Causal mechanisms proposed for the alcohol harm paradox-a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

The alcohol harm paradox (AHP) posits that disadvantaged groups suffer from higher rates of alcohol-related harm compared with advantaged groups, despite reporting similar or lower levels of consumption on average. The causes of this relationship remain unclear. This study aimed to identify explanations proposed for the AHP. Secondary aims were to review the existing evidence for those explanations and investigate whether authors linked explanations to one another.

Methods

This was a systematic review. We searched MEDLINE (1946-January 2021), EMBASE (1974-January 2021) and PsycINFO (1967-January 2021), supplemented with manual searching of grey literature. Included papers either explored the causes of the AHP or investigated the relationship between alcoh

SUBMITTER: Boyd J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8595457 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature