Christoffer Tigerstedt
Biographic Data
| ID | 6094349 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Christoffer Tigerstedt |
| GIVEN NAMES | Christoffer |
| FAMILY NAME | Tigerstedt |
| SIGNATURE | TIGERSTEDT C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0068-5332 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Road to the Alcohol Act 2018 in Finland
Finnish alcohol policy has aimed for decades years to mitigate alcohol-related harm by using high taxation and restrictions on the physical availability of alcohol. The state monopoly on the retail of alcohol has played a central role in reducing the availability of alcohol. In 2011, preparations began for a comprehensive reform of the Alcohol Act 1994. Over time, the issue became highly politicised, lobbied and divisive. It took intense work of …
Following the moving and changing attachments and assemblages of ‘addiction’
Trusting and misleading. Parents’ and children’s communication and negotiation about alcohol as described by teenagers
Background: Typically, research on parents’ and children’s interactions around alcohol issues focuses on how parenting styles and parents’ examples affect teenager’s drinking habits. In this paper, we approach the theme from the youngsters’ perspective. We ask how teenagers describe the interaction on alcohol-related issues with their parents and how they would like their parents to act during these interactions.Data and methods: The article appl…
Femininities of drinking among Finnish and Swedish women of different ages
This article discusses femininities of drinking in Finland and in Sweden. It compares how Finnish and Swedish women define accepted and desired drinking-related femininity. It also asks how femininity related to drinking is constructed and to what traits it is associated with. According to the general assumption increased intoxication oriented drinking among women means that drinking habits and behavior between women and men have become more simi…
From political controversy to a technical problem? Fifteen years of opioid substitution treatment in Finland
Are Finnish drinking habits changing? In search of a cultural approach
Finnish drinking habits have undergone major changes over the past few decades. However, most Finnish studies of drinking habits conclude by stating that drinking is still traditional, national, and uniform in nature. These conclusions draw on the notion of a cultural lag and on stereotypical dichotomies between the traditional and the modern, or between the Finnish and European drinking habits. The article shows that in studies of drinking habit…
Alcohol Policy, Public Health and Kettil Bruun
Public health discourse can be interpreted as a liberal rationality of rule. Within this discourse, techniques are developed in order to regulate macro- and micro-level phenomena simultaneously. Attention is drawn to the social and physical environment, thus avoiding blaming the victim. At the same time, empowered individuals are supposed to participate actively in processes that control their lives. Within this frame of reference the pioneering …
Alcohol Policy, Public Health and Kettil Bruun
Public health discourse can be interpreted as a liberal rationality of rule. Within this discourse, techniques are developed in order to regulate macro- and micro-level phenomena simultaneously. Attention is drawn to the social and physical environment, thus avoiding blaming the victim. At the same time, empowered individuals are supposed to participate actively in processes that control their lives. Within this frame of reference the pioneering …
Alcohol Policy, Public Health and Kettil Bruun
Public health discourse can be interpreted as a liberal rationality of rule. Within this discourse, techniques are developed in order to regulate macro- and micro-level phenomena simultaneously. Attention is drawn to the social and physical environment, thus avoiding blaming the victim. At the same time, empowered individuals are supposed to participate actively in processes that control their lives. Within this frame of reference the pioneering …
Are Finnish drinking habits changing? In search of a cultural approach
Finnish drinking habits have undergone major changes over the past few decades. However, most Finnish studies of drinking habits conclude by stating that drinking is still traditional, national, and uniform in nature. These conclusions draw on the notion of a cultural lag and on stereotypical dichotomies between the traditional and the modern, or between the Finnish and European drinking habits. The article shows that in studies of drinking habit…
Femininities of drinking among Finnish and Swedish women of different ages
This article discusses femininities of drinking in Finland and in Sweden. It compares how Finnish and Swedish women define accepted and desired drinking-related femininity. It also asks how femininity related to drinking is constructed and to what traits it is associated with. According to the general assumption increased intoxication oriented drinking among women means that drinking habits and behavior between women and men have become more simi…
From political controversy to a technical problem? Fifteen years of opioid substitution treatment in Finland
Trusting and misleading. Parents’ and children’s communication and negotiation about alcohol as described by teenagers
Background: Typically, research on parents’ and children’s interactions around alcohol issues focuses on how parenting styles and parents’ examples affect teenager’s drinking habits. In this paper, we approach the theme from the youngsters’ perspective. We ask how teenagers describe the interaction on alcohol-related issues with their parents and how they would like their parents to act during these interactions.Data and methods: The article appl…
Following the moving and changing attachments and assemblages of ‘addiction’
The Road to the Alcohol Act 2018 in Finland
Finnish alcohol policy has aimed for decades years to mitigate alcohol-related harm by using high taxation and restrictions on the physical availability of alcohol. The state monopoly on the retail of alcohol has played a central role in reducing the availability of alcohol. In 2011, preparations began for a comprehensive reform of the Alcohol Act 1994. Over time, the issue became highly politicised, lobbied and divisive. It took intense work of …
Psychology (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes (5 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Community Health and Development (2 works) · Developmental psychology (2 works)