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Effect of Community-Based Interventions on High-Risk Drinking and Alcohol-Related Injuries

NCJ Number
306354
Journal
Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Volume: 284 Issue: 18 Dated: 2000 Pages: 2341-2347
Date Published
November 2000
Length
7 pages
Annotation

The objective of this study was to determine the effect of community-based environmental interventions in reducing the rate of high-risk drinking and alcohol-related motor vehicle injuries and assaults.

Abstract

 A longitudinal multiple time series of 3 matched intervention communities (northern California, southern California, and South Carolina) conducted from April 1992 to December 1996. Outcomes were assessed by 120 general population telephone surveys per month of randomly selected individuals in the intervention and comparison sites, traffic data on motor vehicle crashes, and emergency department surveys in 1 intervention-comparison pair and 1 additional intervention site. Interventions Mobilize the community; encourage responsible beverage service; reduce underage drinking by limiting access to alcohol; increase local enforcement of drinking and driving laws; and limit access to alcohol by using zoning. Main outcome Measures were self-reported alcohol consumption and driving after drinking; rates of alcohol-related crashes and assault. (Published abstract provided)

Date Published: November 1, 2000