Literature Update for CERGA June 2011



Literature Update for CERGA June 2011

Contents

|LIST OF JOURNALS CHECKED |Page |

|List of references | |

|Addiction treatment |4 |

|Alcohol |4 |

|Alcohol – Burden on Society |4 |

|Alcohol related morbidity |5 |

|Alcohol Use – Single occasion |5 |

|Alcohol and aggressive / violence |5 |

|Alcohol in Society |5 |

|Alcohol Morbidity |6 |

|Alcohol Prevention |6 |

|Alcohol Treatment |6 |

|Blood Borne Viruses |6 |

|Co-Morbidity |7 |

|Diagnosis |7 |

|Drug related deaths |8 |

|Epidemiology and Demography |8 |

|Hepatitis C |9 |

|Homelessness |9 |

|Injecting Behaviour |10 |

|Liver Disease |10 |

|Miscellaneous |10 |

|Opiate Treatment |10 |

|Psychosocial Treatment and Interventions |11 |

|Services and Professionals |11 |

| Treatment Workforce |12 |

|LIST OF ABSTRACTS | |

|Addiction Treatment |nA |

|Alcohol |14 |

|Alcohol – Burden On Society |15 |

|Alcohol Related Morbidity |18 |

|Alcohol Use – Single Occasion |20 |

|Alcohol And Aggressive / Violence |21 |

|Alcohol In Society |22 |

|Alcohol Morbidity |25 |

|Alcohol Prevention |27 |

|Alcohol Treatment |28 |

|Blood Borne Viruses |30 |

|Co-Morbidity |31 |

|Diagnosis |34 |

|Drug Related Deaths |35 |

|Epidemiology And Demography |37 |

|Hepatitis C |43 |

|Homelessness |45 |

|Injecting Behaviour |46 |

|Liver Disease |47 |

|Miscellaneous |10 |

|Opiate Treatment |49 |

|Psychosocial Treatment And Interventions |54 |

|Services And Professionals |56 |

| Treatment Workforce |60 |

NA is no abstract

CERGA Journal Title and Abstracts June 2011

| | |Number of issues per year |

|Journal Title |Volumes and Issues Checked | |

|Addiction |Volume 106 | |

| |Issue 3 (March) [5], issue 4 (April) [3], |12 |

| |issue 5 (May) [8] | |

|Addictive Behaviours |Volume 36 issue 5 – May [2] | |

| |Issue 6 – June [3] |12 |

|Addictive Disorders & Their Treatment |Volume 10 issue 1 – March [2] | |

| |Issue 2 - June [1] |4 |

|Alcohol and Alcoholism |Volume 46 issue 3 (May-June) [4] |6 |

|Alcoholism Clinical & Experimental Research |Volume 35 issues 4 – April [3] issue 4 – May [2] issue 6 – June [2] | |

| | |12 |

|Drug and Alcohol Dependence |Volume 114 issues 2&3 [3] |21 |

| |Volume 115 issues 1-2 [3] | |

| |Volume 115 issue 3 [3] | |

|Drug and Alcohol Review |Volume 30 issue 2 [1] Issue 3 [1] |6 |

|Drugs: Education, Prevention, and Policy |Volume 18, issue 2 [2] Issue 3 [3] |6 |

|International Journal of Drug Policy |Volume 22 issues 2 (March) [3] | |

| | |6 |

|Journal of Addictive Diseases |Volume 30 - issue 2 [2] |4 |

|Journal of Public Health |Volume 33 issue 2 (June) [2] |6 |

|Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment |Volume 40, issue 3 – April [4] | |

| |Issue 4 – June [2] |8 |

|The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse |Volume 37 issue 3 (May) [1] | |

| | |6 |

|Journal of Substance Use |Volume 16 issue 3 [2] |6 |

List of References

Addiction Treatment

1. COMMENTARY

Personalized Addiction Treatment: How Close Are We?

David Oslin

Alcohol and Alcoholism 2011:46(3);231–232

2. Days to treatment and early retention among patients in treatment for alcohol and drug disorders

Kim A. Hoffman, James H. Ford, Carrie J. Tillotson, Dongseok Choi, Dennis McCarty

Addictive Behaviors 2011:36;643–647

Alcohol

3. Alcohol misuse, sexual risk behaviour and adverse sexual health outcomes: evidence from Britain's national probability sexual behaviour surveys

Catherine R.H. Aicken, Anthony Nardone and Catherine H. Mercer

Journal of Public Health 2011:33(2):262-271

Alcohol – Burden on Society

4. Alcohol's harm to others: reduced wellbeing and health status for those with heavy drinkers in their lives

Sally Casswell, Ru Quan You, Taisia Huckle

Addiction 2011:106(6);1087-1094

5. Measuring costs of alcohol harm to others: A review of the literature

Héctor José Navarro∗, Christopher M. Doran, Anthony P. Shakeshaft

Drug and Alcohol Dependence 2011:114:87-99

6. Predicting and Measuring Premises-Level Harm in the Night-Time Economy

Simon C. Moore, Iain Brennan and Simon Murphy

Alcohol and Alcoholism 2011:46(3);357–363

7. Not Just the Booze Talking: Trait Aggression and Hypermasculinity Distinguish Perpetrators From Victims of Male Barroom Aggression

Samantha Wells, Kathryn Graham, Paul F.

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research 2011:35(4)613-620

Alcohol – related morbidity

8. Alcoholic Liver Disease and Malnutrition

Craig J. McClain, Shirish S. Barve, Ashutosh Barve, Luis Marsano

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research 2011:35(5);815-820

9. Alcohol and HCV Infection: Biological Process

Viroj Wiwanitkit

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research 2011:35(5);843

10. Changes in Heart Rate Variability Associated With Acute Alcohol Consumption: Current Knowledge and Implications for Practice and Research

Magdalena Romanowicz, John E. Schmidt, John M. Bostwick

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research 2011:35(6);1092-1105

11. Long-Term Mortality of Patients Admitted to the Hospital With Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome

Joaquin Campos, Lorena Roca, Francisco Gude, Arturo Gonzalez

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research 2011:35(6);1180-1186

Alcohol Use (Single Occasion)

12. Risky single-occasion drinking: bingeing is not bingeing

Gerhard Gmel, Emmanuel Kuntsche, Jürgen Rehm

Addiction 2011:106(6);1037-1045

Alcohol and Aggression/Violence

13. Commentary on Livingston (2011): Alcohol outlets and domestic violence – acute effects and the social ecology of neighborhoods may both contribute to the relationship

KENNETH E. LEONARD

Addiction 2011:106(5);926-927

Alcohol in Society

14. The price of a drink: levels of consumption and price paid per unit of alcohol by Edinburgh's ill drinkers with a comparison to wider alcohol sales in Scotland

Heather Black, Jan Gill, Jonathan Chick

Addiction 2011:106(4);729-736

15. The effects of a large reduction in alcohol prices on hospitalizations related to alcohol: a population-based natural experiment

Kimmo Herttua, Pia M[pic]kel, Pekka Martikainen

Addiction 2011:106(4);759-767

16. Effect of drug law enforcement on drug market violence: A systematic review

Dan Werba, Greg Rowell, Gordon Guyatt, Thomas Kerr, Julio Montaner, Evan Wood

International Journal of Drug Policy 2011:22;87–94

Alcohol Morbidity

17. Alcohol as a risk factor for sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)

David P. Phillips, Kimberly M. Brewer, Paul Wadensweiler

Addiction 2011:106(3);516-525

18. Risk Factors for Alcohol-specific Hospitalizations and Deaths: Prospective Cohort Study

Kari Poikolainen, Tapio Paljärvi and Pia Mäkelä

Alcohol and Alcoholism 2011:46,(3);342–348

Alcohol Prevention

19. Why target early adolescents and parents in alcohol prevention? The mediating effects of self-control, rules and attitudes about alcohol use

Ina M. Koning, Regina J. J. M. van den Eijnden, Rutger C. M. E. Engels, Jacqueline E. E. Verdurmen

Addiction 2011:106(3);538-546

Alcohol Treatment

20. How Psychosocial Alcohol Interventions Work: A Preliminary Look at What fMRI Can Tell Us

Sarah W. Feldstein

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research 2011:35(4);643-651

21. Guidelines for allocating outpatient alcohol abusers to levels of care:

Predictive validity

Maarten J.M. Merkx , Gerard M. Schippers Maarten W.J. Koeter, Pieter Jelle Vuijk , Suzan C.C. Oudejans Ragna K. Stam, Wim van den Brink

Addictive Behaviors 2011:36;570–575

Blood Borne Viruses

22. Does initiation of HIV antiretroviral therapy influence patterns of syringe lending among injection drug users?

Laura Kuyper, M.-J. Milloy, Brandon D.L. Marshall, Ruth Zhang, Thomas Kerr,

Julio S.G. Montaner, Evan Wood

Addictive Behaviors 2011:36;560–563

23. Hepatitis C and B testing in English prisons is low but increasing

Patrick Kirwan, Barry Evans, Lisa Brant

Journal of Public Health 2011:33(2);197-204

Co- Morbidity

24. Affective disorders and anxiety disorders predict the risk of drug harmful use and dependence

Wenbin Liang, Tanya Chikritzhs, Simon Lenton

Addiction 2011:106(6);1124-1134

25. Dual Diagnosis and Chronology of Illness in Treatment-Seeking Italian Patients Dependent on Heroin

Angelo Giovanni Icro Maremmani; Liliana Dell'Osso; Matteo Pacini; Dina Popovic; Luca Rovai; Marta Torrens; Giulio Perugi; Icro Maremmani

Journal of Addictive Diseases 2011:30(2);123-135

26. Predictors of initiation and engagement in substance abuse treatment among individuals with co-occurring serious mental illness and substance use disorders

Clayton H. Brown, Melanie E. Bennett, Lan Li, Alan S. Bellack

Addictive Behaviors 2011:36;439–447

27. Dual Diagnosis: Focusing on Depression and Recommendations for Treatment

Torrens, Marta; Martínez-Sanvisens, Diana; Martínez-Riera, Roser; Bulbena, Antonio; Szerman, Néstor ; Ruiz, Pedro

Addictive Disorders & Their Treatment 2011:10(2);50-59

28. Screening and intervention for mental health problems in alcohol and other drug settings: Can training change practitioner behaviour?

Nicole Lee, Linda Jenner, Amanda Baker, Alison Ritter, Leanne Hides, Josephine Norman, Frances Kay-Lambkin, Kate Hall, Fiona Dann, & Jacqui Cameron

Drugs: education, prevention and policy 2011:18(2);157–160

Diagnosis

29. Addiction and dependence in DSM-V

Charles O'Brien

Addiction 2011:106(5);866-867

Drug Related Deaths

30. Rates and correlates of mortality amongst heroin users: Findings from the Australian Treatment Outcome Study (ATOS), 2001–2009

Shane Darke, Katherine L. Mills, Joanne Ross, Maree Teesson

Drug and Alcohol Dependence 2011:115;190–195

31. Epidemiologic trends and geographic patterns of fatal opioid intoxications in Connecticut, USA: 1997–2007

Traci C. Green, Lauretta E. Grau, H. Wayne Carver, Mark Kinzly, Robert Heimer

Drug and Alcohol Dependence 2011:115;221–228

32. Mortality associated with illegal drug use among adults in the United States

Pradip K. Muhuri, Ph.D. and Joseph C. Gfroerer, B.A.

The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse 2011:37:155–164

Epidemiology and Demography

33. Types of drinkers and drinking settings: an application of a mathematical model

Anuj Mubayi, Priscilla Greenwood, Xiaohong

Addiction 2011:106(4);749-758

34. Opioid dependence latent structure: two classes with differing severity?

Fiona L. Shand

Addiction 2011:106(3);590-598

35. Probability and predictors of remission from life-time nicotine, alcohol, cannabis or cocaine dependence: results from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions

