Alcohol control policies and socioeconomic inequalities in hazardous alcohol consumption: a 22-year cross-sectional study in a Swiss urban population.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Harmful use of alcohol represents a large socioeconomic and disease burden and displays a socioeconomic status (SES) gradient. Several alcohol control laws were devised and implemented, but their equity impact remains undetermined.We ascertained if an SES gradient in hazardous alcohol consumption exists in Geneva (Switzerland) and assessed the equity impact of the alcohol control laws implemented during the last two decades.

Design

Repeated cross-sectional survey study.

Setting

We used data from non-abstinent participants, aged 35-74 years, from the population-based cross-sectional Bus Santé study (n=16 725), between 1993 and 2014.

Methods

SES indicators included educational attainment (primary, secondary and tertiary) and occupational level (high, me

SUBMITTER: Sandoval JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6538024 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature