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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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ID15470879
AuthorsRobin Room (0000-0002-5618-385X, The University of Melbourne, corresponding author), Jason Ferris (0000-0001-7474-0173, Turning Point Alcohol and Drug Centre, 54-62 Gertrude St., Fitzroy, Victoria 3065, Australia), Anne-Marie Laslett (0000-0001-5652-7336, The University of Melbourne), Michael Livingston (0000-0002-8995-9386, The University of Melbourne), Janette Mugavin (0000-0003-0537-6392, Turning Point Alcohol and Drug Centre, 54-62 Gertrude St., Fitzroy, Victoria 3065, Australia), Claire Wilkinson (0000-0002-7964-3679, Turning Point Alcohol and Drug Centre, 54-62 Gertrude St., Fitzroy, Victoria 3065, Australia)
Year2010
Volume7
Issue4
Pages1855-1871
Publication date2010-04-21
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
PublisherMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph7041855
PMID20617064
PMCIDPMC2872341
OpenAlexW1997210440
LanguageEN
Citations received26
References cited22

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

Conceptual framework · Conceptual model · Environmental health · Field (mathematics · Harm · Institution · Neglect · Poison control · Population · Psychiatry · Scope (computer science · Social science · Sociology · Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects · Computer Science · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology · Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes

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Unique citing works26
Citations per year2,17
Citation span2014 - 2026 (13)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 25

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