Alcohol Research Quarterly: September - October 2001
Hello everyone,
Here is the 2nd issue of Alcohol Research Update featuring selected scholarly articles published in recent issues of international health and safety journals.
Articles were selected based on their potential relevance and usefulness to program planners, health promoters, policy-makers and others active in substance abuse prevention.
In this issue we have also profiled selected grey literature, including recent reports focusing on alcohol and other drug use and prevention in Europe and the US.
Links to abstracts or full-length articles/reports are included where available.
If you would like to edit or contribute to future editions of this resource, please email mailto:apolnet@opha.on.ca.
CONTENTS
1. Alcohol Sales & Service
2. Drinking & Driving
3. Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
4. Injury Prevention
5. Low/High-Risk Drinking
6. Public Opininon on Alcohol Policy
7. Research and Evaluation Methods
8. Reports
9.Youth
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1. ALCOHOL SALES & SERVICE
Responsible alcohol service: lessons from evaluations of server training and policing initiatives
Stockwell, Tim. Drug and Alcohol Review Sep 2001; 20(3): 257 - 265.
2. DRINKING AND DRIVING
**The effects of introducing or lowering legal per seblood alcohol limits for driving: an international review.
Mann RE, Macdonald S, Stoduto LG, Bondy S, Jonah B, Shaikh A.
Accid Anal Prev 2001; 33(5):569-583.
Abstract at http://www.safetylit.org/week/new010903.htm
3. FETAL ALCOHOL SPRECTRUM DISORDER
Effectiveness of a Home Intervention for Perceived Child Behavioral Problems and Parenting Stress in Children With In Utero Drug Exposure.
Butz, Arlene M, Pulsifer, Margaret, Marano, Nicole, Belcher, Harolyn Lears, Mary Kathleen, Royall, Richard
Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine Sep 2001; 155(9): 1029-1037. Full article available online at
http://archpedi.ama-assn.org/issues/v155n9/abs/poa00580.html
Narrowcasting Risks of Drinking During Pregnancy Among African American and Latina Adolescent Girls
Deborah Glik, Elena Halpert-Schilt, Weiying Zhang
Health Promotion Practice Jul 2001; 2(3) Supplement 195: 222-232.
4. INJURY PREVENTION
**Factors related to self-reported violent and accidental injuries.
MacDonald, Scott; Wells, Samantha.
Drug and Alcohol Review Sep 2001; 20(3): 299-307.
5. LOW / HIGH RISK DRINKING
Alcohol expectancies of women and men in relation to alcohol use and perceptions of the effects of alcohol on the opposite sex
Borjesson,W.I., Dunn M.E.
Addictive Behaviors Sep 2001; 26(5): 707-719
Alcohol use, drug use and alcohol-related problems among men who have sex with men: the Urban Men's Health Study
Stall R, Paul JP, Greenwood G, Pollack LM, Bein E, Crosby GM, Mills, TC, Binson D, Coates TJ, Catania JA 1589 - 1601
Choice of Comparison Group in Assessing the Health Effects of Moderate Alcohol Consumption
Tsubono, Y, Yamada, S, Nishino, Y, Tsuji, I, Hisamichi, S
JAMA September 12, 2001; 286(10): 1133-1268
Full text research letter available at http://jama.ama-assn.org/issues/v286n10/ffull/jlt0912-5.html
Dying for a drink.
Tom Foster BMJ 2001;323 817-818
Full text article at http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/323/7317/817
Social cognitive determinants of drinking in young adults - Beyond the alcohol expectancies paradigm
Dijkstra, A., Sweeney, L, Gebhardt W
Addictive Behaviors Sep 2001; 26(5): 689-706
Negative emotional expectancies and readiness to change among college student binge drinkers
McNally, A.M., Palfai T.P.
Addictive Behaviors Sep 2001; 26(5): 721-734
6. PUBLIC OPINION ON ALCOHOL POLICY
** Trends in public opinion on alcohol policy measures:Ontario 1989- 1998.
Giesbrecht N., Ialomiteanu A., Room R., Anglin L.
Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 2001; 62(2): 142-149.
Abstract at http://www.ireb.com/html/form_en.htm
Sociodemographic and individual predictors of alcohol policy attitudes: results from a US probability sample.
Latimer W.W., Harwood E.M., Newcomb M.D., Wagenaar A.C.
Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research 2001 25 (4): 549-556.
Abstract at http://www.ireb.com/html/form_en.htm
7. RESEARCH & EVALUATION METHODS
Statistical considerations for the design, conduct and analysis of the efficacy of safe community interventions.
Bangdiwala SI. Inj Control Safety Promo 2001; 8(2) 91-97.
Abstract at http://www.safetylit.org/week/new011015.htm
Using the Getting to Outcomes (GTO) Model in a Statewide Prevention Initiative
Chinman, Matthew; Imm, Pamela; Wandersman, Abraham Kaftarian, Shakeh, Neal, Jim; Pendleton, Karen T.; Ringwalt Chris. Health Promotion Practice Oct 2001; 2(4) Supp 277:
For further info the GTO model, see also overview presentation
http://www.unr.edu/westcapt/Gto/GTOVisual.pdf
Getting to Outcomes Volumes 1 & 2
http://www.stanford.edu/~davidf/GTO_Volume_I.pdf
http://www.stanford.edu/~davidf/GTO_Volume_II.pdf
or Pilot Training Manual
http://about.preventiondss.org/html/NCAPproducts/NEWGTO.pdf]
8. RECENT REPORTS
Progress Report on the European Alcohol Action Plan, including follow-up to the WHO European Ministerial Conference on Young People and Alcohol
WHO-Europe Press Release, 12 Sep 2001
http://www.who.dk/cpa/backgrounders%5F2001/pb2001%2D08e.htm
The Consumption of Alcohol in Fourteen European Countries
A Comparative Econometric Analysis
Leppänen, Kalervo, Sullström, Risto, Suoniemi Ilpo STAKES, National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health, Helsinki, Finland 2001
http://www.stakes.fi/stakestieto/julkaisut2000/Mu%20177.htm
Malignant Neglect: Substance Abuse and America's Schools
National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University, September 2001
http://www.casacolumbia.org/usr_doc/malignant%2Epdf
Helping Youth to Navigate The Media Age: a new approach to drug prevention. White House Office of National Drug Policy
National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign, June 2001.
http://www.health.org/govpubs/ondcp-medlit/default.pdf
9. YOUTH
Adolescent drinking and alcohol policy.
Grube J.W., Nygaard P.
Contemporary Drug Problems, 2001; 28(1): 87-131.
Abstract at http://www.ireb.com/html/form_en.htm
Adverse outcomes of alcohol use in adolescents
Bonomo, Yvonne; Coffey, Carolyn; Wolfe, Rory; Lynskey, Michael; Bowes, Glenn; Patton, George Addiction Oct 2001; 96(10): 1485-1496.
Hospitalizations for Pediatric Intoxication in Washington State, 1987-1997
Gauvin F, Bailey B, Bratton SL. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 2001; 155(10):1105-1110.
Abstract at http://www.safetylit.org/week/new011022.htm
**Medical and nonmedical stimulant use among adolescents:from sanctioned to unsanctioned use
Christiane Poulin CMAJ 2001;165(8):1039-44
Full text article available at http://www.cma.ca/cmaj/vol-165/issue-8/1039.asp
Motives for not drinking alcohol among Australian adolescents - Development and initial validation of a five-factor scale
Stritzke, W.G.K., Butt J.C.M.
Addictive Behaviors Sep 2001; 26(5): 633-649.
Peer influence groups: identifying dense clusters in large networks.
Moody J Social Networks Oct-2001; 23(4):261-283
Social control in a school setting: Evaluating a school-based boot camp.
Trulson C, Triplett R, Snell C. Crime & Delinquency 2001; 47(4): 573-609.
Abstract at http://www.safetylit.org/week/new011022.htm
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