A Review of Alcohol and Other Drug Control Policy Research

Treno, Andrew J.; Marzell, Miesha; Gruenewald, Paul J.; Holder, Harold D.

doi:10.15288/jsads.2014.s17.98

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“…In contrast, Anderson, Chisholm, and Fuhr's (2009) review revealed little evidence that workplace alcohol policies result in changes to drinking norms or reduce harmful drinking behaviour. Another problem is that policy evaluations have traditionally focused on the establishment of policies and not the outcomes or knowledge of why and how they work (Treno, Marzell, Gruenewald, & Holder, 2014).…”

Section: Previous Research and Theoretical Frameworkmentioning

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Managers’ and employees’ views of critical aspects for alcohol abuse prevention at small and medium enterprises – the case of ski resorts in Northern Sweden

Warne

Wall

Vinberg

2017

Society, Health & Vulnerability

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Seasonal workers at tourism resorts, particularly young employees, represent a high-risk population for alcohol abuse and other negative lifestyles. This study explores how managers and employees at ski resorts in Northern Sweden experience critical aspects for hazardous alcohol use at small-and medium-sized enterprises. This analysis is based on one open-ended question about hazardous alcohol use prevention at the workplace answered by 153 employees, and semi-structured interviews about being a manager at a ski resort conducted with 13 managers. The analysis showed that managers' views regarding hazardous alcohol use prevention were double-edged, which was confirmed by the employees' answers. The managers contribute to the preservation of existing alcohol norms but simultaneously enforce policies and administer tests to control employees' sobriety at work. Three themes emerged: reproducing existing alcohol norms, an alcohol-controlled working environment and care-taking managers. The results identified a need for early prevention initiatives focusing on the norms and work cultures of small-and medium-sized ski resorts. In relation to the theory of planned behaviour, the analysis illuminates how evaluations of behaviours related to alcohol consumption are communicated in policies and through leadership. In addition, the importance of social pressure regarding alcohol use is clarified in the material.

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Managers’ and employees’ views of critical aspects for alcohol abuse prevention at small and medium enterprises – the case of ski resorts in Northern Sweden

Warne

Wall

Vinberg

2017

Society, Health & Vulnerability

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“…For many years the alcoholic beverage control policies that aim to control and reduce the consumption of alcoholic beverages and drinking-related harms have been applied and evaluated (Babor et al, 2003(Babor et al, , 2010Anderson, 2009;Rabinovich et al, 2009;Patra, Giesbrecht, Rehm, Bekmuradov, & Popova, 2012;Anderson & Møller, 2012;Treno, Marzell, Gruenenwald, & Holder, 2014). However, although they are often shown to be effective in well-defined experimental contexts of observation, needed generalizable evidence is frequently missing at the macro country level.…”

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Europe. An Analysis of Changes in the Consumption of Alcoholic Beverages: The Interaction Among Consumption, Related Harms, Contextual Factors and Alcoholic Beverage Control Policies

Allamani

Pepe

Baccini

et al. 2014

Substance Use & Misuse

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This AMPHORA study's aim was to investigate selected factors potentially affecting changes in consumption of alcoholic beverages in 12 European countries during the 1960s-2008 (an average increase in beer, decreases in wine and spirits, total alcohol drinking decrease). Both time series and artificial neural networks-based analyses were used. Results indicated that selected socio-demographic and economic factors showed an overall major impact on consumption changes; particularly urbanization, increased income, and older mothers' age at their childbirths were significantly associated with consumption increase or decrease, depending on the country. Alcoholic beverage control policies showed an overall minor impact on consumption changes: among them, permissive availability measures were significantly associated with consumption increases, while drinking and driving limits and availability restrictions were correlated with consumption decreases, and alcohol taxation and prices of the alcoholic beverages were not significantly correlated with consumption. Population ageing, older mother's age at childbirths, increased income and increases in female employment, as well as drink driving limitations were associated with the decrease of transport mortality. Study's limitations are noted.

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“…Alcohol policy-making at the local level is of increasing importance (Giesbrecht, 2007;Holmila & Warpenius, 2007) and several effective policy measures are decided on and enforced at the local level (Treno, Marzell, Gruenewald, & Holder, 2014). The efficacy and effectiveness of alcohol policies at the local level have been assessed in many studies (Babor et al, 2010;Treno et al, 2014).…”

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“…The efficacy and effectiveness of alcohol policies at the local level have been assessed in many studies (Babor et al, 2010;Treno et al, 2014). In particular, policies that regulate the availability of alcohol in terms of outlet density and trading hours have been shown to be effective in reducing drinking and related harm (Babor et al, 2010; Campbell et al, 2009; Hahn et al, 2010;Popova, Giesbrecht, Bekmuradov, & Patra, 2009).…”

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Alcohol Policy Making at the Local Level

Rossow¹,

Baklien²

2014

Contemporary Drug Problems

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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 articles, city council documents, and brief interviews with key informants. Changes in on-premise closing hours were generally small. The extensions occurred when the interests of the industry were countered by other interests and arguments but only to a limited extent. The restrictions around 2008 occurred when the police frequently expressed strong concerns about the problems of violence and nuisance, and recommended restrictions. The findings suggest that local alcohol policy-making is formed between opposing values and competing interests. Similarities in the complex processes underlying the policy changes were found across heterogeneous local contexts.Key words: local level, alcohol policy, alcohol availability, on-premise closing hours, Norway 3 Alcohol policy can be defined as measures put in place to control supply and/or affect demand for alcoholic beverages in a population (Babor, 2002). Governing agencies at all levels -international, national, provincial, regional, and local -make decisions on alcohol policies (Babor et al., 2010).Alcohol policy-making at the local level is of increasing importance (Giesbrecht, 2007;Holmila & Warpenius, 2007) and several effective policy measures are decided on and enforced at the local level (Treno, Marzell, Gruenewald, & Holder, 2014). The efficacy and effectiveness of alcohol policies at the local level have been assessed in many studies (Babor et al., 2010;Treno et al., 2014). In particular, policies that regulate the availability of alcohol in terms of outlet density and trading hours have been shown to be effective in reducing drinking and related harm (Babor et al., 2010; Campbell et al., 2009; Hahn et al., 2010;Popova, Giesbrecht, Bekmuradov, & Patra, 2009). Therefore, it is noteworthy that so far, little is known about policy-making processes at the local level (Maclennan, Kypri, Room, & Langley, 2013). The actors involved in these processes may often have conflicting interests. Public health and safety interests may be in conflict with the interests of the industry (Babor et al., 2010). Improved understanding of conflicting interests and values in these processes is important for improved political debate and decisions.Our focus is on local alcohol policy-making in Norway, where local government has a long tradition in alcohol policy issues (Andersen, 2000;Horverak, 1979). Here, decisions on trading hours and outlet density are made by authorities at the municipality level. Therefore, local authorities have the power to exercise policy measures that have been shown in international research literature to be effect...

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A Review of Alcohol and Other Drug Control Policy Research

Cited by 22 publications

References 88 publications

Managers’ and employees’ views of critical aspects for alcohol abuse prevention at small and medium enterprises – the case of ski resorts in Northern Sweden

Managers’ and employees’ views of critical aspects for alcohol abuse prevention at small and medium enterprises – the case of ski resorts in Northern Sweden

Europe. An Analysis of Changes in the Consumption of Alcoholic Beverages: The Interaction Among Consumption, Related Harms, Contextual Factors and Alcoholic Beverage Control Policies

Alcohol Policy Making at the Local Level

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