Much has been written in recent years about the proliferation of alcohol use, its effects on
public health and the need to implement or reactivate control policies which place high …

N several recent publications it is argued that the 9 trends towards increased alcohol
consumption w to higher rates of assorted problems and that it is fore desirable from a public …

The Panel on Alternative Policies Affecting the Prevention of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
was charged by its sponsor, the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism …

Abstract In May 1975, the Twenty-eighth World Health Assembly adopted a resolution (WHA
28: 81) which requested the Director-General of WHO to draw special attention to the extent …

IN recent years, few problems of pub-I lic health significance have aroused more public
interest than alcoholism. The President specifically mentioned this acute problem in his …

The purpose of this paper is to (1) describe the theoretical and empirical foundations of two
models for the prevention of alcoholism;(2) specify reasons for the differences in each …

Although concern over the prevention of alcohol problems has a long history, evaluative
research regarding such effects is of more recent vintage. In effect, the post-prohibition era …

Over the past decade, increasing emphasis has been given to the so-called control
perspective by professionals working in the alcohol field in Europe and North America. The …

Many institutions contributed to the development and dissemination of the public health
approach to the prevention ofalcohol abuse. It is impossible to lay the responsibility for the …

DISCUSSION: ALCOHOLISM AND PUBLIC HEALTH rected by Cisin at George Washington
University, and Knupfer's longitudinal studies in California. Hopefully, the results of this …