alcohol consumption

Changes in alcohol consumption patterns based on gender during COVID-19 confinement in Spain

Scientific article

Abstract The goal of this study was to analyze the prevalence and pattern of alcohol consumption (frequency of consumption, average daily consumption, and risky consumption) before and during confinement due to the coronavirus disease...

Intimate-Partner Violence and its Relationship With Substance Consumption by Mexican Men and Women: National Survey on Addictions

Scientific article

Abstract Introduction: Research findings about intimate-partner violence (IPV) have focused mostly on women as victims of violence. Recent studies show the importance of violence inflicted by women towards men or between same-sex couples...

The Prevalence and Context of Alcohol Use among Youth Living in Uganda

Scientific article

-

3 April 2020

There is extensive research highlighting the negative short term and long term impact of alcohol use. Although there is a vast amount of research investigating alcohol use among youth in high-income countries; there is a lack of research on...

What Influences Pre-teens to Drink Alcohol?

Scientific article

Research has shown there to be a link between heavy drinking in youth and increased risky behaviour and reduced educational effectiveness. In order to understand the factors that are associated with binge drinking in adolescence and young...

Alcohol consumption during the COVID-19 period: May 2020

Book

The aim of this paper is to analyse changes in alcohol consumption since the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. We show that the frequency of alcohol consumption during COVID-19 is slightly higher for males than it was 2-3 years previously...

The Role of Alcohol use and Drinking Patterns in Socioeconomic Inequalities in Mortality

Scientific article

Socioeconomic status (SES) can be thought of as a measure of an individual's or family's social position relative to others that measures factors such as education, income, type of occupation and place of residence. Research indicates that...

8 Tips on How to Write About Alcohol Consumption Responsibly

Website

The media has a major role in influencing people's drinking behaviour. Despite clear evidence linking harmful alcohol consumption with increased risk of health problems such as cancer, liver disease, and violence-related injuries, we are...

National, Regional, and Global Burdens of Disease Linked to Alcohol Use

Scientific article

Alcohol use continues to be one of the leading risk factors for the global burden of disease. This is despite growing awareness of the harm alcohol has the potential to cause and many worldwide initiatives and campaigns to tackle the issue...

Alcohol and Cancer Risks: A Guide for Health Professionals

Book

Drinking alcohol increases the risk of mouth cancer, pharyngeal (upper throat) cancer, oesophageal (food pipe) cancer, laryngeal (voice box) cancer, breast cancer, bowel cancer and liver cancer. Having conversations with patients about the...

Implementing the European Action Plan on Alcohol

News

Despite efforts to reduce concerning levels of alcohol consumption in Europe through adopting the WHO European Action Plan on Alcohol (EAPA), the region continues to have the highest prevalence of drinkers, heavy episodic drinking, alcohol...