{"product_id":"alcohol-and-the-community-a-systems-approach-to-prevention-hardback-9780521591874","title":"Alcohol and the Community; A Systems Approach to Prevention (Hardback) 9780521591874","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eAlcohol and the Community\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Systems Approach to Prevention\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book, first published in 1998, offers an ecological perspective of the community as an alternative approach to the prevention of alcohol-related problems.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eHarold D. Holder (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521591874, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 5 March 1998\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e198 pages, 49 b\/w illus.  7 tables\u003cbr\u003e23.7 x 15.9 x 1.7 cm, 0.446 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Anyone with an interest in alcohol policy of prevention will be enriched by reading this monograph. Libraries should look out for the IRMA series.' Addiction Biology\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAn individual's decision to use alcohol and the frequency, quantity and situation of such use are the result of a combination of biological and social factors. Drinking is not only a personal choice, but also a matter of custom and social behaviour, and is influenced by access and economic factors including levels of disposable income and cost of alcoholic beverages. Until prevention efforts cease to focus narrowly on the individual and begin to adopt broader community perspectives on alcohol problems and strategies to reduce them, these efforts will fail. This book, first published in 1998, challenges the current implicit models used in alcohol problem prevention and demonstrates an ecological perspective of the community as a complex adaptive system composed of interacting subsystems, an appreciation and understanding of which offers an alternative approach to the prevention of alcohol dependence and alcohol-related problems.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSeries editor's preface\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e 1. The community system of alcohol use and alcohol problems\u003cbr\u003e 2. Consumption system\u003cbr\u003e 3. Retail sales subsystem: alcohol availability and promotion\u003cbr\u003e 4. Formal regulation and control subsystem: rules, administration and enforcement\u003cbr\u003e 5. Social norms subsystem: community values and social influences that affect drinking\u003cbr\u003e 6. Legal sanctions subsystem: prohibited uses of alcohol\u003cbr\u003e 7. Social, economic and health consequences subsystem: community identification of and responses to alcohol problems\u003cbr\u003e 8. Community-level alcohol problem prevention\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Clinical psychology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Clinical psychology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Clinical%20psychology%20%5BMMJ%5D%22\"\u003eMMJ\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46129183719704,"sku":"9780521591874","price":86.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521591874i.jpg?v=1691666288","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/alcohol-and-the-community-a-systems-approach-to-prevention-hardback-9780521591874","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}