Open AccessState Alcohol Policies, Binge Drinking Prevalence, Socioeconomic Environments and Alcohol’s Harms to Others: A Mediation Analysis
Author(s) -
Won Kim Cook,
Libo Li,
Thomas K. Greenfield,
D.J. Patterson,
Timothy S. Naimi,
Ziming Xuan,
Katherine J. KarrikerJaffe
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
alcohol and alcoholism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.747
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 1464-3502
pISSN - 0735-0414
DOI - 10.1093/alcalc/agaa073
Subject(s) - binge drinking , socioeconomic status , marital status , mediation , poison control , injury prevention , environmental health , suicide prevention , harm , human factors and ergonomics , medicine , behavioral risk factor surveillance system , psychology , social psychology , political science , population , law
Alcohol policy effects on alcohol's harms due to others' drinking (AHTO) and contextual factors that may mediate such policy effects have been understudied. This study examines state binge drinking prevalence as a mediator of the relationship between state alcohol policy and socioeconomic environments and individual-level AHTO.