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The Prevention of Alcohol Related Problems: A Growing Reality in the 1980's
Author(s) -
Noble Ernest P.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
australian drug and alcohol review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.018
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1465-3362
pISSN - 0819-5331
DOI - 10.1080/09595238780000151
Subject(s) - element (criminal law) , plea , psychosocial , per capita , alcohol consumption , alcohol abuse , consumption (sociology) , key (lock) , environmental health , political science , alcohol , medicine , business , sociology , law , psychiatry , computer security , computer science , social science , biology , population , biochemistry
During the author's tenure of the directorship of the U.S. National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism a public health approach to preventing alcohol‐related problems was proposed. Three key elements need to be considered — the host, the environment and the agent. The greatest emphasis in modern U.S. history has been on the host — his or her biological or psychosocial susceptibilities, knowledge and attitudes on alcohol. The second element is concerned with the setting in which drinking takes place and attempts to modify the consequences of drinking. The last element involves regulating the supply of alcoholic beverages and is the most politically contentious. A plea is made for strong emphasis to be placed on regulating supply and for the per capita level of consumption to be one of the key indicators of success in the prevention of alcohol problems.