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

描述（由申请人提供）：国际研究小组 性别与酒精（IRGGA）由来自英国的100多名酒精研究人员组成。 研究性别对酒精使用和酒精摄入影响的国家 问题在过去八年中，IRGGA的工作表明，国际 性别与酒精的比较研究将大大加强， 使用标准化措施协调酒精调查。本申请 要求发展基金，以规划和协调多国研究 将收集和分析标准化数据， 在至少28个不同的国家进行至少32次独立供资的调查 国家 本研究的具体目标包括：（1）直接比较 国家内男女之间的饮酒模式，以及 各国男女之间与酒精有关的问题的普遍程度， 以及不同国家的妇女和男子之间;（3） 女性相关因素的跨国比较？男人和男人？s重酒精 消费和酒精相关的问题的基础上，大量的电池， 发现与大量和有问题的饮酒有关的变量， 妇女（包括家庭因素;社交网络;性和亲密关系; 关系暴力和性虐待;就业经历;社会角色; 健康行为和生活方式）;（4）社会层面的关联分析 在女人之间？男人和男人？饮酒行为与饮酒文化类型 (e.g.,“湿”与“干”），以及妇女之间？男人和男人？的饮酒行为， 社会性别不平等;（5）发展更好的文化-以及 对性别问题有敏感认识的酒精消费和与酒精有关的 问题该项目的大量基础工作已经完成， 包括获得资金支持欧盟成员国的研究， （通过与世界卫生组织的合作） 资助8至9个发展中国家参加会议。三 这里要求的多年发展资金将提供关键支持- - 其他地方没有-用于建筑群的集中协调 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、数据合成和数据分析。 一项关于性别、文化和酒精的多国研究可以成为更好地研究酒精的关键。 了解性别和文化如何相互作用， 地球仪上的男女饮酒方式不同。知识来自于 拟议的研究可有助于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， 无论男女。

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.