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Author Holder, Harold D.

Title Alcohol and the community : a systems approach to prevention / Harold D. Holder
Published Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 1998

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 MELB  362.2927 Hol/Aat  AVAILABLE
Description xiii, 183 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Series International research monographs in the addictions
International research monographs in the addictions.
Contents 1. The community system of alcohol use and alcohol problems -- 2. Consumption System -- 3. Retail Sales Subsystem: alcohol availability and promotion -- 4. Formal Regulation and Control Subsystem: rules, administration, and enforcement -- 5. Social Norms Subsystem: community values and social influences that affect drinking -- 6. Legal Sanctions Subsystem: prohibited uses of alcohol -- 7. Social, Economic, and Health Consequences Subsystem: community identification of and responses to alcohol problems --8. Community-level alcohol problem prevention
Summary Challenging the current implicit models used in alcohol problem prevention, Holder argues that drinking is not only a personal choice, but also a matter of custom and social behaviour, influenced by access and economic factors
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 158-173) and index
Subject Alcoholism -- Prevention.
Alcoholism -- Social aspects.
Drinking of alcoholic beverages.
Alcohol Drinking [MESH]
Alcohol Drinking.
Alcoholism -- prevention & control [MESH]
Alcoholism -- prevention & control.
Alcoholism -- prevention & control.
Alcoholism.
Drinking of alcoholic beverages
Social Problems.
LC no. 97020455
ISBN 052103504X (paperback)
0521591872