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The measurement of alcohol‐related accidents
Author(s) -
HARFORD THOMAS C.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
addiction
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.424
H-Index - 193
eISSN - 1360-0443
pISSN - 0965-2140
DOI - 10.1111/j.1360-0443.1993.tb02108.x
Subject(s) - poison control , alcohol , injury prevention , human factors and ergonomics , occupational safety and health , suicide prevention , medicine , psychology , medical emergency , environmental health , psychiatry , chemistry , biochemistry , pathology
This paper examines some of the major ethical and research issues associated with the measurement and recording of alcohol‐related problems. Because self‐reports of the history of the amount of alcohol ingested are sometimes unreliable, the assessment of the role of alcohol in casualties often relies on a variety of methods which are both diverse and interrelated. The unique measurement problems posed by the diversity of alcohol measures are reviewed and issues in selection and recording bias of alcohol's involvement in injury are discussed. A number of fundamental ethical and moral issues related to measurement are identified.