Alcohol Consumption Policies and the Prevention of Alcohol Consumption-Related Problems: Needs, Duties, and Responsibilities*

Abstract

Alcohol-related policies and the prevention of alcohol use-related problems, as well as their creation, are accomplished through planned interventions— laws, social and health programs, community-based initiatives—as well as through complex social movements and efforts implemented by the communities. Among both citizens and alcohol use intervention experts, the following three human dimensions are considered: needs, duties, and responsibilities.

RESUME

Las políticas relacionadas con el alcohol, la prevención de problemas vinculados con el consumo de alcohol así como su ideación, se logran a través de intervenciones planificadas, como son las leyes, los programas sociales y de salud, los proyectos comunitarios -, además de complejos movimientos sociales e iniciativas de las comunidades. Entre ciudadanos y expertos en alcohología, se consideran las siguientes tres dimensiones humanas: las necesidades, los deberes y las responsabilidades.

RESUMEN

Les politiques liés à l'alcool et à la prévention des problèmes d'alcool ainsi que leur création, sont réalisés grâce à des interventions planifiées –c'est a dire lois, des programmes sociaux ou de santé, des initiatives communautaires, –ainsi que par les mouvements sociaux complexes et les forces mises en œuvre par les communautés. Parmi les citoyens et les experts, les trois dimensions suivantes de l'homme sont considérés: les besoins, les devoirs et les responsabilités.

Le politiche alcologiche e la prevenzione dei problemi da consumo di bevande alcoliche, così come la loro ideazione, si realizzano attraverso interventi programmati –quali leggi, programmi sociali e sanitari, progetti di comunità, –nonché attraverso complessi movimenti sociali e iniziative delle comunità. Tra i cittadini e gli esperti in alcologia, si prendono in esame le seguenti tre dimensioni umane: i bisogni, i doveri e le responsabilità.

Keywords :

• needs
• duties
• responsibilities
• pleasure
• changes
• control
• prohibition
• prevention
• alcoholic beverages
• utilitarian and universal approaches

Notes

1 The reader is referred to Hills's criteria for causation that were developed in order to help assist researchers and clinicians determine if risk factors were causes of a particular disease or outcomes or merely associated. (Hill, A. B. (1965). The environment and disease: associations or causation? Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine, 58, 295–300.). Editor's note.