Ingeborg Rossow
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 386930 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Ingeborg Rossow |
| PRENOMES | Ingeborg |
| SOBRENOME | Rossow |
| ASSINATURA | ROSSOW I |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Norwegian Institute of Public Health |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8652-9367 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 46 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 32 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 46 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1991 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Comparing alcohol policy environments in high‐income jurisdictions with the International Alcohol Control Policy Index
Normalisation of Non‐Drinking and Implications for Psycho‐Social Problems
Assessing alcohol industry penetration and government safeguards
BACKGROUND: The alcohol industry uses many of the tobacco industry's strategies to influence policy-making, yet unlike the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, there is no intergovernmental guidance on protecting policies from alcohol industry influence. Systematic assessment of alcohol industry penetration and government safeguards is also lacking. Here, we aimed to identify the nature and extent of industry penetration in a cross-section of…
Changes in co‐use of alcohol and cannabis among Nordic adolescents in the 21st century
The total consumption model applied to gambling
Concentration of gambling spending by product type
Overall, the results lend strong support to the notion that a disproportionately large fraction of gambling losses are accounted for by a relatively small minority of people and that concentration of losses varies by product type
The alcohol harm paradox
Low SEP was associated with alcohol-related harm and a more hazardous drinking pattern but also with lower consumption volume. The findings support the validity of the alcohol harm paradox for self-reported alcohol harms
Alcohol: No Ordinary Commodity
This book is about alcohol policy: why it is needed, how it is made, and the impact it has on health and well-being. It is written for both policymakers and alcohol scientists, as well as the many other people interested in bridging the gap between research and policy. It begins with a global review of epidemiological evidence showing why alcohol is not an ordinary commodity, and it ends with the conclusion that alcohol policies implemented withi…
Self-exclusion from gambling
While there is evidence for self-exclusion (SE) as an individual-level harm reduction intervention, its effects on reducing harm from gambling at the population level remain unclear. Based on a review of national legal frameworks and SE programs, including their utilization and enforcement in selected high-income societies, the present analysis aims to explore the reach and strengths of SE in the protection of gamblers in these jurisdictions. It …
The Declining Trend in Adolescent Drinking
Traditionally, adolescent drinking cultures differed between Nordic and Mediterranean countries; the former being characterised by low volume and relatively frequent heavy episodic drinking (HED). Across these drinking cultures, we examined the associations between alcohol volume and HED with respect to (i) secular trends at the country level and (ii) individual-level associations over time. The data stem from the European School Survey Project o…
Declining Trend in Adolescent Alcohol Use
Since 2000, adolescent alcohol use has declined substantially in many high-income countries, particularly in Northern Europe. This study examined whether birth cohorts in Norway who experienced different levels of alcohol consumption in mid-adolescence differed in drinking behaviour when they reached young adulthood. We analysed data from annual population surveys in Norway (2012-2021). The analytic sample comprised data from respondents aged 20-…
Patients admitted to treatment for substance use disorder in Norway
Findings revealed substantial and important differences in socio-demographic correlates between SUD patients and the general population, between SUD patients with illicit and with licit substance use, and across specific SUD patient groups
Less adolescent alcohol and cannabis use
The alcohol advertising ban in Norway
Evaluation of an alcohol policy measure employing a randomised controlled trial design
Some of the best evidence of effects of control policies on alcohol availability stems from controlled experimental studies in the Nordic state‐owned alcohol monopolies. Publications from these studies do not, however, explain the process leading up to the implementation of changes in policy measures under controlled experimental conditions. In September 2020, the Norwegian state alcohol monopoly started the implementation of extended trading hou…
The alcohol advertising ban in Norway
In a recent analysis of the effect of the complete advertising ban on alcohol in Norway, I found that the ban led to a decrease in recorded alcohol sales. Jon Nelson offers comments on this study in two regards; my critical comments on his previous study of alcohol advertising bans and the time series analysis in my study. In this response to Nelson, I offer further explanation for my comments on Nelson's previous study and for the appropriatenes…
