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Laslett AM, Mojica-Perez Y, Waleewong O, Hanh HTM, Jiang H. Harms to children from the financial effects of others' drinking. THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DRUG POLICY 2021; 94:103254. [PMID: 33887675 DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2021.103254] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2020] [Revised: 03/27/2021] [Accepted: 03/31/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND Many children live with parents who drink and experience little impact, but risky or heavy drinking by caregivers can result in a range of harms to children. Alcohol-related financial harms which directly impact children's needs in general populations have been seldom studied. OBJECTIVE The study aims to identify the prevalence and correlates of financial harms from others' drinking affecting children's needs in nine lower- and middle-income (LMICs) and high-income countries (HICs). METHODS Participants (n = 7,669) from Brazil, Chile, Ireland, Lao PDR, Nigeria, Sri Lanka, Thailand, USA and Viet Nam were aged 18-64 years and living with children. Logistic regression and meta-analyses explored differences in financial harm affecting children among LMICs and HICs, adjusting for gender, education, rurality and drinking pattern. RESULTS In around one-tenth to a third of households in the nine countries, children lived with people who drank riskily. Less than 1% to 8% of respondents reported that their children's needs had not been met because of financial harm from others' drinking. Women reported significantly greater harm to children due to the financial effects of others' drinking than men in the USA, Nigeria and Viet Nam. When the participant reported drinking riskily, and particularly when families included someone who drank heavily, increased odds of financial harm from others' drinking affecting children were identified. CONCLUSION That children's needs were not met due to financial harm from others' drinking was reported by three percent (<1 to 8%) of caregivers across the nine countries, representing a problem for large numbers of children, particularly in the low and middle-income countries studied. When a person's drinking was reported to be heavy or harmful within the family, the risk that children's needs were affected by the financial impacts of others' drinking was significantly greater.
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Affiliation(s)
- Anne-Marie Laslett
- Centre for Alcohol Policy Research, La Trobe University, Australia; National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University, Western Australia, Australia; Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Australia.
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- International Health Policy Program, Ministry of Public Health, Nonthaburi, Thailand
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- Health Strategy and Policy Institute (HSPI)- Vietnam Ministry of Health, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- Centre for Alcohol Policy Research, La Trobe University, Australia; Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Australia
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Karriker-Jaffe KJ, Drabble L, Trocki KF, Hughes TL, Greenfield TK. Harm from Others' Drinking Among Sexual Minority Adults in the United States. LGBT Health 2020; 8:50-59. [PMID: 33337273 DOI: 10.1089/lgbt.2020.0011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Purpose: Due to discrimination and stigma, sexual minority adults may be more likely than their heterosexual counterparts to experience harms from other people's drinking. We compared prevalence of second-hand alcohol harms for sexual minority and heterosexual adults in the United States. Methods: Data from the 2014-15 U.S. National Alcohol Survey (n = 5516; 10.2% sexual minority adults) were analyzed using logistic regression with survey weights to account for sampling and nonresponse. Multivariable models included simple main effects of sexual identity on the past-year harm outcomes, as well as interactions of drinker status with sexual identity. Results: In bivariate results stratified by sex, bisexual women were significantly more likely than heterosexual women to report all five types of harms. Lesbian respondents had greater odds relative to heterosexual women of reporting harm by a friend/coworker and assault or physical harm by a drinker. Bisexual identity among men was associated with greater odds of reporting assault/physical harm relative to heterosexual men in bivariate models. In adjusted models, differences by sexual identity were substantially reduced, with significance remaining only for friend/coworker-perpetrated harms and assault/physical harm among lesbian respondents compared with heterosexual women. For assault/physical harm, an interaction of sexual identity with the respondent's own drinking showed that the increased odds of harm associated with heavy drinking was even greater among sexual minority respondents (both bisexual and lesbian/gay respondents) than among heterosexual respondents. Conclusion: These findings underscore the importance of preventive interventions that consider disparities in risk for alcohol-related harms, particularly interpersonal violence, among sexual minority adults in the United States.
