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Alcohol's Secondhand Harms in the United States: New Data on Prevalence and Risk Factors.


ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE:This study examined a range of indicators of alcohol's harm to others (AHTO) among U.S. adults and assessed sociodemographic and alcohol-related risk factors for AHTO. METHOD:The data came from 8,750 adult men and women in two parallel 2015 U.S. national surveys conducted in English and Spanish. Both surveys used computer-assisted telephone interviews and two-stage, stratified, list-assisted, random samples of adults ages 18 and older. RESULTS:One in five adults experienced at least one of ten 12-month harms because of someone else's drinking. The prevalence of specific harm types and characteristics differed by gender. Women were more likely to report harm due to drinking by a spouse/partner or family member, whereas men were more likely to report harm due to a stranger's drinking. Being female also predicted family/financial harms. Younger age increased risk for all AHTO types, except physical aggression. Being of Black/other ethnicity, being separated/widowed/divorced, and having a college education without a degree each predicted physical aggression harm. The harmed individual's own heavy drinking and having a heavy drinker in the household increased risk for all AHTO types. The risk for physical aggression due to someone else's drinking was particularly elevated for heavy drinking women. CONCLUSIONS:Secondhand effects of alcohol in the United States are substantial and affected by sociodemographics, the harmed individual's own drinking, and the presence of a heavy drinker in the household. Broad-based and targeted public health measures that consider AHTO risk factors are needed to reduce alcohol's secondhand harms.

SUBMITTER: Nayak MB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6614929 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Alcohol's Secondhand Harms in the United States: New Data on Prevalence and Risk Factors.

Nayak Madhabika B MB   Patterson Deidre D   Wilsnack Sharon C SC   Karriker-Jaffe Katherine J KJ   Greenfield Thomas K TK  

Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs 20190501 3


<h4>Objective</h4>This study examined a range of indicators of alcohol's harm to others (AHTO) among U.S. adults and assessed sociodemographic and alcohol-related risk factors for AHTO.<h4>Method</h4>The data came from 8,750 adult men and women in two parallel 2015 U.S. national surveys conducted in English and Spanish. Both surveys used computer-assisted telephone interviews and two-stage, stratified, list-assisted, random samples of adults ages 18 and older.<h4>Results</h4>One in five adults e  ...[more]

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