Changes in Alcohol Consumption during the Covid-19 Pandemic Are Dependent on Initial Consumption Level
Evidence suggests that changes in alcohol consumption during the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic were unevenly distributed over consumer groups. We investigated possible inter-country differences in how changes in alcohol consumption are contingent on initial consumption (before or at the start of the pandemic), and how changes in consumption translate into possible changes in the prevalence of heavy drinking. We used data from the European…
Changes in Alcohol Consumption during the Covid-19 Pandemic—Small Change in Total Consumption, but Increase in Proportion of Heavy Drinkers
Little is known about possible changes in alcohol consumption distribution during the COVID-19 pandemic. We estimated how individual changes in alcohol consumption during the pandemic translated into changes in: (i) mean consumption; (ii) dispersion of consumption distribution; and (iii) prevalence of heavy drinkers. We employed data from two independent web-surveys of Norwegian adults collected between April and July 2020 and limited to those re…
Decline in adolescent drinking
Normalisation of non‐drinking? 15–16‐year‐olds' accounts of refraining from alcohol
The handling of evidence in national and local policy making
Alcohol industry actors employed various strategies to shape perceptions and use of evidence to advance their interests. The particular strategies and arguments changed over time as new data and research became available, and also varied between the national and the local levels, and by categories of industry actors
Supply control for illegal markets
Supply control approaches to drug problems focus on the production, distribution, and sale of illicit psychoactive substances, and include alternative development programmes in producer nations, control of precursor chemicals used to produce certain drugs (e.g. methamphetamines) interdiction at national borders, and the incarceration of drug dealers at all levels. There is no evidence that promoting alternative development as part of global drug …
Criminalization and decriminalization of drug possession
Research suggests that punishing drug users has some limitations as a major component of drug policy. An increasing number of countries and sub-national jurisdictions have therefore been reducing or eliminating criminal penalties for possession of small amounts of drugs for personal use, on grounds both of proportionality and effectiveness-oriented policy. Most decriminalization or depenalization programmes involve the substitution of civil penal…
Illegal markets
Illegal drugs are commodities that are bought and sold in markets. Many farmers are engaged in small amounts of drug growing in the producing countries, but there are comparatively small numbers of refiners, smugglers, and top-level importers. Compared to most legal markets, there are many sellers relative to the number of buyers in drug markets. One consequence of the network character of drug distribution is its resilience. Eliminating individu…
Adolescents drink less
Concordance of parental and adolescent health behaviors
Drinking pattern among adolescents with immigrant and Norwegian backgrounds
Drinking behaviour among adolescents in a multicultural and heterogeneous society seems to reflect a bi-directional acculturation process where the majority population tend to adapt to the behaviours of the immigrant population which in turn, to a varying degree, tends to adapt to the behaviour of the majority population
Alcohol Consumption and Homicides in Canada, 1950–1999
This article addresses whether an association between alcohol consumption and homicide can be established in analyses of Canadian time series data and, if so, whether the strength of the association varies across Canadian provinces and with respect to male and female victim rates. Time series analyses on differenced series of annual aggregate-level data on alcohol sales and homicide rates for the period 1950–1999 were performed for Canadian provi…
Alcohol abuse and mortality
Effect and Process Evaluation of a Norwegian Community Prevention Project Targeting Alcohol Use and Related Harm
Based on a combination of effect and process evaluation, we aimed to (a) assess whether a community prevention project succeeded in curbing alcohol use and related harm among adolescents and (b) explain the results of the effect evaluation. School surveys among adolescents (n = 20,000) and purchase trials (n = 162) were carried out in intervention and control communities before and after the intervention. Qualitative data from key actors and docu…
Effectiveness of Responsible Beverage Service
This article summarizes the findings from three evaluation studies of the Responsible Beverage Service (RBS) program in Norway. Effect evaluations in these studies demonstrated no effectiveness in that the program failed to reach its objectives of reducing on-premise sales to intoxicated and to underaged patrons. Process evaluations found that the content of the Norwegian RBS program was limited and represented a “light” version and program imple…
