Alcohol and public policy

Brooks, Thom

doi:10.1080/21582041.2013.768353

Contemporary Social Science

2013

DOI: 10.1080/21582041.2013.768353

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Alcohol and public policy

Thom Brooks

Abstract: Alcohol and its consumption is a major topic for public policy-making. Increases in public debate have come about through the growing awareness of the alcohol-related health problems among the general public. This article provides an important overview of the leading contemporary work in this area and the significant contributions made by social scientists.

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‘I have a healthy relationship with alcohol’: Australian midlife women, alcohol consumption and social class

Lunnay

Foley

Meyer

et al. 2022

Health Promotion International

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Summary Alcohol consumption by Australian women during midlife has been increasing. Health promotion efforts to reduce alcohol consumption in order to reduce alcohol-related disease risk compete with the social contexts and value of alcohol in women’s lives. This paper draws on 50 qualitative interviews with midlife women (45–64 years of age) from different social classes living in South Australia in order to gain an understanding of how and why women might justify their relationships with alcohol. Social class shaped and characterized the different types of relationships with alcohol available to women, structuring their logic for consuming alcohol and their ability to consider reducing (or ‘breaking up with’) alcohol. We identified more agentic relationships with alcohol in the narratives of affluent women. We identified a tendency for less control over alcohol-related decisions in the narratives of women with less privileged life chances, suggesting greater challenges in changing drinking patterns. If classed differences are not attended to in health promotion efforts, this might mitigate the effectiveness of alcohol risk messaging to women.

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‘I have a healthy relationship with alcohol’: Australian midlife women, alcohol consumption and social class

Lunnay

Foley

Meyer

et al. 2022

Health Promotion International

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Alcohol and public policy

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‘I have a healthy relationship with alcohol’: Australian midlife women, alcohol consumption and social class

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