Alcohol Research Quarterly:January - March 2003

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Here is the 10th 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. Alcohol Advertising

3. Drinking & Driving

4. Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder

5. Injury/Violence/Crime Prevention

6. Low/High-Risk Drinking

7. Older Adults

8.Practitioner Resources

9. Reports & Statistics

10. Workplace

11.Youth & Young Adults

12. Other


** Indicates Canadian content

1. ALCOHOL/SUBSTANCE ABUSE POLICY

Evaluating alcohol access and the alcohol environment in neighborhood areas.
Freisthler B, Gruenewald PJ, Treno AJ, Lee J. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2003 Mar;27(3):477-84.
Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:80/entrez/query.fcgi?
cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12658114&dopt=Abstract

The relationship of alcohol outlet density to heavy and frequent drinking and drinking-related problems among college students at eight universities.
Weitzman ER, Folkman A, Kerry Lemieux Folkman MP, Wechsler H
Health Place 2003 Mar;9(1):1-6.
Full text:
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/cas/Documents/GIS/GISstudy2.pdf

2. ALCOHOL ADVERTISING

Drops in the Bucket: Alcohol Industry "Responsibility" Advertising on Television in 2001,
Center on ALcohol Marketing and Youth, Feb 2003
Full text:
http://camy.org/research/files/drops0203.pdf

Television: Alcohol's Vast Adland Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth, Dec 18, 2002
Full text:
http://camy.org/research/files/television1202.pdf

3. DRINKING AND DRIVING

**Comparative and joint prediction of DUI recidivism from alcohol ignition interlock and driver records.
Marques PR, Tippetts AS, Voas RB. J Stud Alcohol 2003 Jan;64(1):83-92. 
Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:80/entrez/query.fcgi?
cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12608487&dopt=Abstract

Correlation between modes of drinking and modes of driving as reported by students at two American universities.
Clapp JD, Shillington AM, Lange JE, Voas RB. Accid Anal Prev 2003 Mar;35(2):161-6.
Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:80/entrez/query.fcgi?
cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12504136&dopt=Abstract

**Drinking, cannabis use and driving among Ontario students.
Adlaf EM, Mann RE, Paglia A. CMAJ 2003 Mar 4;168(5):565-6.
Full text: http://www.pubmedcentral.gov/articlerender.fcgi?
tool=pubmed&pubmedid=12615749

**Drinking and Driving. Maskalyk J. CMAJ 2003 Feb 4;168(3):313.
Full text:
http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/pmidlookup?view=full&pmid=12566337

4. FETAL ALCOHOL SPRECTRUM DISORDER

**The challenge of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome in adult offender populations.
Fred J.Boland, Albert E.Chudley, Brian A.Grant,
Forum on Corrections Research, Sep 2002; 14(3):61-64.
Full text:
http://www.csc-scc.gc.ca/text/pblct/forum/v14n3/v14n3a19e.pdf

Rates and Correlates of Alcohol Use Among Pregnant Women in Obstetrics Clinics
Flynn, Heather A.; Sheila M. Marcus; Kristen L. Barry;
Frederic C. Blow. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research 2003; 27(1):81-87
Abstract: http://www.alcoholism-cer.com/

5. INJURY/VIOLENCE/CRIME PREVENTION

**A unified framework for injury control: The public health approach and Haddon's Matrix combined.
Ronald Lett, Olive Kobusingye and Dinesh Sethi.
Injury Control and Safety Promotion 2002; 9(3):199-205
Abstract: http://www.szp.swets.nl/szp/journals/ic093199.htm

Intimate Partner Violence and Drinking: New Research on Methodological Issues, Stability and Change, and Treatment.
Caetano, Raul, John Schafer, William Fals-Stewart, Timothy O'Farrell and Brenda Miller
Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research 2003; 27(2):292-300.
Abstract: http://ipsapp003.lwwonline.com/content/getfile/88/79/16/
abstract.htm

Emergency Department Services for Patients with Alcohol Problems:Research Directions.
Hungerford, Daniel W and Daniel A Pollock.
Acad Emerg Med January 2003;10(1): 79-84.
Full Text: http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/pub-res/eds/eds.pdf

  See also: Alcohol Problems Among Emergency Department Patients:
Proceedings of a Research Conference on Identification andIntervention.
Full text: http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/pub-res/alcohol_proceedings/
alcohol_proceedings.htm

Interventions for preventing injuries in problem drinkers (Cochrane Review).
Dinh-Zarr T, DiGuiseppi C, Heitman E, Roberts I.
The Cochrane Library 2003;1.
Abstract:
http://www.update-software.com/abstracts/ab001857.htm

See also:
SafetyLit, Injury Prevention Abstracts Online,
Center for Injury Prevention Policy & Practice, San Diego State U
Abstracts: http://www.safetylit.org/week/newmenu.htm

