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By Neha MathurMay 15 2023Reviewed by Benedette Cuffari, M.Sc. In a recent article published in the journal Addiction Science & Clinical Practice, researchers identify measures that improve alcohol health literacy and lower alcohol consumption in Germany.
A sustainable reduction of alcohol consumption requires changing an individual's risk perception and social norms, alongside reducing their availability and affordability. For example, increasing awareness that alcohol use is a risk factor for cancer could help increase support for alcohol control policies.
About the study In the current study, the authors searched PubMed using keywords like ‘affordability’ to derive recommendations for improving AHL. For education, health care, and policy, the researchers invited five experts to review the derived recommendations. In fact, the per capita alcohol consumption in Germany is above the global and European averages, thereby resulting in substantial alcohol-attributable morbidity. Despite its high financial burden on the German population, general health literacy, including AHL, remains low in Germany, especially among vulnerable groups.
While such programs critically reflected on alcohol advertising, they must be tailored to formulate appropriate goals, such as delaying the onset of alcohol use for younger people. Furthermore, although these education-based measures effectively raised individual competencies concerning alcohol consumption, they did not have an effect on alcohol consumption.
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