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Article de Périodique
Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of policies and programmes to reduce the harm caused by alcohol. (Alcohol and global health 2) (2009)
Auteur(s) :
ANDERSON, P. ;
CHISHOLM, D. ;
FUHR, D. C.
Année :
2009
Page(s) :
2234-2246
Sous-type de document :
Revue de la littérature / Literature review
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
110
Domaine :
Alcool / Alcohol
Discipline :
SAN (Santé publique / Public health)
Note générale :
• Editorial: Alcohol and harm reduction in Russia, p.2171.
• Comments:
Alcohol: a global health priority, Beaglehole R. & Bonita R., p.2173-4 ;
Action needed to tackle a global drink problem, Gilmore I., p.2174-6 ;
A case study in how harmful alcohol consumption can be, Rehm J. & Room R., p.2176-7.
• Profile: Sally Casswell: champion for communities tackling alcohol. Interview by Kelly Morris, p. 2191.
• Comments:
Alcohol: a global health priority, Beaglehole R. & Bonita R., p.2173-4 ;
Action needed to tackle a global drink problem, Gilmore I., p.2174-6 ;
A case study in how harmful alcohol consumption can be, Rehm J. & Room R., p.2176-7.
• Profile: Sally Casswell: champion for communities tackling alcohol. Interview by Kelly Morris, p. 2191.
Résumé :
This paper reviews the evidence for the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of policies and programmes to reduce the harm caused by alcohol, in the areas of education and information, the health sector, community action, driving while under the influence of alcohol (drink-driving), availability, marketing, pricing, harm reduction, and illegally and informally produced alcohol. Systematic reviews and meta-analyses show that policies regulating the environment in which alcohol is marketed (particularly its price and availability) are effective in reducing alcohol-related harm. Enforced legislative measures to reduce drink-driving and individually directed interventions to already at-risk drinkers are also effective. However, school-based education does not reduce alcohol-related harm, although public information and education-type programmes have a role in providing information and in increasing attention and acceptance of alcohol on political and public agendas. Making alcohol more expensive and less available, and banning alcohol advertising, are highly cost-effective strategies to reduce harm. In settings with high amounts of unrecorded production and consumption, increasing the proportion of alcohol that is taxed could be a more effective pricing policy than a simple increase in tax. (Author' s abstract)
Affiliation :
School for Public Health and Primary Care, University of Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands