Experience of harm from others’ drinking and support for stricter alcohol policies: Analysis of the Australian National Drug Strategy Household Survey |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health, Université de Montréal, 7101 Avenue du Parc, Montréal, QC H3N 1X9, Canada;2. Research Centre, Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CRCHUM), 900 Saint-Denis, Montréal, QC H2X 0A9, Canada;3. School of Population Health, Division of Health Sciences, University of South Australia, GPO Box 2471, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia;4. Department of Medicine, St. Vincent’s Hospital, The University of Melbourne, 29 Regent Street, Fitzroy, VIC 3065, Australia;5. Department of Family and Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, Succursale Centre-Ville, Montréal, QC H3C 3J7, Canada;6. Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, Succursale Centre-Ville, Montréal, QC H3C 3J7, Canada;7. Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, 5858 Côte-des-Neiges, Montréal, QC H3S 1Z1, Canada;1. Yale School of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, AIDS Program, New Haven, CT, USA;2. Centre of Excellence for Research in AIDS (CERiA), Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia;3. Yale University School of Public Health, Division of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases, CT, USA;1. Health Protection Scotland, Glasgow, UK;2. School of Health and Life Sciences, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, UK;3. NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Glasgow, UK;1. Department of Physical Therapy, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA;2. Brain Rehabilitation Research Center, Malcolm Randall VA Medical Center, Gainesville, FL, USA;3. School of Health and Medical Sciences, Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ, USA;4. Upper Motorneuron Disorder Spasticity Program, West Park Healthcare Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada;5. Department of Physical Therapy, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada;1. Radboud University Medical Center, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Nijmegen, The Netherlands;2. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, State University of New York, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, USA;3. University of Twente, Laboratory for Biomechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering Technology, Enschede, The Netherlands |
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| Abstract: | BackgroundPrevious research indicates that those who have experienced alcohol-related harm from others are more likely to support stricter alcohol control policies. This study investigates the association between types of harm experienced because of others’ drinking and support for stricter alcohol control policies.MethodsData from 20,570 Australians aged 18 and over who completed the 2013 National Drug Strategy Household Survey was used. Questions about experience of alcohol-related harm from others – being put in fear and abuse (verbal or physical) – were asked. Support for stricter alcohol control policies was quantified by a mean policy support score across 18 alcohol policy questions.ResultsTwenty seven percent of respondents reported harm from someone’s drinking. Respondents who were put in fear had a higher level of support for stricter alcohol control policies than respondents who were not harmed (p < 0.001), regardless of whether they were abused or not. Conversely, respondents who experienced abuse but were not put in fear did not significantly differ in their support for stricter policies from those who experienced no harm.ConclusionIt is the apprehension of harm (i.e. having been put in fear), and not the experience of harm itself (i.e. abuse), which is related to people’s support for stricter alcohol policies. These findings suggest that perceiving others’ intoxication as dangerous to oneself may motivate support for stricter alcohol policies. |
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| Keywords: | Alcohol Harm to others Policy Public opinion Attitudes |
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