Institute of Alcohol Studies. (2024) Alcohol and economic crises. London: Institute of Alcohol Studies.
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Summary
- There is a relationship between a society’s socioeconomic conditions (i.e. levels of income, education, unemployment, and job insecurity) and health outcomes.
- Economic crises can affect population health outcomes in several ways, including impacting health behaviours such as alcohol consumption.
- Evidence indicates that population-level alcohol consumption decreases during economic crises, but with increases in high-risk alcohol use seen among some subgroups.
- Suffering a more severe economic loss, being a man, being unemployed, and being less well educated may increase the likelihood of engaging in more/higher-risk drinking during an economic crisis.
- Mechanisms for increasing/decreasing alcohol consumption include psychological distress and tighter budget constraints.
- Targeted support for people experiencing unemployment, and population-wide measures to improve access to treatment and support, restrict marketing, and raise the prices of the cheapest alcohol could reduce levels of alcohol harm.
Item Type
Report
Publication Type
International, Report
Drug Type
Alcohol
Intervention Type
Harm reduction
Date
April 2024
Pages
14 p.
Publisher
Institute of Alcohol Studies
Corporate Creators
Institute of Alcohol Studies
Place of Publication
London
EndNote
Subjects
A Substance use and dependence > Prevalence > Problem substance use
A Substance use and dependence > Prevalence > Substance use behaviour > Alcohol consumption
B Substances > Alcohol
G Health and disease > Public health
J Health care, prevention, harm reduction and treatment > Risk and protective factors
L Social psychology and related concepts > Life circumstances > Financial (money) difficulties / debt
MA-ML Social science, culture and community > Social condition > Poverty / deprivation
MP-MR Policy, planning, economics, work and social services > Labour and work > Employment and unemployment
A Substance use and dependence > Prevalence > Substance use behaviour > Alcohol consumption
B Substances > Alcohol
G Health and disease > Public health
J Health care, prevention, harm reduction and treatment > Risk and protective factors
L Social psychology and related concepts > Life circumstances > Financial (money) difficulties / debt
MA-ML Social science, culture and community > Social condition > Poverty / deprivation
MP-MR Policy, planning, economics, work and social services > Labour and work > Employment and unemployment
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