Alcohol policy and the public good

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Alcohol policy and the public good

Griffith Edwards ... [et al.]

Oxford University Press, 1994

1st ed

  • : pbk

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Includes indexes

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ISBN 9780192625618

Description

Alcohol Policy and the Public Good provides a thorough appraisal of the nature and extent of society's alcohol problems and then explores in rigorous fashion how scientific findings are essential for the design of more effective policy responses. The book's authority stems from the unique network collaboration of 17 leading international scientists who worked together on its production with the support of the World Health Organization. They define a critical and highly informed perspective to provide the basis for future international consensus. Topics covered include international trends in alcohol consumption, understanding of the relationships between alcohol consumption and multiple types of harm, both as regards individuals and populations. With the epidemiological evidence established, the authors provide detailed discussions of the contributions of counter-measures , public education and treatment. A final chapter succinctly outlines the role these analyses can have in informing policy choices. This book is intended for alcohol researchers, clinicians and policy makers. The wider general public health field and policy makers.

Table of Contents

  • Drinking and drinking problems: empowering the policy response
  • Part I: The Individual's Drinking, Population Consumption Levels, and the Risk Relationships
  • International trends in alcohol consumption and drinking patterns
  • The individual's drinking and degree of risk
  • Population drinking and the aggregate risk of alcohol problems
  • Part II: Multiple Policy Options and the Evidence for Their Efficacy
  • Retail price influences on alcohol consumption, and taxation of alcohol as prevention strategy
  • Access to alcohol and the effects of availability on consumption and alcohol-related problems
  • Public safety and drinking within particular contexts
  • Giving information about alcohol: effects on drinking and on the social climate
  • Individually directed interventions as a component of the public health response
  • The Policy Implications
  • Appendix: Research opportunities.
Volume

: pbk ISBN 9780192625625

Description

This text aims to provide a framework within which to consider the problem of alcohol abuse. It solicits scientific knowledge in an effort to make the problems associated with alcoholism more manageable, demonstrating how science can provide practical solutions to troublesome issues.

Table of Contents

  • Drinking and drinking problems: empowering the policy response
  • Part I: The Individual's Drinking, Population Consumption Levels, and the Risk Relationships
  • International trends in alcohol consumption and drinking patterns
  • The individual's drinking and degree of risk
  • Population drinking and the aggregate risk of alcohol problems
  • Part II: Multiple Policy Options and the Evidence for Their Efficacy
  • Retail price influences on alcohol consumption, and taxation of alcohol as prevention strategy
  • Access to alcohol and the effects of availability on consumption and alcohol-related problems
  • Public safety and drinking within particular contexts
  • Giving information about alcohol: effects on drinking and on the social climate
  • Individually directed interventions as a component of the public health response
  • The Policy Implications
  • Appendix: Research opportunities.

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