Alcohol Research Quarterly: March - April 2002
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Here is the 5th issue of Alcohol Research Update featuring recently published articles and other research of interest to program planners, health promoters, policy-makers and others active in substance abuse prevention in Ontario.
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CONTENTS
1. Alcohol / Substance Abuse Policy
2. Drinking & Driving
3. Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
4. Injury/Violence/Crime Prevention
5. Low/High-Risk Drinking
6. Older Adults
7.Practitioner Resources
8. Reports & Statistics
9. Workplace
10.Youth & Young Adults
11. Other
** Indicates Canadian content
1. ALCOHOL/SUBSTANCE ABUSE POLICY
** Can alcohol price policies be used to reduce drunk driving? Evidence from Canada.
Adrian, M., Ferguson, B.S.,Her, M. Substance Use & Misuse 36(14): 1923-1957, 2001.
http://www.health.org/research/res-brf/research2.asp?ID=673
Changing the minimum legal drinking age-its effect on a central city emergency department.
Everitt, R., Jones P. N Z Med J 2002; 115(1146): 9-11.
http://www.safetylit.org/week/new020429.htm
The economics of alcohol abuse and alcohol-control policies. Price levels, including excise taxes, are effective at controlling alcohol consumption. Raising excise taxes would be in the public interest.
Cook P.J., Moore M.J. Health Aff (Millwood) 2002 Mar-Apr; 21(2):120-33 PUBMED ID 11900152.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:80/entrez/query.fcgi?db=PubMed
Liquor Law Enforcement: policy and practice in Australia
Findlay, Robyn A., Sheehan, Mary C., Davey, Jeremy, et al.
Drugs: Education, Prevention & Policy 2002 Feb; 9(1) 2002:85.
http://taylorandfrancis.metapress.com/link.asp?id=L1DWBERT8VW7UXVC
2. DRINKING AND DRIVING
Binge drinking, sensible drinking, abstinence after alcohol-related vehicular crashes: the role of intervention versus screening.
Sommers, M.S., Dyehouse, J.M., Howe, S.R. Proc Assoc Adv Automot Med Conf 2001; 45:317-328.
http://www.safetylit.org/week/new020415.htm
** Evaluation of a program to motivate impaired driving offenders to install ignition interlocks.
Voas, R.B., Blackman, K.O., Tippetts, A.S., Marques, P.R.
Proc Assoc Adv Automot Med Conf 2001; 45: 303-316.
http://www.safetylit.org/week/new020408.htm
The effect of state regulations on motor vehicle fatalities for younger and older drivers: a review and analysis.
Grabowski, D.C., Morrisey, M.A. Milbank Q 2001; 79(4): 517-45, iii-iv PUBMED ID 11789116.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:80/entrez/query.fcgi?db=PubMed
Positive blood alcohol concentration and road accidents.
A prospective study in an Italian emergency department.
Fabbri, A., Marchesini, G., Morselli-Labate, A.M., Rossi, F.,Cicognani, A., Dente, M., Iervese, T., Ruggeri, S., Mengozzi, U. and Vandelli, A. Emerg Med J 2002;19 210-214.
http://emj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/abstract/19/3/210
Why aren't sobriety checkpoints widely adopted as an enforcement strategy in the United States?
Fell, J.C., Ferguson, S.A., Williams, A.F., Fields, M.
Proc Assoc Adv Automot Med Conf 2001; 45:425-428.
3. FETAL ALCOHOL SPRECTRUM DISORDER
Alcohol Use Among Women of Childbearing Age, United States,
1991-1999, MMWR, April 5, 2002; 51(13); 273-6.
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5113a2.htm
Moderate alcohol consumption and waiting time to pregnancy.
Juhl, M.; Nyboe Andersen, A.M.; Gronbaek, M.; Olsen, J.
Human Reproduction 2002, 16(12): 2705-2709.
Moderate alcohol intake in pregnancy and the risk of spontaneous abortion. Kesmodel, U., Wisborg, K., Olsen, S.F.,
Henriksen, T.B., Secher, N.J. Alcohol 2002 Jan-Feb; 37(1):87-92. PUBMED ID 11825863.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:80/entrez/query.fcgi?db=PubMed
4. INJURY/VIOLENCE/CRIME PREVENTION
Adolescent fighting while under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
Kodjo, C.; Auinger, P.; Ryan, S. Journal of Adolescent Health, 30(2):103, 2002.
