ALCOHOL AND INJURY--BELIEFS ABOUT PREVENTABILITY

酒精与伤害——关于可预防性的信念

基本信息

批准号：
2376057
负责人：
Deborah C. GIRASEK
金额：
$ 1.45万
依托单位：
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
1997
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
1997-02-21 至
项目状态：
未结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/2376057
关键词：
accidental falls accidents alcoholism /alcohol abuse prevention behavioral /social science research tag belief burns clinical research health surveys human subject injury prevention poisoning public opinion social behavior telecommunications vehicular accident

项目摘要

The overall goal of the research proposed herein is to reduce the incidence of premature death and disability that is due to injury. Healthy People 2000, the nations's health promotion and disease prevention agenda, acknowledges that more years of potential life ar lost to unintentional injury than to any other cause (US Department of Health and human Services, 1990). That document also emphasizes that, "efforts to reduce death and disability from unintentional injuries must be (emphasis added) combined with efforts to reduce alcohol and drug abuse." Specifically, the proposed study will assess the public's beliefs about whether the five leading causes of unintentional injury death are preventable, and if so, how. Special efforts will be made to elicit respondents' understanding of how alcohol contributes to our nation's injury problem, and whether they feel its role can be modified. Data will be collected via a cross sectional telephone survey administered to a nationally representative sample that is generated using random digit dialing techniques. The case is clearly made that past inquiry into this area of study has been inadequate. In justifying further exploration, the author cites the necessity of understanding existing public beliefs before attempting to alter them, documents that beliefs about alcohol, as well as injury preventability, have been linked to the likelihood of engaging in risk- related behaviors, and provides support for the argument that beliefs about the efficacy of prevention measures are correlated with public support for, and passage of, legislative interventions. Finally, there is evidence to suggest that professionals' current conceptions of public preventability beliefs may be unfounded, and could have unintended consequences that undermine prevention efforts. This study's findings should facilitate the work of injury prevention advocates and other supporters of effective alcohol policies.

本文提出的研究的总体目标是减少发病率因受伤而过早死亡和残疾。健康人 2000年，国家健康促进和疾病预防议程，承认更多年的潜在寿命因无意的行为而丧失伤害高于任何其他原因（美国卫生与公众服务部， 1990）。该文件还强调，“努力减少死亡和意外伤害造成的残疾必须（强调）合并起来努力减少酗酒和吸毒。”具体来说，提议研究将评估公众对五位主要领导人是否有信心意外伤害死亡的原因是可以预防的，如果可以，如何预防。我们将特别努力让受访者了解如何酒精导致了我们国家的伤害问题，他们是否觉得它的角色可以修改。数据将通过横截面收集对具有全国代表性的样本进行电话调查使用随机数字拨号技术生成。案例清楚地表明，过去对该研究领域的调查已经不足。为了证明进一步探索的合理性，作者引用了在尝试之前了解现有的公众信仰的必要性改变它们，记录有关酒精和伤害的信念可预防性，与从事风险活动的可能性有关相关行为，并为以下论点提供支持：信念预防措施的有效性与公众的支持相关，和立法干预措施的通过。最后，有证据表明表明专业人士当前对公共可预防性的看法信念可能是没有根据的，并且可能会产生意想不到的后果破坏预防工作。这项研究的结果应该有助于伤害预防倡导者和其他有效支持者的工作酒精政策。