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Title: Heavy Drinking, Alcoholism and Injuries at Work
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Veazie, Mark A. |
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Heavy Drinking, Alcoholism and Injuries at Work Ph.D. Dissertation, Johns Hopkins University, 1994 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: UMI - University Microfilms, Bell and Howell Information and Learning Keyword(s): Addiction; Alcohol Use; Disabled Workers; Health Care; Health/Health Status/SF-12 Scale; Job Hazards The purpose of this study was to investigate heavy drinking and alcoholism as risk factors for nonfatal work injury in the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. Injuries and problems with alcohol significantly diminish health status and quality of life in America and other parts of the world. Unintentional and intentional injuries represent an enormous public health problem as major causes of premature death, disability, health care utilization, economic losses and social and psychological dysfunction. Injury as a disease and alcohol as an exposure are not separate problems. From a research perspective, it is important to know if heavy drinking or alcohol dependence should be measured as potential confounders in future studies of other risk factors and intervention strategies. From a prevention perspective, this study could have two results. The finding that alcohol problems are not associated with injury would contribute to the evidence that occupational injury prevention strategies should not be focused on problem drinking or problem drinkers, but rather on more promising prevention strategies. The finding that alcohol problems are strongly associated with injury would suggest that, in addition to reducing hazards, prevention strategies that reduce problem drinking or target problem drinkers may have some effects on the risk of injury. |
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Veazie, Mark A. Heavy Drinking, Alcoholism and Injuries at Work. Ph.D. Dissertation, Johns Hopkins University, 1994. |