6. LOW / HIGH RISK DRINKING

Addressing alcohol problems in primary care: a cluster randomized, controlled trial of a systems intervention. The screening and intervention in primary care (SIP) study.
Saitz R et al Ann Intern Med 2003 Mar 4;138(5):372-82.
Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:80/entrez/query.fcgi?
cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12614089&dopt=Abstract

Alcohol Consumption and Expenditures for Underage Drinking and Adult Excessive Drinking
Susan E. Foster, Roger D. Vaughan, William H. Foster, Joseph A. Califano, Jr. JAMA. 2003;289:989-995.
http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/289/8/989

See also: The Economic Impact of Underaged and Adult
Excessive Drinking,CASA, Feb 2003
Full text:
http://www.casacolumbia.org/usr_doc/economics_of_
drinking_2003.pdf

Alcohol Consumption and Risk of Stroke: A Meta-analysis
Reynolds, Kristi, et al JAMA. 2003;289:579-588.
Abstract:
http://jama.ama-assn.org/issues/v289n5/abs/jma20035.html

Alcohol high risk drinking, abuse and dependence among tobacco smoking medical care patients and the general population.
John U, Hill A, Rumpf HJ, Hapke U, Meyer C. Drug Alcohol
Depend 2003 Mar 1;69(2):189-95.
Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:80/entrez/query.fcgi?
cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12609700&dopt=Abstract

Binge Drinking Among US Adults.  Naimi, Timothy et al
JAMA. 2003;289:70-75. 
Abstract: http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/289/1/70?
maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=&fulltext=
alcohol&searchid=1049076797384_3120&stored_search=&FIRSTINDEX=0
&journalcode=jama

Concurrent Alcohol Tobacco Dependence. Mechanisms and Treatment.
David J.Drobes, Alcohol Research and Health 2002;26(2):136-142.
Full text: http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/arh26-2/136-142.pdf

Nondaily drinkers score higher on the Alcohol Dependence Scale than daily drinkers.
Wood LD, Sobell LC, Sobell MB, Dornheim L, Agrawal S.
Addict Behav 2003 Mar-Apr;28(2):347-52
Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:80/entrez/query.fcgi?
cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12573684
&dopt=Abstract

**A multilevel analysis of change in alcohol consumption in Quebec,1993-98.
Demers A, Kairouz S. Addiction 2003 Feb;98(2):205-13.
Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:80/entrez/query.fcgi?
cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12534426
&dopt=Abstract

A meta-analysis of the effectiveness of bibliotherapy for alcohol problems.
Apodaca TR, Miller WR. J Clin Psychol 2003 Mar;59(3):289-304
Abstract:
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/102530371/START

Public Health Implications of Excessive Alcohol Consumption
Glen R. Hanson and Ting-Kai Li JAMA. 2003;289:1031-1032.
Abstract:
http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/289/8/1031

Smoking intervention within alcohol and other drug treatment services:a selective review with suggestions for practical management
Bowman, Jennifer, Raoul A Walsh. Drug and Alcohol Review
March 2003;22(1):73 - 82.
Abstract: http://taylorandfrancis.metapress.com/link.
asp?id=k381mr8u9q8kdf9x

7. OLDER ADULTS

Prospective study of alcohol consumption and risk of dementia in older adults.
Mukamal KJ et al JAMA 2003 Mar 19;289(11):1405-13.
Abstract:
http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/289/11/1405?etoc

Substance abuse treatment need among older adults in 2020: the impact of the aging baby-boom cohort.
Gfroerer J, Penne M, Pemberton M, Folsom R.
Drug Alcohol Depend 2003 Mar 1;69(2):127-35.
Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:80/entrez/query.
fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12609694
&dopt=Abstract

8. PRACTITIONER RESOURCES

**Health Promotion: Does it work?
Health Policy Research Bulletin March 2002;1(3):1-39
Full text:
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hppb/phdd/resources/subject_health_
promotion.html

**Preventing and Addressing Alcohol Use in Pregnancy
Kathryn G. Reducka, Perinatal Newsletter Winter 2003;20(1):3-4.
Full text:
http://www.pppeso.on.ca/english/vol2003_1.pdf

Science-Based Prevention Programs and Principles, 2002.
Schinke, S, Brounstein, P and Gardner, S. DHHS Pub. No. (SMA) 03-3764. 
Rockville, MD: CSAP, SAMHSA, 2002.
http://ncadi.samhsa.gov/govpubs/BKD479/BKD479.pdf

Sociological Approaches Hold Promise to Curb Campus Drinking
Strand, Kerry J. Footnotes, Dec 2002 American Sociological Association
Full text: http://www.asanet.org/footnotes/dec02/fn7.html