The Validity of Political Arguments in the Norwegian Alcohol Policy Debate
Unrecorded alcohol consumption in Norway contributes to around 25% of total consumption, and a large part of this consists of moonshine and smuggled spirits. It has been argued that this is due to the restrictive price and availability measures in Norwegian alcohol policy. At the aggregate level, a significant increase in smuggled spirits has been found concurrent with an increase in liquor outlets. This paper presents individual level analyses b…
Legislation and Reality in Public Dental Services in Norway
The act relating to dental health service implied a reorganization of the public dental health services in Norway in 1984. The act intended to extend the target group of public dental health services and to achieve social and geographic equality in the distribution of dental health services among children and adolescents. The purpose of this study was to assess the degree to which these intentions had been fulfilled. The material comprised two na…
Use of Fluoride Tablets in Childhood
Regular and persistent use of fluoride tablets throughout childhood is part of the national population‐based preventive strategy and of the individual risk strategy of the Public Dental Health Service in Norway. The purpose of this study was to describe intraindividual stability in use of fluoride tablets in childhood and to analyze change in stability with respect to previous caries risk. Data stemmed from a 10‐year prospective study of 231 Norw…
Concordance of parental and adolescent health behaviors
Alcohol abuse and mortality
Suicide, Violence and Child Abuse
The literature on empirical studies of alcohol consumption and its impact on three categories of social problems—suicide, violence, and child abuse—is reviewed. A large literature on alcohol consumption and its impact on suicide and violence comprises empirical studies applying various methods and designs. The rather consistent findings across these studies show that more drinking is associated with a higher risk of experiencing suicidal behavior…
The Validity of Political Arguments in the Norwegian Alcohol Policy Debate
Unrecorded alcohol consumption in Norway contributes to around 25% of total consumption, and a large part of this consists of moonshine and smuggled spirits. It has been argued that this is due to the restrictive price and availability measures in Norwegian alcohol policy. At the aggregate level, a significant increase in smuggled spirits has been found concurrent with an increase in liquor outlets. This paper presents individual level analyses b…
Alcohol: No Ordinary Commodity
From a public health perspective, alcohol is no ordinary consumer product. On a global level, it is a major contributor to disease, disability, and premature mortality. It also has an adverse impact on many aspects of social life. Alcohol: No Ordinary Commodity – Research and Public Policy describes recent advances in alcohol research that have direct relevance for the development of effective alcohol policies at the local, national and internati…
Alcohol Consumption and Homicides in Canada, 1950–1999
This article addresses whether an association between alcohol consumption and homicide can be established in analyses of Canadian time series data and, if so, whether the strength of the association varies across Canadian provinces and with respect to male and female victim rates. Time series analyses on differenced series of annual aggregate-level data on alcohol sales and homicide rates for the period 1950–1999 were performed for Canadian provi…
Patterns of Alcohol Consumption among Older Persons in Botswana
The objective of this study was to explore patterns of alcohol consumption of older persons in Botswana and to identify sociodemographic correlates of hazardous drinking. This report is based on cross-sectional data from a sub-sample of a national representative sample of older persons. Twelve rural areas and three urban centers were visited. The sample comprised 372 individuals: 183 females and 189 males, ranging in age from 60 to 109 years. Alm…
Drinking pattern among adolescents with immigrant and Norwegian backgrounds
Drinking behaviour among adolescents in a multicultural and heterogeneous society seems to reflect a bi-directional acculturation process where the majority population tend to adapt to the behaviours of the immigrant population which in turn, to a varying degree, tends to adapt to the behaviour of the majority population
Adolescent Gambling and Problem Gambling
Alcohol consumption and discounting
This study addresses whether discounting of future rewards may have an impact on alcohol consumption and propensity to alcohol-related harms, by applying survey data among young people whose drinking career hardly may have affected their time preferences. Analyses from a school survey among 17,000, over 13–17 year olds in Norway showed that discount rates were positively associated with drinking frequency and intoxication frequency when age, gend…
Limited Cash Flow on Slot Machines
Alcohol