Catalina Lopez-Quintero, Deborah S. Hasin, José Pérez de

Addiction 2011:106(3);657-669

36. Empirically derived subtypes of opioid use and related behaviors

Grace Chan, Joel Gelernter, David Oslin, Lindsay Farrer, Henry R. Kranzler

Addiction 2011:106(6);1146-1154

37. Genetic moderators and psychiatric mediators of the link between sexual abuse and alcohol dependence

William E. Copeland, Åsa Magnusson, Mona Göransson, Markus A. Heilig

Drug and Alcohol Dependence 2011:115;183–189

38. Alcohol Use Disorders and Hazardous Drinking among Undergraduates at English Universities

Nick Heather, Sarah Partington, Elizabeth Partington, Fran Longstaff, Susan Allsop, Mark Jankowski, Helen Wareham and Alan St Clair Gibson

Alcohol and Alcoholism 2011:6(3);270–277

39. Alcoholic Marriage: Later Start, Sooner End

Mary Waldron, Andrew C. Heath, Michael T. Lynskey, Kathleen K. Bucholz,

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research 2011:35(4);632-642

40. Prescription and over-the-counter drug treatment admissions to the

California public treatment system

Rachel Gonzales, Mary-Lynn Brecht, Larissa Mooney, Richard A. Rawson

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment 2011:40;224–229

41. Chronic Pain and Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Opioid Dependent Injection Drug Users

Judith I. Tsui; Debra S. Herman; Malyna Kettavong; Bradley J. Anderson; Michael D. Stein

Journal of Addictive Diseases 2011:30(2);91-97

42. Sleep Profile in Patients With Chronic Opioid Abuse: A Polysomnographic Evaluation in an Egyptian Sample

Asaad, Tarek A.; Ghanem, Mohamed H. ; Abdel Samee, Afaf M. ; El–Habiby, Mahmood M.

Addictive Disorders & Their Treatment 2011:10(1);21-28

Hepatitis C

43. Risk of Hepatitis C virus re-infection following spontaneous viral clearance in injecting drug users: A systematic review

Stephen Corson, David Greenhalgh, Norah Palmateer, Amanda Weir, Sharon Hutchinson

International Journal of Drug Policy 2011:22;102–108

44. Hepatitis C, love and intimacy: Beyond the ``anomalous body''

Lenton, Emily; Fraser, Suzanne; Moore, David; Treloar, Carla

Drugs: Education, Prevention, and Policy 2011:18(3);228-236

Homeless

45. Predictors of substance abuse treatment need and receipt among homeless women

Joan S. Tucker, Suzanne L. Wenzel, Daniela Golinelli, Annie Zhou, Harold D. Green,

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment 2011:40; 287–294

46. The Role of Social Ties in Recovery in a Population of Homeless Substance Abusers

Burkey, Matthew D.; A. Kim, Yeowon; Breakey, William R

Addictive Disorders & Their Treatment 2011:10(1);14-20

Injecting Behaviour

47. Reducing harm from injecting pharmaceutical tablet or capsule material by injecting drug users

PERRINE ROUX, M. PATRIZIA CARRIERI, LENNEKE KEIJZER , NABARUN DASGUPTA

Drug and Alcohol Review 2011:30(3):287-290

Liver Disease

48. Outreach screening of drug users for cirrhosis with transient elastography

Belinda K. Moessner, Tina R. Jørgensen, Merete Skamling, Mogens Vyberg, Peter Junker, Court Pedersen, Peer B. Christensen

Addiction 2011:106(5):970-976

Miscellaneous

49. From harm reduction to drug user abstinence: a journey in drug treatment policy

Neil McKeganey

Journal of Substance Use 2011:16(3);179-194

Opiate Treatment

50. Revised dose schema of sublingual buprenorphine in the treatment of the neonatal opioid abstinence syndrome

Walter K. Kraft, Kevin Dysart, Jay S. Greenspan, Eric Gibson, Karol Kaltenbach, Michelle E. Ehrlich

Addiction 2011:106(3);574-580

51. Comparing methadone and Suboxone in applied treatment settings: the experiences of maintenance patients in Lanarkshire

G. R. Tanner, N. Bordon, S. Conroy, & D. Best

Journal of Substance Use 2011;16(3);171-178

52. Antecedents and correlates of methadone treatment entry: A comparison of out-of-treatment and in-treatment cohorts

Robert P. Schwartz, Sharon M. Kelly, Kevin E. O’Grady, Shannon Gwin Mitchell, Barry S. Brown

