Space and Place in Alcohol Research.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose of review

To summarize the recent literature on social and physical environments and their links to alcohol use and identify empirical research strategies that will lead to a better understanding of alcohol use in contexts.

Recent findings

Recent research has continued to describe the importance of neighborhood and regional contexts on alcohol use, while a smaller emerging scientific literature assesses the impacts of contexts on drinking.

Summary

The dynamic, longitudinal, and multiscale processes by which social and physical structures affect social interactions and substance use have not yet been uncovered or quantified. In order to understand and quantify these processes, assessments of exposures (e.g., how individuals use space) and risks within specific

SUBMITTER: Mair C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8294477 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature