Negative implications of fragmented public perspectives toward local alcohol programs.
Strengthening local alcohol programs so as to emphasize primary prevention is an active concern among mental health professionals; yet interventions intended to achieve this aim have produced only modest shifts in program orientation in most communities. An analysis of data obtained from those active in local affairs in a small community, using Q-sort techniques, suggested that contrasting perspectives toward alcohol abuse as a social problem may stand as an unseen barrier to relevant change.
Gore
W J
WJ
Department of Political Science, University of Washington, Seattle 98195.
Leek
K M
KM
D000437:Alcoholism / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003071:Cognition; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D011322:Primary Prevention; D011639:Public Opinion