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Faculty of Nursing
Adult care Nursing Department

Besides causing numerous chronic diseases at the physical and psychological level, excessive

consumption of alcohol has economic and social consequences for the individual and society.

The most common effects are related to the performance of family activities, work, and public

order phenomena. Some studies aim to determine the social effects of the increase in
consumption of one liter of alcohol per capita and find that:

1 Accident mortality rates are influenced by alcohol consumption, with a statistically significant

positive association between these two variables.

2 There is the same kind of relationship between alcohol and homicide rates, and gender violence.

3 As it is now clearly demonstrated, alcohol in small quantities can have beneficial effects on

health, especially concerning the prevention of cardiovascular disease.

Within the context of the relative failure of preventive and pedagogical measures, it is necessary

to adopt measures that reduce alcohol consumption and the problems related to its consumption.

If implemented, in the short term, these initiatives can lead to a reduction of workplace and traffic

accidents, hospital emergency admissions (from excessive consumption and associated

accidents), and general hospital admissions.

The target populations of such campaigns are young people, pregnant or breastfeeding women,

and individuals with mental disorders.

Indeed, the guidelines should refer to the need to:

1 Develop campaigns in each country about alcohol consumption;

2 Develop regional networks for community prevention and evaluation of alcohol problem;

3 Review the legislation on the advertising and sale of alcoholic beverages to minors;

4 Improve the training of professionals from different sectors of society;

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