How do drinking cultures change? – or do they?: A provisional model based on evidence of transitions in Denmark

Bloomfield, Kim; Karlsson, Thomas; Grittner, Ulrike

doi:10.1080/09687637.2016.1179719

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“…These regionally based drinking styles can offer new ways to think about how to examine drinking cultures: not just as nationally based, but as varying within and spanning across national borders. So far, we have only considered drinking patterns as one of several components of a drinking culture (Bloomfield et al, 2016). Future research could enlarge its scope by adding other indicators (e.g., attitudes, drinking legislation) to the construction of clusters.…”

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Drinking patterns at the sub-national level

Bloomfield

Grittner

Kraus³

et al. 2017

Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs

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Aim A drinking pattern is not only a major drinking variable, but is also one indicator of a country’s drinking culture. In the present study, we examine drinking patterns within and across the neighbouring countries of Denmark and Germany. The aim of the research is to determine to what extent drinking patterns differ or are shared at the sub-national level in the two countries. Method Data came from the German 2012 Epidemiological Survey of Substance Use (n 9084) 18–64 years (response rate 54%), and the Centre for Alcohol and Drug Research’s 2011 Danish national survey (n = 5133) 15–79 years (response rate 64%), which was reduced to a common age range, producing a final of 4016. The drinking pattern variable included abstention, moderate drinking, heavy drinking, risky single occasion drinking (RSOD), and was investigated with bivariate statistics and gender-specific hierarchical cluster analysis. Results For men three clusters emerged: one highlighting abstention and RSOD, moderate/heavy drinking, RSOD and RSOD heavy drinking. For women, two clusters appeared: one highlighting abstention and moderate/ heavy drinking and the other highlighting RSOD and RSDO heavy drinking. The clusters revealed different geographical patterning: for men, a west vs. east divide; for women, a north–south gradient. Conclusions The analysis could identify for each gender clusters representing both separate and shared drinking patterns as well as distinctive geographical placements. This new knowledge can contribute to a new understanding of the dynamics of drinking cultures and could indicate new approaches to prevention efforts and policy initiatives.

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“…The use of the concept of drinking culture in social research on alcohol has increased in popularity (Bloomfield, Karlsson, & Grittner, 2016; Savic, Room, Mugavin, Pennay, & Livingston, 2016; SPSS, 2003). However, trying to define the concept and subsequently attempting to study drinking cultures is a highly complex and unwieldy task.…”

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Drinking patterns at the sub-national level

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Kraus³

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Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs

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“…La percezione della normalità o dannosità delle bevande alcoliche per la salute è anch'esso un valore che si modifica nel tempo e che è in grado di influenzare il consumo, come hanno mostrano gli studi di Nordlund e Østhus (2013) e di Tusini (2006). Si è anche osservato che un aumento della preoccupazione sulle conseguenze del bere in Danimarca tra il 2003 e il 2013 (Bloomfield et al, 2016)…”

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“…Il punto è sostenuto anche dal progetto AMPHORA, che ha rilevato come nei paesi europei studiati le misure alcologiche hanno avuto un effetto diretto sulla mortalità alcol correlata più grande rispetto all'effetto mediato dal consumo di bevande alcoliche sulla mortalità stessa (AMPHORA, 2013). Kim Bloomfield e colleghi hanno poi notato in Danimarca, tra il 2003 e il 2013, trend divergenti tra consumo alcolico, in riduzione, e danno alcol-correlato, in crescita, in corrispondenza di un insieme di politiche che ha aumentato la disponibilità di bevande alcoliche e ristretto la loro accessibilità ai minori, con tassazione e prezzi stabili o ridotti (Bloomfield et al, 2016). Ne consegue che le misure preventive, più che dare attenzione al consumo di bevande alcoliche di un'intera popolazione, mostrerebbero più frutti concentrandosi su sottogruppi di popolazione e sulla riduzione dei loro consumi e danni associati (Poikolainen, 2017).…”

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Una riflessione sull'efficacia delle politiche preventive per il controllo dei consumi di bevande alcoliche

Allamani¹,

Beccaria²,

Celata³

et al. 2018

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Diversità e aspetti comuni dei modi di bere e dei danni alcol-correlatiNei paesi del nord Europa, così come in nord America, esistono già da molti decenni preoccupazioni per i danni alcolcorrelati e, ai fini di ridurli, si sono introdotte politiche preventive per il controllo del consumo alcolico. Sull'efficacia di tali politiche il dibattito è ora aperto. Senza dubbio molti studi degli ultimi 30 anni ne hanno dimostrato l'efficacia.

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“…The question of how and why population-level patterns of alcohol consumption change is of fundamental importance to alcohol research ( Room, 1992 ; Room et al ., 2009 ; Keyes et al ., 2011 ; Bloomfield et al ., 2016 ; Savic et al ., 2016 ). In Great Britain, this debate has recently focused on understanding a long rise in per capita consumption from the early 1970s until the mid-2000s, which has been followed by a decade-long decline ( British Beer and Pub Association, 2015 ).…”

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Typology and Dynamics of Heavier Drinking Styles in Great Britain: 1978–2010

Purshouse

Brennan

Moyo

et al. 2017

Alcohol and Alcoholism

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AimsTo identify a typology of heavier drinking styles in Great Britain and to identify socio-demographic trends in the typology over the period 1978–2010.MethodsWe applied multiple correspondence analysis and agglomerative hierarchical clustering to beverage-specific quantity–frequency measures of alcohol consumption in the repeated cross-sectional General Lifestyle Survey of Great Britain, 1978–2010. The cluster analysis focuses on the 60,043 adult respondents over this period reporting average drinking levels above the UK Government guidelines. We projected sex, age, income, education, socio-economic status and tobacco consumption variables onto the clusters to inspect socio-demographic trends in heavier drinking.ResultsWe identified four stable clusters of heavier drinking: (a) high volume beer; (b) beer and spirit combination; (c) all beverage and (d) wine and spirit only. The socio-demographic characteristics of the clusters were distinct from both each other and the general population. However, all clusters had higher median incomes and higher smoking rates than the population. Increases in the prevalence of heavier drinking were driven by a 5-fold increase in the contribution of the female-dominated, wine and spirit only cluster.ConclusionsRecent changes in per capita alcohol consumption in Great Britain occurred within the context of a stable typology of heavier drinking styles and shifting socio-demographics. Identifying these trends is essential to better understand how drinking cultures develop over time and where potentially problematic drinking styles may emerge. Our findings suggest that careful attention to patterns and cultures of consumption is more important than relying on headline consumption data, for both understanding drinking behaviours and targeting interventions.Short SummaryThis analysis of alcohol consumption survey data identifies four styles of heavier drinking in Great Britain, which remain unchanged over the period 1978–2010. The socio-demographic characteristics of the drinking styles are distinct from both each other and the general population, with increased participation of female and older drinkers over time.

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How do drinking cultures change? – or do they?: A provisional model based on evidence of transitions in Denmark

Abstract: This is the accepted manuscript (post-print version) of the article. Contentwise, the post-print version is identical to the final published version, but there may be differences in typography and layout. How to cite this publication (APA)

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Drinking patterns at the sub-national level

Drinking patterns at the sub-national level

Una riflessione sull'efficacia delle politiche preventive per il controllo dei consumi di bevande alcoliche

Typology and Dynamics of Heavier Drinking Styles in Great Britain: 1978–2010

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