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Review
. 2013;35(2):135-49.

Community indicators: assessing the impact of alcohol use on communities

Andrea Flynn, Samantha Wells
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Review

Community indicators: assessing the impact of alcohol use on communities

Andrea Flynn et al. Alcohol Res. 2013.
Free PMC article

Abstract

Community indicators are used to assess the impact of alcohol on communities. This article reviews the main data sources for community indicators, discusses their strengths and limitations, and discusses indicators used in reference to four main topics relating to alcohol use and problems at the community level: alcohol use, patterns, and problems; alcohol availability; alcohol-related health outcomes/trauma; and alcohol-related crime and enforcement. It also reviews the challenges associated with collecting community indicator data, along with important innovations in the field that have contributed to better knowledge of how to collect and analyze community-level data on the impact of alcohol.

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