Among a nationally representative sample of adults with an alcohol use disorder, the authors tested whether perceived stigmatization of alcoholism was associated with a lower likelihood of receiving alcohol-related services. Data were drawn from a face-to-face epidemiologic survey of 34,653 adults interviewed in 2004–2005 who were aged 20 years or older and residing in households and group quar...

OBJECTIVE To compare the burden of alcohol-related harm and underlying factors of this harm, by age and sex, for Indigenous and general population Australians. METHODS Population attributable fractions are used to estimate the disability adjusted life years (DALYs) for alcohol-related disease and injury. The DALYs were converted to rates per 1,000 by age and sex for the Indigenous and general...

INTRODUCTION AND AIMS Although there is evidence that alcohol sponsorship in sport is related to greater drinking, there is no empirical research on whether alcohol sponsorship is associated with alcohol-related harms. We examined whether there is an association between receipt of alcohol industry sponsorship, and attendance at alcohol sponsor's drinking establishments (e.g. bars), and alcohol-...

This study focuses on a vulnerable group of pupils often missed by mainstream school surveys. It explores alcohol use and alcohol-related problems for a sample of truants of secondary school age, comparing behaviours with a school-based sample from the same geographical area. Analyses are based on a survey among truants (n = 107) and a school survey (n = 3702) undertaken in Bergen, Norway. When...

Carbohydrate-deficient transferrin (CDT) is a useful indicator of excessive alcohol consumption with higher sensitivity and specificity than other markers that are used. In the present study, CDT was analysed in 161 patients hospitalized in a surgical ward to evaluate whether history of drinking and chronic alcohol misuse are important determinants of CDT elevations. Fifty-one of the patients w...

background: the oral health condition and lifestyle in term of tobacco use and alcohol consumption of custodian of prisons have been left unstudied. the purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of tobacco use, alcohol consumption and self-rated oral health among nigerian prison officials. methods: this cross-sectional study was conducted among prison officials working in abuja, nas...

INTRODUCTION AND AIMS There is substantial research showing that low socioeconomic position is a predictor of negative outcomes from alcohol consumption, while alcohol consumption itself does not exhibit a strong social gradient. This study aims to examine socioeconomic differences in self-reported alcohol-related risk-taking behaviour to explore whether differences in risk-taking while drinkin...

OBJECTIVE In 1994 DSM-IV presented new criteria for substance abuse as repetitive problems in any one of four areas reflecting social, interpersonal, and legal difficulties. The authors systematically evaluate the performance of each of the four diagnostic criteria for alcohol abuse (problems in role functioning, alcohol use in hazardous situations, alcohol-related legal problems, and social or...

Venous thromboembolism (VTE) i.e. deep-vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE) is a multicausal disease that shares several risk factors with arterial thrombosis such as age, obesity, and smoking (1-6). It is well established that low to moderate alcohol intake is associated with a lower risk of arterial thrombosis (7), but data on its association with VTE are limited and the results ...

conclusions present study demonstrated that the frequency of tobacco and substance abuse is considerable among iranian university students who thought to be more knowledgeable and concerned about their health. thus, efficient educational programs are needed to reduce the high-risk behaviors before students enter to university. background risky behaviors such as tobacco and substance abuse, whic...