Community exposure to armed conflict and subsequent onset of alcohol use disorder.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

To measure the independent consequences of community-level armed conflict beatings on alcohol use disorders (AUD) among males in Nepal during and after the 2000-2006 conflict.

Design

A population-representative panel study from Nepal, with precise measures of community-level violent events and subsequent individual-level AUD in males. Females were not included because of low AUD prevalence.

Setting

Chitwan, Nepal.

Participants

Four thousand eight hundred seventy-six males from 151 neighborhoods, systematically selected and representative of Western Chitwan. All residents aged 15-59 were eligible (response rate 93%).

Measurements

Measures of beatings in the community during the conflict (2000-2006), including the date and distance away, were gathered

SUBMITTER: Bruffaerts R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10872606 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature