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Relationship between Characteristics of Large National Regions and Individual Alcohol Consumption: A Systematic Review

Version 1 : Received: 16 December 2022 / Approved: 20 December 2022 / Online: 20 December 2022 (08:42:11 CET)

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Sergey A Maksimov, Yana V Danilchenko, Darya P Tsygankova, Svetlana A Shalnova, Oksana M Drapkina, Relationship between characteristics of large national regions and individual alcohol consumption: a scoping review, Alcohol and Alcoholism, 2023;, agad023, https://doi.org/10.1093/alcalc/agad023 Sergey A Maksimov, Yana V Danilchenko, Darya P Tsygankova, Svetlana A Shalnova, Oksana M Drapkina, Relationship between characteristics of large national regions and individual alcohol consumption: a scoping review, Alcohol and Alcoholism, 2023;, agad023, https://doi.org/10.1093/alcalc/agad023

Abstract

The goal of our article was to systematize studies that investigated the impact of living conditions in large national regions on individual alcohol consumption. We sought publications on the research topic in PubMed, Google Scholar, OpenGrey, Crossref and eLibrary databases from the moment they were created until December 31, 2021. After removal of duplicates and unsuitable publications, and full-text review of remaining published sources, the final sample included 81 publications. The majority of ultimately selected papers were published after 2010, represented the United States of America, and considered samples of children and youths, either the younger population or the general adult population. High quality was characteristic for 19 studies, while satisfactory quality was exhibited by 46 publications. The most consistent associations with individual alcohol consumption were revealed for the legislative environment (especially for integral scales and indices), alcohol pricing policy, the prevalence of alcohol consumption and binge drinking in the population, and unemployment rate. Among the shortcomings of the reviewed articles, we should mention the prevailing assessment of the impact of only one type of regional characteristics, as well as the lack of studies analyzing the interaction of environmental influence at the territorial level of different scales. Protocol PROSPERO CRD42021234874.

Keywords

environment; regions characteristics; alcohol; health geography

Subject

Social Sciences, Area Studies

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