A review of public opinion towards alcohol controls in Australia

BMC Public Health

Research Article

Charles Livingstone¹  Claire Tobin¹  A Rob Moodie² 

[1] Department of Health and Social Science, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, PO Box 197, 3145, Caulfield East, Victoria, Australia;Nossal Institute for Global Health, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, 3010, Carlton, Victoria, Australia;

关键词: Public Support;    Health Warning;    Alcohol Policy;    Outlet Density;    Alcohol Control;   

DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2458-11-58

 received in 2010-07-30, accepted in 2011-01-27,  发布年份 2011

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundIncreasing concern about the negative impact of alcohol on the Australian community has renewed calls for tighter regulatory controls. This paper reviews levels of and trends in public support for liquor control regulations, regulation of alcohol promotions, and alcohol pricing and taxation reforms in Australia between 1998 and 2009.MethodsSix electronic databases and twenty public health and alcohol organisation websites were searched for research literature, reports and media releases describing levels of public support for alcohol controls. Only studies which randomly selected participants were included.ResultsTwenty-one studies were included in the review. The majority of the Australian public support most proposed alcohol controls. Levels of support are divided between targeted and universal controls.ConclusionsImplementation of targeted alcohol policies is likely to be strongly supported by the Australian public, but universal controls are liable to be unpopular. Policy makers are provided with insights into factors likely to be associated with higher public support.

【 授权许可】

CC BY   
© Tobin et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2011