NATIONAL SURVEY OF DRINKING IN AQUATIC SETTINGS

美国每年约有5000人溺水身亡。青春期 成年溺水受害者中，有25%-50%接触过酒精。 有各种各样的理由怀疑酒精起了因果作用。 在相当一部分溺水事件中扮演了重要角色，最近联邦 政府和一些州已经制定了饮酒和划船 立法类似于酒后驾车本身的法律。 尽管如此，对饮酒与 溺水受制于缺乏关于频率的信息 人群中的水生暴露情况和饮酒行为 在水上或水边。 这项建议的目的是增加对 酒精对令人不快的水上活动的贡献。要做到这一点， 我们建议进行一项全国性的随机数字拨号(RDD)调查 一般人口(&gt；16岁)。在进行这项研究时，我们有四个 主要目标。首先，关于同时饮酒的信息 与水上活动有关的活动将提供对亲属和 酒精导致溺水的可归因风险。第二，关于 公众对饮酒是否得体的态度 水，认为喝水是溺水的危险因素的看法，知识 对饮酒和划船法律的支持，支持这些法律将是 对规划教育和/或执行计划的机构有价值。 第三，我们将探索人们是否更有可能从事有风险的 他们在喝水时的水上行为比他们没有喝水时的行为要好。 第四，本研究产生的信息可以作为基线数据 关于新的饮酒和划船法律的影响的未来研究 关于公众饮酒知识、态度和行为的调查 在水上或水边。第五，调查人员打算利用 本研究提供的资料，以配合 马萨诸塞州公共卫生部，一项旨在 在减少溺水和教育马萨诸塞州居民关于 在水上或水边饮用的风险。

Each year, approximately 5,000 persons drown in the U.S.. Of adolescent and adult drowning victims, between 25-50% have been exposed to alcohol. There are a variety of reasons to suspect that alcohol plays a causal role in a substantial portion of drownings and recently the Federal government, and some states, have enacted drinking and boating legislation analogous to drinking and driving per se laws. Nevertheless, understanding of the association between drinking about drowning is constrained by a lack of information about the frequencies of aquatic exposures among the population and about drinking behaviors on or near the water. The purpose of this proposal is to increase knowledge about the contribution of alcohol to untoward aquatic events. To accomplish this, we propose to conduct a national random digit dial (RDD) survey of the general population (> 16 years). In undertaking this study we have four primary objectives. First, information about drinking in conjunction with aquatic activities will provide insight into the relative and attributable risks of alcohol for drowning. Second, data about the public's attitudes towards the propriety of drinking on or near the water, perceptions of drinking as a risk factor for drowning, knowledge of drinking and boating laws, and support for these laws will be of value to agencies planning educational and/or enforcement programs. Third, we will explore whether people are more likely to engage in risky aquatic behaviors when they have been drinking than when they have not. Fourth, information generated by this study may serve as base line data for future research on the impact of the new drinking and boating laws on the public's knowledge, attitudes and behaviors regarding alcohol use on or near the water. Fifth, the investigators intend to use information provided by this study to develop, in conjunction with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, an intervention program aimed at reducing drownings and educating Massachusetts residents about the risks of drinking on or near the water.