Alcohol The Prevention Debate
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Author | : Marcus Grant |
Publisher | : Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages | : 189 |
Release | : 2023-12-01 |
Genre | : Psychology |
ISBN | : 1003819257 |
In the early 1980s, emphasis had shifted from the treatment of alcohol problems to their prevention. Yet no clear integrated policy yet existed about how alcohol problems could best be prevented. Many different strategies were put forward as solutions but some were in competition with each other, while some were actually incompatible. Originally published in 1983, what this book does is to draw together a cross section of these different and competing voices so as to give a sense of the quality and direction of the great alcohol debate at the time. After setting into context some of the basic questions to do with the prevention of alcohol problems, the authors knit together and juxtapose short contributions from a very wide variety of experts from around the world. Clinicians, educators, sociologists, advertisers, marketing men, economists, philosophers, geneticists and international civil servants present different points of view on health education, the media, advertising, trade, the law, the environment and on the ethical basis of the debate itself. The authors bravely attempt to pull some general sense out of this profusion of what the way ahead is likely to be. It should be noted that this reissue very much reflects the context of the times in which it was written and that the contributors were participating in a debate where differences of opinion were actively encouraged.
Author | : Marcus Grant |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 206 |
Release | : 1983 |
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Total Pages | : 15 |
Release | : 1978 |
Genre | : Alcoholism |
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Author | : National Research Council |
Publisher | : National Academies Press |
Total Pages | : 478 |
Release | : 1981-02-01 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0309031494 |
Author | : Institute of Medicine |
Publisher | : National Academies Press |
Total Pages | : 761 |
Release | : 2004-03-26 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 0309089352 |
Alcohol use by young people is extremely dangerous - both to themselves and society at large. Underage alcohol use is associated with traffic fatalities, violence, unsafe sex, suicide, educational failure, and other problem behaviors that diminish the prospects of future success, as well as health risks â€" and the earlier teens start drinking, the greater the danger. Despite these serious concerns, the media continues to make drinking look attractive to youth, and it remains possible and even easy for teenagers to get access to alcohol. Why is this dangerous behavior so pervasive? What can be done to prevent it? What will work and who is responsible for making sure it happens? Reducing Underage Drinking addresses these questions and proposes a new way to combat underage alcohol use. It explores the ways in which may different individuals and groups contribute to the problem and how they can be enlisted to prevent it. Reducing Underage Drinking will serve as both a game plan and a call to arms for anyone with an investment in youth health and safety.
Author | : |
Publisher | : Transaction Publishers |
Total Pages | : 348 |
Release | : |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1412838673 |
But just as there have been suspicions of the dangers of pleasure, there have also been its supporters who assert its vital and joyful centrality to human experience. The Pursuit of Pleasure favors an agnostic approach borrowed from natural science."--BOOK JACKET.
Author | : Marja Holmila |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 261 |
Release | : 1997-08-18 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 1349258547 |
This book is an action research study of a community at work. The community prevention project set the system in motion, revealing its character and internal dynamics. This process and its context are analyzed from a sociological point of view. It is shown that the type of community prevention that really works and creates sustainable changes, is neither value neutral nor given from above: it adheres to reason, rituals and emotions alike, and requires subjective involvement of the people in the community.
Author | : United States Department of Transportation |
Publisher | : National Academies Press |
Total Pages | : 136 |
Release | : 1985-02-01 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 0309034493 |
Alcohol is a killerâ€"1 of every 13 deaths in the United States is alcohol-related. In addition, 5 percent of the population consumes 50 percent of the alcohol. The authors take a close look at the problem in a "classy little study," as The Washington Post called this book. The Library Journal states, "...[T]his is one book that addresses solutions....And it's enjoyably readable....This is an excellent review for anyone in the alcoholism prevention business, and good background reading for the interested layperson." The Washington Post agrees: the book "...likely will wind up on the bookshelves of counselors, politicians, judges, medical professionals, and law enforcement officials throughout the country."
Author | : National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (U.S.) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 346 |
Release | : 1983 |
Genre | : Alcoholism |
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Author | : Robert T. Ammerman |
Publisher | : Psychology Press |
Total Pages | : 460 |
Release | : 1999-03-01 |
Genre | : Psychology |
ISBN | : 1135672156 |
It is generally acknowledged that the most cost-effective means of curtailing alcohol and drug abuse is prevention. Providing interventions to at-risk individuals before they develop serious problems with substance use is the most important component of the "war on drugs." Fortunately, the past decade has seen a dramatic increase in the quantity and quality of scientific research on those areas crucial to the advancement of prevention science. This book compiles a tremendous amount of information about prevention which has accumulated in recent years. Documenting these accomplishments and setting the stage for future efforts comprise the focus of this book. Prevention and Societal Impact of Drug and Alcohol Abuse is divided into four parts. Part I contains introductory chapters addressing current issues in prevention science and characteristics of abusable substances. Part II includes chapters on the historical contexts of substance abuse and the deleterious health consequences of alcohol and other drugs. Part III focuses on the impact of drug and alcohol abuse on society. Included are chapters on alcohol and drug abuse and driving, infectious illness, disability, managed care, the criminal justice system and adolescents and adults, sale and distribution, the media, and community responses. Part IV consists of chapters on prevention in specific settings and with certain populations.