The effect of alcohol outlets, sales and trading hours on alcohol‐related injuries presenting at emergency departments in Perth, Australia, from 2002 to 2010

Hobday, Michelle; Chikritzhs, Tanya; Liang, Wenbin; Meuleners, Lynn

doi:10.1111/add.13063

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“…24 This 'high intensity drinking' may be a pattern exhibited by the heavier consumers driving Australia's increase in alcohol attributable harm despite stable trends in per capita consumption. 7,16 A regression analysis of influences on last session consumption yielded results consistent with the literature; higher use among regional participants, 25 those with earlier/heavier past alcohol use, 26 longer drinking hours 27 and caffeine use. 28 Also, the high quantities consumed on modest recreational budgets was made possible through the participants' beverage preferences toward bulk/low cost.…”

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Most recent risky drinking session with Australian teenagers

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Ogeil

et al. 2017

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

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Objective: Despite declines in Australian alcohol consumption, youth alcohol related harms remain prevalent. These alcohol-related consequences appear to be driven by a subset of risky drinkers who engage in 'high intensity' drinking episodes and are underrepresented in national health surveys. This project aims to investigate high risk drinking practices and alcohol-related harms amongst young people not otherwise recorded in existing data. Methods:A community sample of the heaviest drinking 20-25% 16-19 year olds were surveyed across three Australian states (n=958; 80% metropolitan). We examined the context of their last risky drinking session through online and face-to-face surveys.Results: Males consumed a mean of 17 and females 14 standard drinks, and 86% experienced at least one alcohol-related consequence during this session. More than a quarter of the face-to-face sample had Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) scores indicative of alcohol dependence. Indications of dependence were 2.3 times more likely among those who felt uncomfortable about seeking alcohol treatment, and less likely if harm reduction strategies were frequently used while drinking. Conclusions:It is clear this underrepresented population experiences substantial acute and potentially chronic consequences. Implications:Within the context of increasing alcohol-related harms among young Australians, the understanding of this group's drinking habits should be prioritised.

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Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

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“…13 An unexpected finding was the proportion of patients presenting with ARH from a suspected intoxicated third party. The concentration of licensed venues is highest in these areas, where alcohol is served as late as 5 am on a Saturday night to Sunday morning.…”

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“…This is consistent with the finding that regions of Perth with greater off-premises alcohol sales and counts of on-premises alcohol outlets, particularly those with extended trading hours, are associated with higher levels of alcoholrelated injuries. 13 An unexpected finding was the proportion of patients presenting with ARH from a suspected intoxicated third party.…”

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Alcohol‐related presentations to the Royal Perth Hospital Emergency Department: A prospective study

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MacDonald

Fatovich

2017

Emerg Medicine Australasia

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Commentary on Hobday et al (2015): Inconsistent results beneath consistent conclusions-the need for a new approach to analysing alcohol availability Alcohol availability studies keep producing unexpected findings alongside results that are in line with previous research. Such contradictory results should be seen as an opportunity for a renewed focus on theory development.

More off-premise outlets are associated with fewer alcoholrelated injuries.

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“…Areas with higher young male populations have lower levels of alcohol-related injury. These are some of the findings which do not feature in the conclusions of Hobday et al's well-executed analysis of the relationship between alcohol availability and alcohol-related injury [1]. What follows is not a criticism of the authors' work, which is good quality, offers useful findings on extended trading permits and merits its publication.…”

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Commentary on Hobday et al. (2015): Inconsistent results beneath consistent conclusions—the need for a new approach to analysing alcohol availability

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2015

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Commentary on Hobday et al. (2015): Inconsistent results beneath consistent conclusions-the need for a new approach to analysing alcohol availability Alcohol availability studies keep producing unexpected findings alongside results that are in line with previous research. Such contradictory results should be seen as an opportunity for a renewed focus on theory development.More off-premise outlets are associated with fewer alcoholrelated injuries. Bar sales do not affect alcohol-related injury admissions. Areas with higher young male populations have lower levels of alcohol-related injury. These are some of the findings which do not feature in the conclusions of Hobday et al.'s well-executed analysis of the relationship between alcohol availability and alcohol-related injury [1]. What follows is not a criticism of the authors' work, which is good quality, offers useful findings on extended trading permits and merits its publication. Instead, we offer a reflection on a case study which is symptomatic of persistent problems in this area of alcohol policy analysis.Hobday et al. find evidence that the number of alcohol outlets in an area (in this case on-trade outlets and particularly those with extended trading permits) is associated positively with an outcome of interest to public health (in this case, night-time injury admissions to emergency departments). What the conclusions do not tell us is that, like many researchers before them, the authors' results tell an inconsistent story and, at times, are plain contrary [2]. From a policy perspective, the persistent identification of inconsistent findings is challenging and difficult to accommodate within compelling advocacy messages. It is easy to see why they are neglected. However, scientists should see such inconsistencies as a positive: they raise questions to be answered and a spur for new thinking.To their credit, Hobday et al. seek to examine their unexpected results, but their arguments are not always convincing. The economies of scale afforded by large off-trade outlets will probably prompt higher sales, but this does not explain why, after controlling for sales per outlet, a reduction in the number of off-trade outlets is associated with an increase in alcohol-related injuries. Perhaps drinkers are switching to the on-trade, a sector associated more closely with acute alcohol-related harm, but this explanation leads us to the puzzling finding that on-trade sales are unrelated to alcohol-related injury admissions. It is reasonable to conclude that increased on-trade outlet numbers are associated with increased injuries because the drawing together of crowds presents more opportunities for injuries to occur; however, public health researchers and advocates have long argued that intoxication levels are a partial cause of alcohol-related violence. Perhaps the lack of a relationship between on-trade sales per outlet and alcohol-related injuries is due to high sales outlets having more customers, rather than more intoxication. It may be that sales per outlet is a ...

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The effect of alcohol outlets, sales and trading hours on alcohol‐related injuries presenting at emergency departments in Perth, Australia, from 2002 to 2010

Abstract: Regions of Perth, Australia with greater off-premises alcohol sales and counts of on-premises alcohol outlets, particularly those with extended trading hours, appear to have higher levels of alcohol-related injuries.

Cited by 24 publications

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Most recent risky drinking session with Australian teenagers

Most recent risky drinking session with Australian teenagers

Alcohol‐related presentations to the Royal Perth Hospital Emergency Department: A prospective study

Commentary on Hobday et al. (2015): Inconsistent results beneath consistent conclusions—the need for a new approach to analysing alcohol availability

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