The World Health Organization Study of Community Responses to Alcohol-Related Problems: A Review of Cross-Cultural Findings

摘要

The paper was written as a component and annex to the Final Report of Phase I of the World Health Organization Project on Community Response to Alcohol-Related Problems (July 1981). In this chapter, overall results of the general population surveys conducted in Zambia, Mexico, and Scotland are examined in terms of four different aspects of drinking: (1) drinking patterns; (2) cultural definition and social norms surrounding drinking; (3) problems related to drinking; and (4) community response to alcohol problems. Variables or groups of variables contained within these domains are also examined.