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The Drinker’s Effect on the Social Environment: A Conceptual Framework for Studying Alcohol’s Harm to Others

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  • Robin Room

    (Turning Point Alcohol and Drug Centre, 54-62 Gertrude St., Fitzroy, Victoria 3065, Australia
    School of Population Health, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia)

  • Jason Ferris

    (Turning Point Alcohol and Drug Centre, 54-62 Gertrude St., Fitzroy, Victoria 3065, Australia)

  • Anne-Marie Laslett

    (Turning Point Alcohol and Drug Centre, 54-62 Gertrude St., Fitzroy, Victoria 3065, Australia
    School of Population Health, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia)

  • Michael Livingston

    (Turning Point Alcohol and Drug Centre, 54-62 Gertrude St., Fitzroy, Victoria 3065, Australia
    School of Population Health, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia)

  • Janette Mugavin

    (Turning Point Alcohol and Drug Centre, 54-62 Gertrude St., Fitzroy, Victoria 3065, Australia)

  • Claire Wilkinson

    (Turning Point Alcohol and Drug Centre, 54-62 Gertrude St., Fitzroy, Victoria 3065, Australia)

Abstract

The paper considers conceptual and methodological issues in studying the scope of alcohol’s harm to others. Reasons are suggested for the relative neglect of the topic. The approaches in two relevant research traditions are considered: population surveys on alcohol problems, and economic cost of alcohol studies. Ways of conceptualizing and measuring aspects of the drinker’s effects on others are considered, in terms of main types of relationship with the other, and in terms of major societal response institutions. The main types of data tend to measure different levels of severity, with population survey data dominated by less severe problems, and response institution data by more severe problems; so both are needed for a three-dimensional view. Research questions for the field and its policy significance are noted.

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  • Robin Room & Jason Ferris & Anne-Marie Laslett & Michael Livingston & Janette Mugavin & Claire Wilkinson, 2010. "The Drinker’s Effect on the Social Environment: A Conceptual Framework for Studying Alcohol’s Harm to Others," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 7(4), pages 1-17, April.
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    1. Thomas K. Greenfield & Yu Ye & William Kerr & Jason Bond & Jürgen Rehm & Norman Giesbrecht, 2009. "Externalities from Alcohol Consumption in the 2005 US National Alcohol Survey: Implications for Policy," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 6(12), pages 1-20, December.
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