Search for dissertations about: "alcohol policy"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 54 swedish dissertations containing the words alcohol policy.

2. 1. The Europeanization of Swedish Alcohol Policy

   Author : Jenny Cisneros Örnberg; Ulrika Mörth; Robin Room; Malena Britz; Bengt Jacobsson; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Alcohol policy; Sweden; EU; Europeanization; public health; new modes of governance; framing; narrative; Political science; Statsvetenskap; Political Science; statsvetenskap;

   Abstract : The purpose of this dissertation is to study the Europeanization of Swedish alcohol policy from 1995-2006. It analyses the development of Swedish and European alcohol policy and answers the following research questions: How has alcohol policy developed on the national and the EU level during this period? What are the Swedish alcohol policy initiatives on the EU level? What does the interplay between Swedish and European policy processes look like? Of interest for this dissertation is also how the Swedish view on alcohol policy has been received on EU level. READ MORE

4. 2. Mission Impossible? Universal Alcohol Prevention at Workplaces in Sweden

   Author : Mimmi Eriksson Tinghög; Börje Olsson; Janne Flyghed; Ingrid Sahlin; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; alcohol; prevention; alcohol policy; education; intervention; workplaces; evidence-based methods; General Criminology; allmän kriminologi;

   Abstract : Since the mid 1990s, alcohol policy in Sweden has undergone major changes and the restrictive policy instruments have been weakened. Alternative and compensatory preventive measures have been sought and the workplace is repeatedly referred to as an important and appropriate arena for prevention. READ MORE

5. 3. Bridging the world : Alcohol Policy in Transition and Diverging Alcohol Patterns in Sweden

   Author : Nina-Katri Gustafsson; Karin Helmersson Bergmark; Mats Ramstedt; Ilkka Mäkinen; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; alcohol consumption; alcohol-related consequences; availability; price; EU; social change; Sociology; Sociologi; Sociology; sociologi;

   Abstract : The present dissertation aims at analysing the effects of recent alcohol policy changes. The traditional strict policy in Sweden had focused on high pricing and limited availability to control levels of alcohol consumed and thus alcohol-related harms. READ MORE

6. 4. Intervening in a social world : An evaluation of an alcohol prevention programme in a Swedish workplace context

   Author : Devy Lysandra Elling; Kristina Sundqvist; Peter Wennberg; Ylva Brännström Almquist; Jeanette Westman; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; alcohol prevention; workplace intervention; organisational policy; effectiveness study; hazardous alcohol use; cluster randomised controlled trial; programme evaluation; programme effectiveness; outcome evaluation; Public Health Sciences; folkhälsovetenskap;

   Abstract : A sizeable portion of hazardous alcohol consumers are found in the workforce, suggesting that the workplace could provide opportunities for preventing and reducing hazardous alcohol use at an early stage. One such intervention is the multi-component alcohol prevention programme, ‘APMaT’ (Alcohol Policy and Managers’ skills Training), designed and delivered by Alna, an organisation that provides services to prevent harmful behaviours in Swedish workplaces. READ MORE

7. 5. Alcohol-Related Problems in Eastern Europe : A Comparative Perspective

   Author : Jonas Landberg; Thor Norström; Mats Ramstedt; William Alex Pridemore; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Eastern Europe; alcohol consumption; alcohol-related harm; time-series analysis; Sociology; Sociologi; Sociology; sociologi;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates the association between alcohol consumption and alcohol-related harm in Eastern Europe. The main aim was to estimate to what extent changes in per capita alcohol consumption have an impact on different forms of alcohol-related mortality, and to put the results in an international comparative perspective. READ MORE