** Consumption of psychoactive substances in Quebec prisons.
Chantal Plourde, FORUM on Corrections Research 2002; 14(1): 16-18.
http://www.csc-scc.gc.ca/text/pblct/forum/v14n1/v14n1a4e.pdf
** Focusing on Alcohol and Drugs, FORUM on Corrections Research 2001; 13(3).
http://www.csc-scc.gc.ca/text/pblct/forum/v13n3/index_e.shtml
** I'm okay. You're drunk!": Self-other differences in the perceived effects of alcohol in real-life incidents of aggression.
Graham, K., Wells, S. Contemporary Drug Problems 2001; 28(3): 441-462.
http://www.health.org/research/res-brf/research2.asp?ID=629
Influence of a substance-abuse-prevention curriculum on violence-related behavior.
Simon, T.R., Sussman, S., Dahlberg,L.L., Dent, C.W. Am J Health Behav 2002; 26(2):103-110.
http://www.safetylit.org/week/new020408.htm
The New Zealand blood donors' health study: baseline findings of a large prospective cohort study of injury.
Ameratunga, S.N., Norton, R.N., Whitlock, G., Macmahon, S.,Coggan, C., Jackson, R.T., Langley, J.D., Parag, V., Smith,D.,Woodfield, D.G. Injury Prev 2002; 8(1):66-69.
http://www.safetylit.org/week/new020422.htm
5. LOW / HIGH RISK DRINKING
A follow-up survey of alcohol consumption and knowledge in medical students.
Granville-Chapman, J.E., Yu, K., White, P.D. Alcohol 2001 Nov-Dec; 36(6):540-3 PUBMED ID 11704619.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:80/entrez/query.fcgi?db=PubMed
Brief physician advice for problem drinkers: Long-term efficacy and benefit-cost analysis.
Fleming, M.F., Mundt, M.P., French,M.T., et al. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 26(1): 36-43, 2002.
Brief intervention for hazardous drinkers in a needle exchange program.
Stein, M.D., Anderson, B., Charuvastra, A., Maksad, J.,Friedmann, P.D. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment 22(1): 23-31, 2002.
http://www.health.org/research/res-brf/research2.asp?ID=661
Early intervention for problem drinkers: readiness to participate among general practitioners and nurses in Swedish primary health care.
Johansson, K., Bendtsen, P., Akerlind, I. Alcohol 2002 Jan-Feb; 37 (1):38-42. PUBMED ID 11825855.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:80/entrez/query.fcgi?db=PubMed
Physicians' attitudes and beliefs concerning alcohol abuse prevention in adolescents.
Marcell, A.V.; Halpern-Felsher, B.; Coriell, M.; Millstein, S.G. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 22(1): 49-55, 2002.
6. OLDER Adults
Alcohol consumption and risk of dementia: the Rotterdam Study.
Ruitenberg, A.; Van Swieten, J.C.; Witteman, J.C.M.; Mehta, K.M.; Van Duijn, C.M.; Hofman, A.; Breteler, M.M.B. Lancet, 359(9303):281-286, 2002.
http://www.thelancet.com/search
Drinking patterns among older people in the community: hidden from medical attention?
Khan, N.; Davis, P.; Wilkinson, T.J.; Sellman, J.D.; Graham, P. N Z Med J 2002 Feb 22; 115(1148):72-5. PUBMED 11913937.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:80/entrez/query.fcgi?db=PubMed
7. PRACTITIONER RESOURCES
** Directory of Potential Sources of Funding for Injury and Substance Abuse Prevention Projects,
March 2002
http://www.apolnet.org/resources/funddir2002.pdf
Media How To Guide. Community Coalition Tool Kit, Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America.
http://www.cadca.org/CoalitionToolkit/Media/MediaHowToGuide/
MediaHowToGuide.htm
** Prevention Dividend Project Social Marketing Tools
http://prevention-dividend.com/en/tools/social_marketing.htm
8. REPORTS & STATISTICS
** Alcohol-Related Problems in Ontario Neighbourhoods:Findings from a 2000 General Population Survey.
CAMH Research Document Series 151. Anglin, L.; Ialomiteanu, A.; Giesbrecht, N.; Mann, R.; McAllister, J.; Lauzon, R.
http://www.camh.net/research/camh2000_exec_sum.html
** National Population Health Survey, 2000-01
http://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/020503/d020503a.htm
Selected Data
http://www.statcan.ca/english/Pgdb/People/Health/health05a.htm
** Proportions of Crimes Associated with Alcohol and Other Drugs in Canada.
Pernanen, Kai, Marie-Marthe Cousineau and Serge Brochu, April 2002
Report: http://www.ccsa.ca/docs/crime2002.pdf
Highlights: http://www.ccsa.ca/docs/crimehighlights.htm
Youth in Transition Survey, StatsCan, 2000
http://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/020123/d020123a.htm
9. WORKPLACE
Prevalence of alcohol and drug use in a highly educated workforce.
