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

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• 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
• Keywords: アルコール関連問題 / 飲酒 / アルコール依存

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.

Free Research Field

社会心理学