The effectiveness of an intervention to reduce alcohol-related violence in premises licensed for the sale and on-site consumption of alcohol: a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

Premises licensed for the sale and consumption of alcohol can contribute to levels of assault-related injury through poor operational practices that, if addressed, could reduce violence. We tested the real-world effectiveness of an intervention designed to change premises operation, whether any intervention effect changed over time, and the effect of intervention dose.

Design

A parallel randomized controlled trial with the unit of allocation and outcomes measured at the level of individual premises.

Setting

All premises (public houses, nightclubs or hotels with a public bar) in Wales, UK.

Participants

A randomly selected subsample (n = 600) of eligible premises (that had one or more violent incidents recorded in police-recorded crime data; n

SUBMITTER: Moore SC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5655779 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature