Alcohol-related harm to others: frames and challenges for survey research

Strizek, Julian

doi:10.1080/09687637.2020.1726290

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“…Given that these data sources measure harm from the victim's perspective, it is notable that the terminology used is ‘harm to others’ rather than ‘harm from others’. The latter is a better descriptive of self‐reported harms experienced from someone else's consumption [12]. The 'harm to others' phrase suggests blameworthiness, as the focus is on who is causing the harm (whereas 'harm from others' does not have the same blaming focus).…”

Section: Contentions With the Ahto Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…A key issue with AHTO has been the way in which it ascribes causality to one person's drinking, and its failure to consider the dynamic interrelationships between victim and perpetrator [12]. Questions in AHTO surveys are (often) prefaced with something like the following: ‘Now we need to know whether, during the last 12 months, various things happened to you because of someone else's drinking’.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…This research paradigm has been taken up enthusiastically by research groups internationally (e.g. [5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]), as well as by international policymaking bodies such as the WHO (e.g. [6]).…”

Section: Alcohol's 'Harm To Others' Traditionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…While AHTO has become a central paradigm, as demonstrated by the WHO uptake, it is not without its contentions (e.g. [12]). We briefly describe three-interrelatedly, methodologies, individualism and causation and stigma -before turning to its application and implications for illicit drugs.…”

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Applying a ‘harm to others’ research framework to illicit drugs: political discourses and ambiguous policy implications

Wilkinson

Ritter

2020

Addiction

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During the past decade, ‘alcohol's harm to others’ (AHTO) has emerged as an international approach to studying alcohol problems and informing policy. The AHTO approach seeks to increase political will for alcohol policy by mapping, measuring and often costing harms beyond the person who drinks (e.g. family members, co‐workers). In this paper we consider the implications of a ‘harm to others’ approach for illicit drugs. We ask whether it could and should be used as a policy tool, given the high risks of further stigmatizing people who use drugs. We consider the ways in which the concept and measurement of ‘harm to others’ may be either productive or potentially harmful, depending on the extent to which the AHTO is replicated for illicit drugs. Shifting the language may assist: the term ‘harm from others’ appears to carry less risk of stigma. In addition, all harms inclusive of drug supply and drug consumption need to be included if a full picture of harms that accrue to other people from illicit drugs is to be achieved.

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Section: Contentions With the Ahto Researchmentioning

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Section: Contentions With the Ahto Researchmentioning

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Section: Alcohol's 'Harm To Others' Traditionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Contentions With the Ahto Researchmentioning

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Applying a ‘harm to others’ research framework to illicit drugs: political discourses and ambiguous policy implications

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Ritter

2020

Addiction

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“…The social effects of alcohol consumption, also known as alcohol-related harm, are negative consequences that affect the drinker's behaviour and their social environment (Strizek, 2020). Alcoholrelated harm includes various events, such as motor vehicle accidents caused by a drunk driver, which may kill passengers, the driver, the driver and/or passengers in other vehicles involved in the accident or pedestrians.…”

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An exploration of binge drinking and coping behaviour during covid-19 among students in a major tertiary institution in KwaZulu-Natal.

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Background:The COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly impacted human lives. At the emergence of the novel disease, several restrictive measures, including lockdowns, were implemented to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. These measures created stressful challenges that affected people's mental wellbeing, including that of tertiary students. There is a dearth of information on the strategies students use to cope with COVID-19-related stress. This study aimed to understand how students experienced and coped with changes attributed to the lockdowns in South Africa, including factors that influenced alcohol use among students at a major tertiary institution in KwaZulu Natal during the COVID-19 lockdown.Method: A qualitative approach was used. Twenty students were recruited from two campuses at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN), Durban, South Africa, using purposive sampling. Individual indepth interviews were conducted using a semi-structured interview guide comprising open-ended questions. The NVivo software program was used for analysis. Results:The majority (60%) of participants were male and ranged from 20 to 36 years old. The results of this study indicate drinking patterns among the study sample. Results indicate that despite implementing an alcohol sale ban during the COVID-19 lockdowns, alcohol use was not eliminated, but there was some reduction in the intake of alcohol. Apart from alcohol restrictions, some factors influencing drinking included drinking location and people with whom participants consumed alcohol.Many participants also indicated that they preferred to consume alcohol with friends because it helped them to bond with their friends and improved their social interactions.In addition, over 50% of the students stated that they drank alcohol because they felt happy, socialized with others, had fun, and that they enjoyed the taste. In contrast, only a few (four) reported drinking as a coping mechanism. Respondents were also aware of the negative consequences of drinking alcohol, especially when it is in large quantities. Results also indicate that half of the participants felt stressed, depressed, anxious and sad during the lock down. In addition, they also experienced problems related to eating and sleeping. The study highlighted the various coping mechanisms participants used to deal with stress. These included emotion-based coping strategies such as social support, sleeping, exercise, reading, watching television, listening to music, and maintaining a positive attitude, problem-based coping strategies (e.g., positive thinking and planning), as well as avoidance forms of coping (such as ignoring the situation). Conclusion:This study found that alcohol misuse was common in this sample of university students prior to the onset of COVID-19, and they experienced some distress during the COVID-19 lockdown.Factors that influenced alcohol use were also identified in this study sample which provided insight into how they experienced and coped with changes directly caused by the lockdowns in South Africa.11 D...

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Frames and benefits of alcohol-related harm to others research: a response to Strizek

Laslett

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Kuntsche

2020

Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy

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Alcohol-related harm to others: frames and challenges for survey research

Cited by 3 publications

References 26 publications

Applying a ‘harm to others’ research framework to illicit drugs: political discourses and ambiguous policy implications

Applying a ‘harm to others’ research framework to illicit drugs: political discourses and ambiguous policy implications

An exploration of binge drinking and coping behaviour during covid-19 among students in a major tertiary institution in KwaZulu-Natal.

Frames and benefits of alcohol-related harm to others research: a response to Strizek

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