Consideration of countermeasures for alcohol-related problem prevention including brewing company

Research Project

Project/Area Number	26870927
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Research Field	Social welfare and social work studies Home economics/Human life
Research Institution	Hyogo Earthquake Memorial 21st Century Research Institute
Principal Investigator	Akazawa Masato 公益財団法人ひょうご震災記念21世紀研究機構, こころのケアセンター, 主任研究員 (00718364)
Project Period (FY)	2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
Budget Amount *help	¥3,380,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥780,000) Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000) Fiscal Year 2015: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000) Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Keywords	アルコール関連問題 / 飲酒 / アルコール依存 / 酒類メーカー / 自助グループ
Outline of Final Research Achievements	The purpose of this study was to investigate attitude to alcohol drinking and awareness of efforts among brewing company, medical care, public administration and self-help group to prevent alcohol-related problems. The participants were 1,800 Japanese adults recruited from registrants of a Japanese social research company. Awareness of efforts of brewing company was below 10%, those of others were below 20%. Further, need for control of alcohol marketing or raise tax of alcohol were divisive problem. In addition, about 10 percent of participants had alcohol-related problems and mental health problems, some participants had bias and negative images of alcohol dependence.