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Alcohol use and a safe environment
Author(s) -
Holder Harold D.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
addiction
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.424
H-Index - 193
eISSN - 1360-0443
pISSN - 0965-2140
DOI - 10.1046/j.1360-0443.92.3s1.3.x
Subject(s) - harm , occupational safety and health , suicide prevention , poison control , human factors and ergonomics , injury prevention , work (physics) , perspective (graphical) , environmental health , public health , medicine , psychology , medical emergency , social psychology , engineering , nursing , computer science , mechanical engineering , pathology , artificial intelligence
Three areas are discussed which illustrate the potential for drinking to increase the threat to personal safety, i.e. family harm and disruption, violence and crime, and traffic safety. Such threats to safety are especially important in that they extend well beyond the individual drinker into the lives of family members, friends, work colleagues, and even strangers who can become injured or killed in a drinking and driving accident. Thus, alcohol policy is a concern for all citizens whose personal safety can be at risk. From this perspective, alcohol‐involved problems are public health and safety issues. Controlled evaluations of a number of strategies provide evidence of potential effectiveness to reduce problems related to safety.