Matano, R.A.; Wanat, S.F.; Westrup, D.; Koopman, C.; Whitsell, S.D. Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research, 29(1): 30-44, 2002.
Substance abuse in the workplace: epidemiology, effects, and industry response.
Bush DM, Autry JH 3rd. Occup Med 2002 Jan-Mar; 17(1):13-25, iii.
Workplace absenteeism and alcohol use: a sequential analysis.
McFarlin, S.K.; Fals-Stewart, W. Psychol Addict Behav 2002
Mar; 16(1):17-21. PUBMED ID 11934081.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:80/entrez/query.fcgi?db=PubMed
10. YOUTH & YOUNG ADULTS
Associations Between Health Risk Behaviors and Opposite-, Same-, and Both-Sex Sexual Partners in Representative Samples of Vermont and Massachusetts High School Students.
Robin, L.; Brener, N.D.; Donahue, S.F.; Hack, T.; Hale, K.; Goodenow, C. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2002; 156:349-355.
http://archpedi.ama-assn.org/issues/v156n4/abs/poa10148.html
Children and Adolescents With Acute Alcohol Intoxication/Self-poisoning Presenting to the Emergency Department.
Woolfenden, S.; Dossetor, D.; Williams, K. Arch Pediat, Adolesc Med. 2002;156:345-348.
http://archpedi.ama-assn.org/issues/v156n4/abs/poa10309.html
College alcohol abuse: A review of the problems, issues, and prevention approaches.
Vicary, J.R., Karshin, C.M., Journal of Primary Prevention 22(3):299-331, 2002
http://www.health.org/research/res-brf/research2.asp?ID=645
The effects of drug abuse prevention at school: the 'Healthy School and Drugs' project.
Cuijpers, P.; Jonkers, R.; de WI; de JA. Addiction 2002; 97(1): 67-73.
http://www.safetylit.org/week/new020325.htm
Teens as advocates for substance use prevention: Strategies for implementation.
Tencati, E.; Kole, S.L.; Feighery, E.; Winkleby, M.; Altman, D.G. Health Promotion Practice, 3(1):18-29, 2002.
Patterns of alcohol drinking in a population of young social drinkers: a comparison of questionnaire and diary measures.
Townshend, J.M.; Duka, T. Alcohol 2002 Mar-Apr; 37(2):187-92. PUBMED ID 11912076.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:80/entrez/query.fcgi?db=PubMed
Relation between parental restrictions on movies and adolescent use of tobacco and alcohol.
Dalton, M.A.; Ahrens, M.B.; Sargent,J.D.; Mott, L.A.; Beach, M.L.; Tickle, J.J.; Heatherton, T.F. Eff Clin Pract 2002 Jan-Feb; 5(1):1-10.
http://www.safetylit.org/week/new020325.htm
Substance use on school property among students attending alternative high schools in the United States.
Brener, N.D.; Wilson, T.W. J Drug Educ 2001; 31(4):329-42. PUBMED ID 11957389
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:80/entrez/query.fcgi?db=PubMed
The Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System: updating policy and program applications.
Sussman, M.P.; Jones, S.E.; Wilson, T.W.; Kann, L. J Sch Health 2002 Jan; 72(1):13-7. PUBMED ID 11865793
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:80/entrez/query.fcgi?db=PubMed
11. OTHER
** Reconciling concept and context: the dilemma of implementation in school-based health promotion.
MacDonald, M.A.; Green, L.W. Health Educ Behav 2001 Dec; 28(6):749-68. PUBMED ID 11720276.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:80/entrez/query.fcgi?db=PubMed
Addressing suicide as a public-health problem.
Jenkins, R. Lancet 2002; 359: 835-840.
http://www.safetylit.org/week/new020311.htm
** Substance abuse in an urban aboriginal population: Social, legal and psychological consequences.
Jacobs, K.; Gill, K.
Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse, 1(1):7-25, 2002.
http://www.HaworthPressInc.com/store/TOC.asp?sku=J233
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