Open AccessOn monitoring unrecorded alcohol consumption
Author(s) -
Jürgen Rehm,
Vladimir Poznyak
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
alkoholizm i narkomania
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1689-3530
pISSN - 0867-4361
DOI - 10.1016/j.alkona.2015.06.003
Subject(s) - alcohol consumption , consumption (sociology) , environmental health , alcohol , medicine , sociology , chemistry , social science , biochemistry
Unrecorded alcohol consumption is a global problem, with about 25% of all alcohol consumption concerning this category. There are different forms of unrecorded alcohol, legally produced versus illegally produced, artisanal vs industrially produced, and then surrogate alcohol, which is officially not intended for human consumption. Monitoring and surveillance of unrecorded consumption is not well developed. The World Health Organization has developed a monitoring system, using the Nominal Group Technique, a variant of the Delphi methodology. Experiences with this methodology over the past two years are reported. Finally, conclusions for the monitoring and surveillance at the national level are given