Global status report on alcohol and health, 2014 / World Health Organization.

Format:

Book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Alcohol--Health aspects--Statistics.

Alcohol.

Alcoholism--Statistics.

Alcoholism.

Drinking of alcoholic beverages--Statistics.

Drinking of alcoholic beverages.

Drinking of alcoholic beverages--Health aspects--Statistics.

Alcohol Drinking--adverse effects.

Alcoholism--prevention & control.

Cost of Illness.

Global Health.

Public Policy.

Medical Subjects:

Alcohol Drinking--adverse effects.

Alcoholism--prevention & control.

Cost of Illness.

Global Health.

Public Policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (389 p.)

Edition:

World Health Organization.

Place of Publication:

Geneva : World Health Organization May 2014

Geneva, Switzerland : World Health Organization, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

WHO has published several reports in the past on this topic with the last one being publishedin 2011 but this report of 2014 has some unique features. First it describes some progress made inalcohol policy development in WHO member States after endorsement of the Global strategy toreduce the harmful use of alcohol in 2010. Second this report provides a wealth of information onalcohol-related indicators for the comprehensive global monitoring framework for the preventionand control of NCDs adopted by the 66th World Health Assembly. The global monitoring frameworkwas developed fulfilling the man

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Executive summary; 1 Alcohol and public health; 1.1 Alcohol consumption in its historical context; 1.2 Pathways of alcohol-related harm; 1.2.1 Volume of alcohol consumed; 1.2.2 Pattern of drinking; 1.2.3 Quality of alcohol consumed; 1.3 Mechanisms of harm in an individual; 1.4 Abstention; 1.5 Factors affecting alcohol consumption and alcohol-related harm; 1.5.1 Age; 1.5.2 Gender; 1.5.3 Familial risk factors; 1.5.4 Socioeconomic status; 1.5.5 Economic development; 1.5.6 Culture and context; 1.5.7 Alcohol control and regulation

1.6 Alcohol-related harms1.6.1 Health consequences for drinkers; 1.6.2 Socioeconomic consequences for drinkers; 1.6.3 Harms to other individuals; 1.6.4 Harm to society at large; 1.7 Action to reduce harmful use of alcohol; 1.7.1 Evidence of effectiveness; 1.7.2 Global action; 1.7.3 Regional action; 1.7.4 National policies; 1.8 Monitoring; 2 Alcohol consumption; 2.1 Levels of consumption; 2.1.1 Total per capita consumption; 2.1.2 Unrecorded alcohol consumption; 2.1.3 Most consumed alcoholic beverages; 2.2 Patterns of drinking; 2.2.1 Abstention rates; 2.2.2 Heavy episodic drinking

2.2.3 Patterns of drinking score2.2.4 Factors impacting on alcohol consumption; 2.3 Trends and projections; 2.3.1 Five-year change in alcohol consumption; 2.3.2 Projections up to 2025; 3 Health consequences; 3.1 Aggregate health effects; 3.1.1 Alcohol-attributable mortality; 3.1.2 Alcohol-attributable burden of disease and injury; 3.1.3 Factors impacting on health consequences; 3.2 Trends and projections; 4 Alcohol policy and interventions; 4.1 Leadership, awareness and commitment; 4.1.1 Written national alcohol policies; 4.1.2 Nationwide awareness-raising activities

4.2 Health services' response4.3 Community action; 4.4 Drink-driving countermeasures; 4.4.1 BAC limits; 4.4.2 Methods used to ascertain driver BACs; 4.5 Regulating availability of alcohol; 4.5.1 National control of production and sale of alcohol; 4.5.2 Restrictions on on-/off-premise sales of alcoholic beverages; 4.5.3 National minimum purchase or consumption age; 4.5.4 Restrictions on drinking in public; 4.5.5 Restrictions on purchase of alcohol at petrol stations; 4.6 Marketing restrictions; 4.6.1 Regulations on alcohol advertising; 4.6.2 Regulation on alcohol product placement

4.6.3 Regulation on alcohol sales promotions4.6.4 Methods of detecting marketing infringements; 4.7 Pricing; 4.7.1 Excise tax; 4.8 Reducing negative consequences of drinking; 4.8.1 Responsible beverage services training; 4.8.2 Labels on alcohol containers; 4.9 Addressing illicit and informal production; 4.9.1 Inclusion of informal or illicit production in national alcohol policies; 4.9.2 Methods used to track illicit or informal alcohol; 4.10 Monitoring and surveillance; 4.10.1 National surveys on alcohol consumption; 4.10.2 Legal definition of an alcoholic beverage

4.10.3 National monitoring systems

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed September 22, 2014).

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9789240692763

9240692762

OCLC:

893674211