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- Alcohol Research Group, Public Health Institute, Emeryville, California, USA.,College of Health and Human Sciences, San Jose State University, San Jose, California, USA
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- Alcohol Research Group, Public Health Institute, Emeryville, California, USA
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- School of Nursing and Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
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- Alcohol Research Group, Public Health Institute, Emeryville, California, USA
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Zasimova L, Kolosnitsyna M. Exploring the relationship between drinking preferences and recorded and unrecorded alcohol consumption in Russian regions in 2010-2016. THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DRUG POLICY 2020; 82:102810. [PMID: 32535540 DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2020.102810] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2019] [Revised: 05/19/2020] [Accepted: 05/21/2020] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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BACKGROUND In recent years, Russia has seen a decline in alcohol consumption per capita (APC) accompanied by a significant reduction in the share of spirits in total APC. Our aim was to investigate regional variation in alcohol consumption and the association between the share of spirits in APC, and recorded and unrecorded APC. METHODS Data on recorded APC were taken from Rosstat. Our estimates on unrecorded APC were based on the guidelines of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation and data on alcoholic psychoses and mortality from external causes (546 observations for 78 regions from 2010 to 2016). We estimated fixed effects models with the dependent variables of recorded and unrecorded APC of the population 15+. Independent variables included share of spirits in recorded APC, vodka prices, average income, duration of alcohol sales hours, and others. RESULTS During the 2010-2016 period, recorded APC varied by regions from 1.1 to 17.8 litres; unrecorded - from almost zero to 21 litres; the share of spirits in recorded APC - from 20.6% to 89.3%. A 1% increase in the share of spirits was attributed to a 0.2% increase in recorded APC and to a 2.1% increase in unrecorded APC. Various factors were related to regional APC: vodka prices (with elasticity coefficient -0.46 for recorded and 1.67 for unrecorded APC); income (0.23 for recorded and -2.23 for unrecorded APC); duration of sales hours (-0.9 for unrecorded APC); and shares of working age and of urban population. CONCLUSION Taking into account a strong correlation between the share of spirits in the recorded APC and consumption of recorded and unrecorded APC, the price of spirits should be increased. In the regions with pronounced preference for spirits, stricter availability restrictions on the alcohol sales are needed, along with strict control of shadow markets.
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- Liudmila Zasimova
- Associate Professor, Faculty of Economic Sciences, National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE). Moscow, Russia.
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- Professor, Faculty of Economic Sciences, National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE). Moscow, Russia
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Graham K, Bernards S, Karriker-Jaffe KJ, Kuntsche S, Laslett AM, Gmel G, Callinan S, Stanesby O, Wells S. Do gender differences in the relationship between living with children and alcohol consumption vary by societal gender inequality? Drug Alcohol Rev 2020; 39:671-683. [PMID: 32483823 DOI: 10.1111/dar.13096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2020] [Revised: 04/29/2020] [Accepted: 04/29/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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INTRODUCTION AND AIMS To better understand the relationship between alcohol consumption and living with children, we assessed whether the association varied for men and women across diverse countries and whether this relationship was moderated by country-level gender inequality. DESIGN AND METHODS We used Hierarchical Linear Modelling to analyse data from 32 surveys conducted in 27 countries. Measures included whether the participant was a drinker versus abstainer in past 12 months, annual number of drinks consumed, whether the respondent lived with children, gender (male/female) and age of respondent, and country-level gender inequality measured using the Gender Inequality Index. RESULTS Annual drinks consumed was significantly lower for women living with children. Men living with children were generally more likely to be drinkers, and the relationship between annual consumption and living with children was moderated by cultural gender equality: specifically, men in countries with higher gender equality drank less if they lived with children while the association for men in lower equality countries was nonsignificant. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS Although lower alcohol consumption was found generally for women living with children, this relationship was found only for men in countries where there was more gender equality. Given the high risk of harm to children from heavy consumption by adults with whom they live, prevention efforts need to strengthen prevention of heavy consumption by parents and other who live with children, especially for men who live with children in low gender equality countries.
