GENDER, CULTURE, AND ALCOHOL: A MULTI-NATIONAL STUDY

描述(由申请者提供)：国际研究小组 性别与酒精(IRGGA)由来自美国的100多名酒精研究人员组成 研究性别对酒精使用和酒精影响的国家 有问题。IRGGA过去八年的工作表明，国际 性别和酒精的比较研究将得到极大的加强 使用标准化措施协调酒精调查。此应用程序 请求发展资金以计划和协调一项多国研究 性别和酒精，将收集和分析标准化的数据 在至少28项不同的至少32项独立资助的调查中进行测量 国家。 拟议研究的具体目标包括：(1)直接比较 国家内部和国家间男女之间的饮酒模式 各国男性和女性之间与酒精有关的问题的流行率， 以及在不同国家的女性和男性之间；(3) 女S与男S重酒相关因素的国际比较 消费和酒精相关的问题基于大量的 发现与酗酒和有问题的饮酒有关的变量 妇女(包括家庭因素；社会网络；性行为和亲密关系； 关系暴力与性虐待；就业经历；社会角色； 健康、行为和生活方式)；(4)社会层面的协会分析 女S与男S饮酒行为与饮酒文化类型 (例如，“湿”与“干”)，以及女性？S和男性？S饮酒行为和 社会性别不平等；和(5)发展更好的文化--和 对酒精消费和与酒精有关的性别敏感的衡量标准 有问题。该项目的相当大的基础工作已经完成， 包括获得资金支持该研究的欧洲联盟成员， 以及(通过我们与世界卫生组织的伙伴关系)获得 支持8或9个发展中国家参与的资金。三位一体 这里要求的多年发展资金将提供关键支持-- -在其他地方不可用-用于综合设施的集中协调 多国研究，用于招募更多国家(特别是， 发展中国家)，以及规划和执行协调数据 准备、数据综合和数据分析。 一项关于性别、文化和酒精的多国研究可能是更好地 了解性别和文化如何相互作用以影响相似或相似的 全球各地的女性和男性饮酒的方式不同。从以下方面获得的知识 拟议的研究可以帮助更好地针对和具体说明国家和 国际酒精滥用预防、干预和政策努力 无论是女性还是男性。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The International Research Group on Gender and Alcohol (IRGGA) consists of more than 100 alcohol researchers from countries who study gender-related influences on alcohol use and alcohol problems. Work in IRGGA over the past eight years has shown that international comparative research on gender and alcohol would be greatly enhanced by coordinated alcohol surveys using standardized measures. This application requests developmental funding to plan and coordinate a multi-national study of gender and alcohol that will assemble and analyze data from standardized measures in at least 32 independently funded surveys in at least 28 different countries. Specific aims of the proposed study include: (1) direct comparisons of drinking patterns between men and women within countries, as well as among prevalence of alcohol-related problems between men and women within countries, as well as among women and among men of differing countries; (3) cross-national comparisons of correlates of women?s and men?s heavy alcohol consumption and alcohol-related problems based on a substantial battery of variables found to be associated with heavy and problematic drinking among women (including family factors; social networks; sexuality and intimacy; relationship violence and sexual abuse; employment experiences; social roles; health behavior and lifestyle); (4) societal-level analyses of associations between women?s and men?s drinking behavior and types of drinking cultures (e.g., "wet" vs. "dry"), and between women?s and men?s drinking behavior and societal gender inequality; and (5) development of improved culture- and gender- sensitive measures of alcohol consumption and alcohol-related problems. Considerable groundwork for the project has been completed, including obtaining funds for support of European Union members of the study, and (through our partnership with the World Health Organization) obtaining funds to support the participation of 8 or 9 developing countries. The three years of developmental funding requested here will provide critical support - - not available elsewhere - for centralized coordination of the complex multi-national study, for recruiting additional countries (in particular, developing countries), and for planning and carrying out coordinated data preparation, data synthesis, and data analysis. A multi-national study of gender, culture, and alcohol can be a key to better understanding how gender and culture interact to influence how similarly or differently women and men drink across the globe. The knowledge gained from the proposed study can help to better target and specify national and international alcohol abuse prevention, intervention, and policy efforts for both women and men.