Drug and Alcohol Dependence 2011:115: 23–29

53. Measuring pain medication expectancies in adults treated for substance use disorders

Mark A. Ilgen, Kathryn M. Roeder, Linda Webster, Orion P. Mowbray,

Brian E. Perron, Stephen T. Chermack, Amy S.B. Bohnert

Drug and Alcohol Dependence 115 (2011) 51–56

54. A comparison of buprenorphine induction strategies: Patient-centered

home-based inductions versus standard-of-care office-based inductions

Chinazo O. Cunningham, Angela Giovanniello, Xuan Li, Hillary V. Kunins, Robert J. Roose, Nancy L. Sohler

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment 2011:40;349–356

55. Consumer and treatment provider perspectives on reducing barriers to opioid substitution treatment and improving treatment attractiveness

Daryle E.A. Deering, Janie Sheridan, J. Douglas Sellman, Simon J. Adamson, Sheridan Pooley, Rhonda Robertson, Charles Henderson

Addictive Behaviors 2011:36;636–642

56. Estimating the risk of fatal arrhythmia in patients in methadone maintenance treatment for heroin addiction

BETHANY BUTLER, GEORGE RUBIN, ANNE LAWRANCE, ROBERT BATEY, JAMES BELL

Drug and Alcohol Review 2011:30(2);173-180

57. Cognitive functioning and cognitive style among drug users in maintenance substitution treatment

Rosemary King & David Best

Drugs: education, prevention and policy 2011:18(2);132–139

Psychosocial treatment

58. Relationship of cognitive function and the acquisition of coping skills in

computer assisted treatment for substance use disorders

Brian D. Kiluk, Charla Nich, Kathleen M. Carroll

Drug and Alcohol Dependence 2011:114;169–176

59. Cluster randomised trial of the effectiveness of Motivational Interviewing for universal prevention

Jim McCambridgea, Caroline Huntb, Richard J. Jenkinsb, John Strang

Drug and Alcohol Dependence 2011:114;177–184

60. Motivational interview improves treatment entry in homeless veterans

R. Morgan Wain, Paula L. Wilbourne, Keith W. Harris, Heather Pierson,

Jasmine Teleki, Thomas A. Burling, Steven Lovett

Drug and Alcohol Dependence 115 (2011) 113–119a VA Palo Alto Health Care

Services and Professionals

61. The relative effectiveness of women-only and mixed-gender treatment

for substance-abusing women

Michael L. Prendergast, Nena P. Messina, Elizabeth A. Hall, Umme S. Warda,

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment 2011:40:336–348

62. Computer-based interventions for drug use disorders: A systematic review

Brent A. Moore, Tera Fazzino, Brian Garnet, Christopher J. Cutter, Declan T. Barry,

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment 2011:40;215–223

63. Benefits of concurrent syringe exchange and substance abuse

treatment participation

Michael Kidorf, Van L. King, Jessica Pierce, Ken Kolodner, Robert K. Brooner

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment 2011:40;265–271

64. A GIS-based methodology for improving needle exchange service delivery

Peter J. Davidson, Shoshanna Scholar, Mary Howe

International Journal of Drug Policy 2011:22;140–144

65. Young people’s views on services to help them deal with parental substance misuse

Lorna Templeton, Claire Novak, & Sarah Wall

Drugs: education, prevention and policy 2011:18(3);172–178

66. Length of stay and treatment completion for mothers with substance abuse issues in integrated treatment programmes

Karen Milligan, Alison Niccols, Wendy Sword, Lehana Thabane, Joanna Henderson, & Ainsley Smith

Drugs: education, prevention and policy 2011:18(3);219–227

Treatment Workforce

67. Staff regard towards working with substance users: a European multi-centre study

Gail Gilchrist, Jacek Moskalewicz, Silvia Slezakova, Lubomir Lubomir Okruhlica, Marta Torrens, Rajko Vajd, Alex Baldacchino

Addiction 2011:106(6);1114-1125

List of Abstracts

Addiction Treatment

1. COMMENTARY

Personalized Addiction Treatment: How Close Are We?

David Oslin

Alcohol and Alcoholism 2011:46(3);231–232

No Abstract for this article

2. Days to treatment and early retention among patients in treatment for alcohol

and drug disorders

Kim A. Hoffman, James H. Ford, Carrie J. Tillotson, Dongseok Choi, Dennis McCarty

Addictive Behaviors 2011:36;643–647

ABSTRACT

Objectives: Drug and alcohol treatment programs often have long delays between assessment and treatment

admission. The study examined the impact of days to treatment admission on the probability of completing

four sessions of care within an addiction treatment program implementing improvements in their admission

process.

Methods: Mixed-effects logistic regression was used to test the effect of wait time on retention in care.

Results: Findings demonstrate a strong decrement in the probability of completing four sessions of treatment

with increasing time between the clinical assessment and first treatment session.

Keywords: Substance abuse treatment and delivery, Process improvement, Wait time, Retention in care

Alcohol

3. Alcohol misuse, sexual risk behaviour and adverse sexual health outcomes: evidence from Britain's national probability sexual behaviour surveys

Catherine R.H. Aicken, Anthony Nardone and Catherine H. Mercer

Journal of Public Health 2011:33(2):262-271

ABSTRACT

Background Evidence for relationships between alcohol misuse, sexual risk behaviour and adverse sexual health outcomes exists from both population-level data and studies undertaken in specific groups. We examine changes in these associations using representative data from two consecutive surveys.

Methods Probability surveys conducted in 1990/91 and again in 2000/01 involving interviews with British residents aged 16–44.

Results The proportion reporting being drunk as their main reason for first heterosexual intercourse increased from 2.5% among those born in 1946–49 to 6.4% of those born in 1980–84. These respondents were more likely to report intercourse before 16, that sex had occurred too soon, and contraception non-use. Usual alcohol consumption in excess of recommended limits (‘heavy drinkers’) was more common among those reporting larger partner numbers and unprotected sex with 2+ partners/past year but not with STD clinic attendance/diagnosis. Male heavy drinkers were more likely to report sexual function problems and female heavy drinkers using emergency contraception. The magnitude of these relationships did not significantly increase between 1990/91 and 2000/01.

Conclusion In Britain, sexual risk behaviours and some adverse sexual health outcomes continue to be associated with excess alcohol consumption. These findings support addressing the link between alcohol misuse and sexual health in health services and through broader health promotion.

Keywords: alcolhol consumption, risk behaviour, sexual behaviour, survey

Alcohol – Burden on Society

4. Alcohol's harm to others: reduced wellbeing and health status for those with heavy drinkers in their lives

Sally Casswell, Ru Quan You, Taisia Huckle

Addiction 2011:106(6);1087-1094

ABSTRACT

Aims  The impact of alcohol on those other than the drinker is an under-researched area with important policy implications. This study is a first step in investigating relationships between exposure to heavy drinkers in respondent's lives with measures of health status and wellbeing.

Design setting and participants  A cross-sectional general population survey was carried out among 3068 New Zealand residents aged 12–80 years (response rate 64%) using an in-house computer-assisted telephone interviewing system.

Measurements  Respondents' estimates of health status (European Quality of Life–5 Dimensions) and subjective wellbeing (Personal Wellbeing Index) were measured along with self-reports of heavy drinkers in their lives, demographic variables and own drinking.

Findings  More than one in four of the sample had experienced someone they considered to be a heavy drinker in their environment in the past 12 months. An index of exposure to heavy drinkers, reflecting numbers of heavy drinkers and cohabitation, predicted lower health status and personal wellbeing while controlling for demographic variables and respondent's own drinking

Conclusions  Cross-sectional data from a general population sample suggest that there is a relationship between exposure to heavy drinkers and reduced personal wellbeing and poorer health status. Exposure to heavy drinkers may have negative impacts for others.