Response: http://www.asanet.org/footnotes/feb03/fn20.html

**Your Party, Your Liability Publication Series, Dec 17-18, 2003,
Allstate Insurance Company and MADD Canada
http://madd.ca/library/liability/index.htm

9. REPORTS & STATISTICS

**Acting on what we know: preventing youth suicide in First
Nations, Report of the Advisory Group on Suicide Prevention, Mar 2003
Full text: http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fnihb/cp/publications/preventing_
youth_suicide.pdf

**AGCO Annual Report, 2000-1 (Dec 2001)
Full text: http://www.agco.on.ca/pdf/Non-Forms/2000-2001AnnualE.pdf

**CAMH Population Studies Ebulletin: Suicide, Jan-Feb 2003
Full text: http://www.camh.net/research/pdfs/eb018_suicide.pdf

**LCBO Annual Report, 2001-2: Our Seventh Straight Record Year
Full text: http://www.lcbo.com/images/pdfs/lcbo_an_report.pdf

**Report 2003: Organizational Health & Wellness Trends in Manufacturing.
Warren Sheppel Consultants Corporation, Mar 2003
Full text: http://www.warrenshepell.com/newsroom/pr-mar052003.html

**The Privatization of Liquor Retailing in Alberta,
Douglas West,  Fraser Institute, Feb 2003
Full text: http://www.fraserinstitute.ca/admin/books/files/West2002.pdf

**Road Safety Monitor 2002: Drinking and Driving
Bierness, Doug, Herb Simpson, Katharine Desmond, TIRF (Dec 2002)
Full text: http://www.trafficinjuryresearch.com/publications/PDF_
publications/RSM_02_Drinking_and_Driving.pdf

See also: Road Safety Monitor 2002: Drugs and Driving (Feb 2003)
http://www.trafficinjuryresearch.com/whatNew/newsItemPDFs/
RSM_02_Drugs_and_Driving.pdf

10. WORKPLACE

Relationships of alcohol use, stress, avoidance coping, and other factors with mental health in a highly educated workforce.
Koopman C, Wanat SF, Whitsell S, Westrup D, Matano RA.
Am J Health Promot 2003 Mar-Apr;17(4):259-68.
Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:80/entrez/query.fcgi?
cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12640782&dopt=Abstract

11 YOUTH & YOUNG ADULTS

**Heavy drinking on Canadian campuses.
Gliksman L, Adlaf EM, Demers A, Newton-Taylor B.
Can J Public Health 2003 Jan-Feb;94(1):17-21.
Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:80/entrez/query.fcgi?
cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=12583664

**More Canadian students drink but American students drink more:comparing college alcohol use in two countries.
Kuo M, Adlaf EM, Lee H, Gliksman L, Demers A, Wechsler H.
Addiction 2002 Dec;97(12):1583-92.
Full text: http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/cas/Documents/Canadian1/
CanadaPaper.pdf

Parental monitoring and adolescent alcohol risk in a clinic population.
Beck KH, Boyle JR, Boekeloo BO. Am J Health Behav 2003 Mar-Apr;27(2):108-15.
Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:80/entrez/query.fcgi?
cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12639068&dopt=Abstract

**Prevalence and age of onset for drug use in seven international sites:
results from the international consortium of psychiatric epidemiology.
Vega WA et al. Drug Alcohol Depend 2002 Dec 1;68(3):285-97.
Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:80/entrez/query.fcgi?
cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12393223&dopt=Abstract

Prevention of psychoactive substance use. a selected review of what works in the area of prevention
Hawks, David, Katie Scott, Nyanda McBride, Paul Jones and Tim Stockwell, World Health Organization,2002.
Full text: http://www.ndri.curtin.edu.au/pdfs/who_review.pdf

Primary prevention for alcohol misuse in young people (Cochrane Review)
Foxcroft DR, Ireland D, Lister-Sharp DJ, Lowe G, Breen R.
The Cochrane Library 2003;1.
Abstract: http://www.update-software.com/abstracts/ab003024.htm

School spirits: Alcohol and collegiate sports fans.
Nelson TF, Wechsler H. Addictive Behaviors. 2003; 28(1): 1-11.
Full text: http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/cas/Documents/Sport_fans/
sportsfansss.doc

Taking up Binge Drinking in College: The Influences of Person, Social Group, and Environment.
Weitzman ER, Nelson TF, Wechsler H. Journal of Adolescent Health. 2003; 32(1):26-35.
Full text:
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/cas/Documents/uptake/uptake1.pdf

12. OTHER

**Recent Research on the Comorbidity of Alcoholism and Pathological Gambling.
Sherry H. Stewart and; Matt G. Kushner
Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research 2003; 27(2):285-291
Abstract: http://ipsapp003.lwwonline.com/content/getfile/88/79/15/
abstract.htm


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