Drinking Patterns and Their Consequences Book

	Acknowledgments
	Introduction: Beyond per Capita Consumption	1
Ch. 1	The Levels, Patterns, and Consequences of Drinking	7
Ch. 2	Trends in Drinking and Patterns of Drinking	25
Ch. 3	Individual Characteristics and Drinking Patterns	43
Ch. 4	Health Issues and Drinking Patterns	63
Ch. 5	Social and Behavioral Issues Related to Drinking Patterns	89
Ch. 6	Cultural Variations among Drinking Patterns	103
Ch. 7	The Distribution of Alcohol Consumption	129
Ch. 8	The Impact of Alcohol Control Measures on Drinking Patterns	153
Ch. 9	The Social Costs of Alcohol Consumption: Definitions, Measurement, and Policy Implications	169
Ch. 10	Alcohol Abuse: Cost Effectiveness and the Economic Impact of Policies and Programs	189
Ch. 11	Community Reactions of Alcohol Policies	205
Ch. 12	The Implications for Measurement and Research	221
Ch. 13	The Implications of Drinking Patterns for Primary Prevention, Education, and Screening	243
Ch. 14	Public and Private Partnerships in Prevention and Research	267
I	New Players for a New Era: How Up-to-Date Is Health Promotion?	268
II	Effective Partnerships Between the Public and Private Sectors	272
III	Lessons from Partnerships: The Example of the United States	276
IV	The Case of the College of Pharmacy, University of Chile	282
Ch. 15	Shifting the Paradigm: Reducing Harm and Promoting Beneficial Patterns	287
Appendix	Principles of Cooperation among the Beverage Alcohol Industry, Governments, Scientific Researchers, and the Public Health Community	299
	Index	303