Keywords: Alcohol; heavy drinkers; harm to others; health status and wellbeing; impacts

5. Measuring costs of alcohol harm to others: A review of the literature

Héctor José Navarro∗, Christopher M. Doran, Anthony P. Shakeshaft

Drug and Alcohol Dependence 2011:114:87-99

ABSTRACT

Introduction: People other than the drinker experience harmful consequences from alcohol misuse, accounting for part of the economic burden to society. Little has been done on costing harm to others.

Aims:

1. To recognize the range of costs considered or not when evaluating harm to people other than the drinker.

2. Second, to identify the costing frameworks and quality of the costing used for this purpose.

Method:

Aliterature review was undertaken of various databases, government publications, dissertations, conference papers and reference materials. Publications were included for analysis if they reported costs on alcohol harm to others. Methodological adequacy of costing studies was assessed using a checklist modified from the Drummond 10-point checklist.

Results: In total, 25 publications including costs on alcohol harm to others were reviewed. Fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) was the harm to others most frequently cost. The cost-of-illness (COI) framework was used in 24 of the publications, while 1 employed a cost–benefit analysis (CBA) serving as starting point for further studies estimating intangible costs (e.g. victim’s quality-of-life (QoL) loss). Indirect costs (e.g. victim’s lost productivity) were quantified most frequently with the human capital approach. The majority of publications critically assessed on costing received an average quality score (17/25).

Conclusion: Few studies have reported costs on the magnitude from harm to people other than the drinker, therefore the overall economic burden of risky alcohol consumption across countries is underestimated.

This review may be considered a starting point for future research on costing alcohol harm to others.

Keywords: Alcohol, harm to others, Victims, Cost, Systematic review

6. Predicting and Measuring Premises-Level Harm in the Night-Time Economy

Simon C. Moore, Iain Brennan and Simon Murphy

Alcohol and Alcoholism 2011:46(3);357–363

ABSTRACT

Aims: To assess associations between measures of premises-level alcohol-related harm and risk factors for harm.

Methods: Thirty-two licensed premises with a history of on-premises violent assault were recruited. An environmental survey of the drinking context of each premises was undertaken. Levels of patron intoxication were assessed using a breathalyser and a visual assessment of customers at each premises. Premise-level violence was identified via routine police and hospital emergency department data. Analyses examined associations between hospital and police data, surveyor and objective ratings of intoxication and the relationship between intoxication, drinking context and violence at the premises level. Results: Hospital and police data were associated.

Aggregate levels of surveyor-rated intoxication were associated with aggregate alcometer breath alcohol levels. Analyses further suggest that premises with the highest levels of violence also had customers whose entry–exit change in intoxication was greatest, were open for longer hours, had alcohol promotions and had visible security staff present. Conclusions: Police and hospital data can

be used to identify violent premises and to assess outcomes from premises-level interventions to reduce violence. Relatively low-cost observational survey methods can be used to identify high-risk premises, and can be used as outcomes for premises-level interventions. Features of premises that promote intoxication are associated with violence, suggesting that targeting resources at risky premises

will likely address two public health concerns: excessive intoxication and assault-related injury.

7. Not Just the Booze Talking: Trait Aggression and Hypermasculinity Distinguish Perpetrators From Victims of Male Barroom Aggression

Samantha Wells, Kathryn Graham, Paul F.

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research 2011:35(4)613-620

ABSTRACT

Background: To our knowledge, no research has assessed whether young male victims and perpetrators of barroom aggression differ in terms of their drinking patterns and predisposing characteristics. This study assessed the extent that frequent heavy episodic drinking (HED) and bar-going, trait aggression, and hypermasculinity were differentially associated with victimization versus perpetration for aggression occurring among young adult men in the setting of the public drinking establishment.

Methods: A random sample of 2,500 male students attending a local university and a local community college was invited to participate in an online survey. Participants were asked the number of times in the past 12 months they had experienced an incident of aggression at a bar in which (a) someone was physically aggressive toward them and (b) they were physically aggressive toward another person. Responses were coded as (i) any perpetration of aggression, (ii) victim only, (iii) no aggression. A composite variable of HED (5 or more drinks per occasion) and bar-going frequency was computed: (i) both HED and bar ≥ twice a month, (ii) only HED ≥ twice a month, (iii) only bar ≥ twice a month, and (iv) both  ................
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