiveness of policy implementation to reduce alcohol abuse. | Monitoring and surveillance | Yes | Document analysis, Federal Service for Alcohol Market Regulation, Central Public Health Research Institute of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation. | Yes |
| Development of regional pilot projects to facilitate the implementation of the current concept. | Community and workplace action | Partly | Document analysis, Federal Service for Alcohol Market Regulation, Central Public Health Research Institute of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation. | Yes |