Effectiveness of public health programs for decreasing alcohol consumption.

Excessive alcohol consumption and the associated negative consequences are a major public health concern in the United States and throughout the world. Historically, there have been numerous attempts to develop policies and prevention programs aimed at decreasing high-risk alcohol use. Policy initiatives have demonstrated considerable effectiveness and include changes in the minimum legal drinking age, reductions in acceptable legal limits for blood alcohol concentration while operating a motor vehicle, as well as decreasing availability and access to alcohol for underage individuals. Primary prevention programs that have used exclusively educational approaches have received mixed results. Increasing effectiveness has been associated with prevention programs that have utilized a multi-component approach and have included educational initiatives with environmental changes.

• Publication year

  2011

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  Patient Intelligence

• Publication date

  2011-05-12

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.2147/PI.S12431PMID 23180975PMCID PMC3505028
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