Classifying Alcohol Control Policies with Respect to Expected Changes in Consumption and Alcohol-Attributable Harm: The Example of Lithuania, 2000-2019.
Jürgen Rehm,Mindaugas Štelemėkas,Carina Ferreira-Borges,Huan Jiang,Shannon Lange,Maria Neufeld,Robin Room,Sally Casswell,Alexander Tran,Jakob Manthey +9 more
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In this article, a set of objective criteria and expert opinion were used to classify the alcohol control policies in Lithuania based on their expected impact on alcohol consumption and alcohol-attributable harm.Abstract:
Due to the high levels of alcohol use, alcohol-attributable mortality and burden of disease, and detrimental drinking patterns, Lithuania implemented a series of alcohol control policies within a relatively short period of time, between 2008 and 2019. Based on their expected impact on alcohol consumption and alcohol-attributable harm, as well as their target population, these policies have been classified using a set of objective criteria and expert opinion. The classification criteria included: positive vs. negative outcomes, mainly immediate vs. delayed outcomes, and general population vs. specific group outcomes. The judgement of the alcohol policy experts converged on the objective criteria, and, as a result, two tiers of intervention were identified: Tier 1—highly effective general population interventions with an anticipated immediate impact; Tier 2—other interventions aimed at the general population. In addition, interventions directed at specific populations were identified. This adaptable methodological approach to alcohol control policy classification is intended to provide guidance and support for the evaluation of alcohol policies elsewhere, to lay the foundation for the critical assessment of the policies to improve health and increase life expectancy, and to reduce crime and violence.read more
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Alcohol control policy measures and all-cause mortality in Lithuania: an interrupted time–series analysis
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors measured the association between Lithuania's alcohol control policies and adult all-cause mortality by means of general additive models, and found that during the period 2001-2018, effective alcohol control policy measures were implemented on several occasions, and in those years the all cause mortality rate declined by approximately 3.2% more than in years without such policies.
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