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- Kathryn Graham
- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Canada.,Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.,National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University, Perth, Australia
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- Centre for Alcohol Policy Research, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia
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- National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University, Perth, Australia.,Centre for Alcohol Policy Research, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia
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- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Canada.,Addiction Switzerland, Lausanne, Switzerland.,Addiction Medicine, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausannee, Lausanne, Switzerland.,University of the West of England, Bristol, UK
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- Centre for Alcohol Policy Research, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia
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- Centre for Alcohol Policy Research, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia.,Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia
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- Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.,Institute for Mental Health Policy Research, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Canada.,Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.,Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Western University, London, Canada.,School of Psychology, Deakin University, Geelong, Australia
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Grittner U, Wilsnack S, Kuntsche S, Greenfield TK, Wilsnack R, Kristjanson A, Bloomfield K. A Multilevel Analysis of Regional and Gender Differences in the Drinking Behavior of 23 Countries. Subst Use Misuse 2019; 55:772-786. [PMID: 31876222 PMCID: PMC7125004 DOI: 10.1080/10826084.2019.1702700] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Introduction: Drinking behavior differs not only among countries, but also among regions within a country. However, the extent of such variation and the interplay between gender and regional differences in drinking have not been explored and are addressed in this study. Methods: Data stem from 105,061 individuals from 23 countries of the GENACIS data set. The outcomes were heavy drinking (10/20 g or more of pure ethanol per day for women/men), and risky single occasion drinking (RSOD) (5+ drinks per occasion) at least monthly. Analyses used binary logistic mixed models. Variance at specific levels was measured by the intra-class correlation coefficient (ICC). Gender differences in outcomes were measured using gender ratios. Results: Country-level ICC was 0.13 (95% CI: 0.09-0.18) for heavy drinking and 0.16 (95% CI: 0.10-0.26) for RSOD. Within-country regional-level ICC for heavy drinking and RSOD was 0.02 (95% CI: 0.009-0.05; 0.01-0.04, respectively), implying that 2% of variation in heavy drinking and RSOD was explained by regional variation. Variance in drinking indicators was larger for women compared to men across countries. Gender ratios were higher in low- and middle-income countries. Conclusions: Regional variations in risky drinking were more often present in low- to middle-income countries as well as in a few higher-income countries, and could be due to cultural and demographic differences. Variations in gender differences were larger on the country level than on the regional level, with lower-income countries showing larger differences. These results can help to better identify specific high-risk groups for prevention strategies.
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- Ulrike Grittner
- Institute of Biometry and Clinical Epidemiology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany
- Berlin Institute of Health (BIH), Berlin, Germany
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- School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of North Dakota, USA
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- Centre for Alcohol Policy Research, College of Science, Health and Engineering, School of Psychology and Public Health, La Trobe University Melbourne, Australia
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- School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of North Dakota, USA
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- Institute of Biometry and Clinical Epidemiology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany
- Centre for Alcohol & Drug Research, University of Aarhus, Denmark
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Gender Equality, Drinking Cultures and Second-Hand Harms from Alcohol in the 50 US States. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2019; 16:ijerph16234619. [PMID: 31766337 PMCID: PMC6926546 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph16234619] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2019] [Revised: 11/15/2019] [Accepted: 11/19/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Background: Gender inequality and cultures of binge drinking may increase the risk of second-hand harms from alcohol. Methods: Using the 2014–2015 National Alcohol Survey and 2015 National Alcohol’s Harm to Others Survey (N = 7792), we examine associations of state-level gender equality measures (contraceptive access, abortion rights, women’s economic equality) and binge drinking cultures (rates of men’s and women’s binge drinking) with individual-level indicators of second-hand harms by drinking strangers and partners/spouses. Results: In main effects models, only male binge drinking was associated with greater odds of harms from drinking strangers. There were significant interactions of gender equality with male binge drinking: High male binge drinking rates were more strongly associated with stranger-perpetrated harms in states low on contraceptive access or abortion rights compared to states high on these measures. Conversely, male binge drinking was more strongly associated with spouse/partner-perpetrated second-hand harms in states with more economic equality, compared to states lower on this measure. Conclusions: Detrimental effects of high male binge drinking rates may be modified by gender equality. Targeted interventions may reduce alcohol-related harms experienced by women in states with high rates of male binge drinking. Restrictions in access to contraception and abortion may exacerbate harms due to men’s drinking.
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