Evaluating the relationship between binge drinking rates and a replicable measure of U.S. state alcohol policy environments.

ABSTRACT: Excessive alcohol consumption contributes significantly to premature mortality, injuries and morbidity, and a range of U.S. state policies have been shown to reduce these behaviors. Monitoring state alcohol policy environments is essential, but methodologically challenging given that new laws may be passed (or repealed) each year, resulting in considerable variation across states. Existing measures have not been made public or have only a single year available. We develop a new replicable measure, the state alcohol policy score, for each state and year 2004-2009, that captures the essential features of a state's evidence-based alcohol policies. We evaluate its similarity to two existing alcohol policy measures and validate it by replicating findings from a previous study that used one of t

SUBMITTER: Silver D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6592603 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature