Peter Anderson1,2, Eva Jané-Llopis3,4, Omer Syed Muhammad Hasan3,5, Jürgen Rehm3,5,6,7,8,9. 1. Institute of Health & Society, Newcastle University, Baddiley-Clark Building, Richardson Road, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4AX, UK. 2. Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, P. Debyeplein 1, 6221 HA Maastricht, Netherlands. 3. Institute for Mental Health Policy Research, CAMH, 33 Russell Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 2S1. 4. ESADE Business School, Ramon Llull University, Av. Esplugues 92-96, 08034 Barcelona, Spain. 5. Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, 155 College Street, 6th Floor, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5T 3M7. 6. Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute, CAMH, 250 College Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5T 1R8. 7. Institute of Medical Science (IMS), University of Toronto, Medical Sciences Building, 1 King's College Circle, Room 2374, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 1A8. 8. Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, 250 College Street, 8th Floor, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5T 1R8. 9. Institute for Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, TU Dresden, Chemnitzer Str. 46, 01187 Dresden, Germany.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Public sector bodies have called for policies and programmes to shift collective social norms in disfavour of the harmful use of alcohol. This article aims to identify and summarize the evidence and propose how policies and programmes to shift social norms could be implemented and evaluated. DESIGN: Review of reviews for all years to July 2017. DATA SOURCES: Searches on OVID Medline, Healthstar, Embase, PsycINFO, AMED, Social Work Abstracts, CAB Abstracts, Mental Measurements Yearbook, Joanna Briggs Institute EBP, Health and Psychosocial Instruments, International Pharmaceutical Abstracts, International Political Science Abstracts, NASW Clinical Register and Epub Ahead of Print databases. ELIGIBILITY: All reviews, without language or date restrictions resulting from combining the terms ((review or literature review or review literature or data pooling or comparative study or systematic review or meta-analysis or pooled analysis) and (social norms or culture) and (alcohol drinking)). RESULTS: Two relevant reviews were identified. One review of community-based interventions found one study that demonstrated small changes in parental disapproval of under-age drinking. One review stressed that collective social norms about drinking are malleable and not uniform in any one country. Three factors are proposed to inform programmes: provide information about the consequences of the harmful use of alcohol, and their causes and distribution; act on groups, not individuals; and strengthen environmental laws, regulations and approaches. CONCLUSIONS: Purposeful policies and programmes could be implemented to change collective social norms in disfavour of the harmful use of alcohol; they should be evidence-based and fully evaluated for their impact.
BACKGROUND: Public sector bodies have called for policies and programmes to shift collective social norms in disfavour of the harmful use of alcohol. This article aims to identify and summarize the evidence and propose how policies and programmes to shift social norms could be implemented and evaluated. DESIGN: Review of reviews for all years to July 2017. DATA SOURCES: Searches on OVID Medline, Healthstar, Embase, PsycINFO, AMED, Social Work Abstracts, CAB Abstracts, Mental Measurements Yearbook, Joanna Briggs Institute EBP, Health and Psychosocial Instruments, International Pharmaceutical Abstracts, International Political Science Abstracts, NASW Clinical Register and Epub Ahead of Print databases. ELIGIBILITY: All reviews, without language or date restrictions resulting from combining the terms ((review or literature review or review literature or data pooling or comparative study or systematic review or meta-analysis or pooled analysis) and (social norms or culture) and (alcohol drinking)). RESULTS: Two relevant reviews were identified. One review of community-based interventions found one study that demonstrated small changes in parental disapproval of under-age drinking. One review stressed that collective social norms about drinking are malleable and not uniform in any one country. Three factors are proposed to inform programmes: provide information about the consequences of the harmful use of alcohol, and their causes and distribution; act on groups, not individuals; and strengthen environmental laws, regulations and approaches. CONCLUSIONS: Purposeful policies and programmes could be implemented to change collective social norms in disfavour of the harmful use of alcohol; they should be evidence-based and fully evaluated for their impact.
Authors: Victoria Porthé; Irene García-Subirats; Carles Ariza; Joan Ramón Villalbí; Montse Bartroli; Olga Júarez; Elia Díez Journal: J Community Health Date: 2021-06
Authors: Daša Kokole; Liesbeth Mercken; Eva Jané-Llopis; Guillermina Natera Rey; Miriam Arroyo; Perla Medina; Augusto Pérez-Gómez; Juliana Mejía-Trujillo; Marina Piazza; Ines V Bustamante; Amy O'Donnell; Eileen Kaner; Antoni Gual; Hugo Lopez-Pelayo; Bernd Schulte; Jakob Manthey; Jürgen Rehm; Peter Anderson; Hein de Vries Journal: Prim Health Care Res Dev Date: 2021-01-28 Impact factor: 1.458