Contextual Determinants of Alcohol Consumption Changes and Preventive Alcohol Policies: A 12-Country European Study in Progress 2011

Beginning with France in the 1950s, alcohol consumption has decreased in Southern European countries with few or no preventive alcohol policy measures being implemented, while alcohol consumption has been increasing in Northern European countries where historically more restrictive alcohol control p...

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Published in:Substance use & misuse 2011, Vol.46 (10), p.1288
Main Authors: Allamani, Allaman, Voller, Fabio, Decarli, Adriano, Casotto, Veronica, Pantzer, Karin, Anderson, Peter, Gual, Antoni, Matrai, Silvia, Elekes, Zsuzsanna, Eisenbach-Stangl, Irmgard, Schmied, Gabriele, Knibbe, Ronald A., Nordlund, Sturla, Skjælaaen, Øystein, Olsson, Börje, Cisneros Örnberg, Jenny, Österberg, Esa, Karlsson, Thomas, Plant, Martin, Plant, Moira, Miller, Patrick, Coghill, Nikki, Świątkiewicz, Grażyna, Wieczorek, Lukasz, Annaheim, Beatrice, Gmel, Gerhard
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
alcohol consumption
alcohol policy
demographics
SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP
SOCIAL SCIENCES
Social work
Socialt arbete
Socialvetenskap
sociocultural determinants
time trend
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Summary:Beginning with France in the 1950s, alcohol consumption has decreased in Southern European countries with few or no preventive alcohol policy measures being implemented, while alcohol consumption has been increasing in Northern European countries where historically more restrictive alcohol control policies were in place, even though more recently they were loosened. At the same time, Central and Eastern Europe have shown an intermediate behavior. We propose that country-specific changes in alcohol consumption between 1960 and 2008 are explained by a combination of a number of factors: (1) preventive alcohol policies and (2) social, cultural, economic, and demographic determinants. This article describes the methodology of a research study designed to understand the complex interactions that have occurred throughout Europe over the past five decades. These include changes in alcohol consumption, drinking patterns and alcohol-related harm, and the actual determinants of such changes
ISSN:1532-2491
1082-6084
DOI:10.3109/10826084.2011.572942