title: A review of social host policies focused on underage drinking parties: suggestions for future research.
abstract: Underage drinking continues to be a public health concern, partially due to the ease in which adolescents obtain alcohol and consume it in private locations. States and municipalities have implemented strategies to counteract this, including adopting public policies called social host policies, despite limited evidence of effectiveness. Traditionally, these laws have held adults accountable for furnishing alcohol to underage drinkers. However, states and communities are using another policy, also called social host, to deter underage drinking parties where easy access to alcohol and high-risk use occurs. These innovative laws hold individuals who control the property accountable for underage drinking that occurs there, regardless of alcohol source. We conducted a critical analysis of social host policies focused on hosting underage drinking parties and constructed a conceptual model to understand their targeted factors. Future research recommendations are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Social Science and Health Policy, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1063, USA. kwagoner@wakehealth.edu
authors.forename: Kimberly G
authors.initials: KG
authors.lastname: Wagoner
authors.forename: Vincent T
authors.initials: VT
authors.lastname: Francisco
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sparks
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wyrick
authors.forename: Tracy
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nichols
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wolfson
mesh_terms: D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology; D000435:Alcoholic Intoxication / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D001290:Attitude; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D057766:Policy; D011639:Public Opinion; D011640:Public Policy; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology