Club Health 2008The 5th International Conference on Nightlife, Substance Use and Related Health Issues
Santa Eulalia, Ibiza, Spain, 23rd-25th June 2008Abstract Book available here If you have difficulty downloading the final programme, you may need to download the latest Adobe Acrobat Reader 
Club Health 2008 took place in the Balearic Island of Ibiza, one of the world's leading international nightlife destinations. This event broght together experts from around the world to exchange information on the latest research, policy and practice on protecting and promoting health in nightlife settings.
| | Club Health 2008 marked a decade of international Club Health conferences focusing on the wide range of issues that affect the health of young people in nightlife settings. This includes alcohol and drug use, sexual health, violence and anti-social behaviour, management and design of nightlife settings, late night transport, bar staff training, and international nightlife tourism. The conferences are interdisciplinary, bringing together individuals from a wide range of fields to help promote better interagency understanding of nightlife issues and hence better partnership working to create safer night time environments.
| | Presentations covered a wide range of issues relating to nightlife health and the key conference themes of: | |
- Emerging trends in recreational drug use
- Reducing binge drinking and drunkenness
- Preventing violence in night time environments
- Sex and substance use
- Design, management and policing of nightlife and nightlife venues
- Legislating nightlife
- Health interventions in night time environments
- International nightlife tourism
- Club culture
The aims and objectives of the Club Health conferences are: - To introduce delegates to the latest research and evidence on club health issues
- To enable the exchange and development of practical and policy measures to protect nightlife health
- To promote partnerships between health services, criminal justice agencies, local authorities, nightlife industries, the media and the public
- To develop networks for the international dissemination of research, evidence and practice
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