The effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of population-level policies to reduce alcohol use: A systematic umbrella review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To systematically review and synthesize evidence from reviews about the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of population-level policies to reduce alcohol use.

Methods

We searched peer-reviewed literature using eight electronic bibliographic databases, grey literature using two databases, two search engines, and two working paper repositories, and examined references of included studies. At least two reviewers independently screened articles for inclusion, extracted detailed characteristics, and assessed the risk of bias of each included study. We considered all reviews that included studies which quantitatively examined the relationship between alcohol consumption and population-level policies that seek to regulate the public availability and marketing of alcohol

SUBMITTER: Guindon GE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12753591 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature