Policy implementation learnings from the introduction of a mandatory alcohol pregnancy warning label.
Policy makers lack guidance on effective ways to introduce alcohol warnings, making it important to document the experiences of early adopter countries. Aims of this study were to (i) assess uptake of a mandated pregnancy warning label in Australia, (ii) identify the placement of the warning on prod...
| Publicado en: | Health Promotion International Vol. 40; no. 6; pp. 1 - 6 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Dec2025
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