Alcohol use: evolution of patterns over eight years and harm to others (passive drinkers)

• Grant number: 12/51237-8
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Research in Public Policies for the National Health Care System (PP-SUS)
• Start date: July 01, 2013
• End date: January 31, 2016
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Medicine - Psychiatry
• Agreement: CNPq - PPSUS
• Principal Investigator: Florence Kerr Correa
• Grantee: Florence Kerr Correa
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Medicina (FMB). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Botucatu. Botucatu , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Most population surveys on alcohol consumption investigates the issues in relation to the drinker, but few studies have evaluated substantial damage caused to others by drinking. The damage to others can occur in different ways and levels of severity to persons in different relations of the drinker. The damages include, among others, intentional or not injury (assaults, homicides, traffic and work accidents); neglect or violence (against children, spouse / partner, unknown); and toxic effects (fetal alcohol syndrome). Objective: The aim of this study is to develop a database on the negative impacts of alcohol consumption on the others. Method: Cross-sectional study in stratified and representative sample in the metropolitan area of São Paulo, comprising about 1200 individuals over 18 years old. Data collection will be done with the Questionnaire "Genacis - Harm to Others" in interviews in selected households. The results will be compared by usual proportions, through binomial distribution or normal approximation, as an alpha value of 5% will be set for the occurrence of error of the first kind. Outcome: Specific information about the circumstances and contingencies of harm to others caused by alcohol consumption may contribute to the formation of policy responses and effective in preventing or reducing damage. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

JANAINA BARBOSA DE OLIVEIRA; FLORENCE KERR-CORRÊA; ÍCARO CARESIA LOPES; WALTER VITTI JUNIOR; HÉLIO RUBENS DE CARVALHO NUNES; MARIA CRISTINA PEREIRA LIMA. Alcohol use and risk of vehicle accidents: cross-sectional study in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. São Paulo Medical Journal, v. 138, n. 3, p. 208-215, 2020-06-01. (12/51237-8)