Alcohol: No Ordinary Commodity - Research and Public Policy Second Edition is a collaborative effort by an international group of addiction scientists to improve the linkages between addiction science and alcohol policy. It presents the accumulated scientific knowledge on alcohol research that has a direct relevance to the development of alcohol policy on local, national, and international levels. It provides an objective analytical basis on whic…
Effectiveness of Responsible Beverage Service
This article summarizes the findings from three evaluation studies of the Responsible Beverage Service (RBS) program in Norway. Effect evaluations in these studies demonstrated no effectiveness in that the program failed to reach its objectives of reducing on-premise sales to intoxicated and to underaged patrons. Process evaluations found that the content of the Norwegian RBS program was limited and represented a “light” version and program imple…
Does a reduction in the overall amount of gambling imply a reduction at all levels of gambling
The frequencies of slot machine gambling decreased in Norway after a major regulation in the slot machine market in 2006. This study addressed whether a change in population gambling frequency mean is accompanied by a systematic displacement at all levels of gambling frequency among adolescents, across different population samples, and over time in the same population. Data were collected in two cross-sectional school surveys among 13–19 year old…
Effect and Process Evaluation of a Norwegian Community Prevention Project Targeting Alcohol Use and Related Harm
Based on a combination of effect and process evaluation, we aimed to (a) assess whether a community prevention project succeeded in curbing alcohol use and related harm among adolescents and (b) explain the results of the effect evaluation. School surveys among adolescents (n = 20,000) and purchase trials (n = 162) were carried out in intervention and control communities before and after the intervention. Qualitative data from key actors and docu…
Alcohol, psychoactive substances and non-fatal road traffic accidents - a case-control study
The prevalence of psychoactive substances was higher among injured drivers than drivers in normal moving traffic. The risk of accident is greatly increased among drivers who tested positive for alcohol, in particular, those who had also ingested one or more psychoactive substances. Various preventive measures should be considered to curb the prevalence of driving under the influence of psychoactive substances as these drivers constitute a signifi…
Associations between heavy episodic drinking and alcohol related injuries
There is a strong relationship between frequency of heavy episodic drinking and risk of alcohol related injuries, yet the majority of alcohol related injuries are found among drinkers who are not in the high risk group
Alcohol Policy Making at the Local Level
Several effective alcohol policy measures take place at the local level, yet little is known about local policy-making processes. In Norway, on-premise closing hours are much debated, and they were subject to a liberalization wave in 2004 and a restriction wave around 2008. This study addresses the processes that underlie the changes in closing hours. We use data from 24 Norwegian cities where such changes occurred. Data include newspaper article…
The total sale of prescription drugs with an abuse potential predicts the number of excessive users
Despite a strong individual control of access to psychotropic drugs through health personnel' prescribing, a small proportion of users account for a large fraction of the sales of these drugs. The sales vary significantly between regions and this variation is closely associated with the prevalence of excessive users. This suggests that sales figures as such may be used as an indicator to monitor variations in excessive use between regions and ove…
Supply control for illegal markets
Supply control approaches to drug problems focus on the production, distribution, and sale of illicit psychoactive substances, and include alternative development programmes in producer nations, control of precursor chemicals used to produce certain drugs (e.g. methamphetamines) interdiction at national borders, and the incarceration of drug dealers at all levels. There is no evidence that promoting alternative development as part of global drug …
Criminalization and decriminalization of drug possession
Research suggests that punishing drug users has some limitations as a major component of drug policy. An increasing number of countries and sub-national jurisdictions have therefore been reducing or eliminating criminal penalties for possession of small amounts of drugs for personal use, on grounds both of proportionality and effectiveness-oriented policy. Most decriminalization or depenalization programmes involve the substitution of civil penal…
Illegal markets
Illegal drugs are commodities that are bought and sold in markets. Many farmers are engaged in small amounts of drug growing in the producing countries, but there are comparatively small numbers of refiners, smugglers, and top-level importers. Compared to most legal markets, there are many sellers relative to the number of buyers in drug markets. One consequence of the network character of drug distribution is its resilience. Eliminating individu…
Adolescents drink less
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