Public attitudes towards alcohol control policies in Scotland and England: Results from a mixed-methods study

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 177, Issue , 2017, Pages 177-189

  Li, Jessica ^a   Lovatt, Melanie ^a,b   Eadie, Douglas ^b   Dobbie, Fiona ^b   Meier, Petra ^a   Holmes, John ^a   Hastings, Gerard ^b   MacKintosh, Anne Marie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Alcohol policy; Alcohol policy attitudes; Mixed methods; Telephone survey; UK

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; DRINKING; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; SOCIAL POLICY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GENDER; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LAW; MALE; MARKETING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MIDDLE AGED; POLICE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RESPONSIBILITY; SCOTLAND; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TELEPHONE; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ENGLAND; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC OPINION; SCOTLAND; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 85012288969     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.01.037     Document Type: Article

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