Extended lockdown and India's alcohol policy: a qualitative analysis of newspaper articles.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Since 25th March 2020 India went into a complete and extended lockdown. Alcohol production, sales, and purchase were barred with this overnight prohibition order. We conducted a qualitative analysis of the media reports published within the first month of the nationwide lockdown with the objectives (a) using the media reports as indications of possible public health impact and population response of a sudden alcohol prohibition in India, (b) suggesting areas for future research.

Methods

We performed thematic and content analysis of 350 articles published online in national newspapers between the 26th March, 2020 and 25th April, 2020. Initial inductive, followed by deductive coding was done in this exploratory thematic analysis.

Results

The thematic analysis

SUBMITTER: Ghosh A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7490258 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature