title: Does beverage type and drinking context matter in an alcohol-related injury? Evidence from emergency department patients in Latin America.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Previous studies have already substantiated alcohol's causal role in injuries. Yet the role that alcoholic beverage preferences and the drinking context play in the risk for injury is still under-investigated. In this study, a cross-national comparison of the association between alcohol and injury focusing on beverage type preference and the drinking context is reported.
  
  
  METHODS
  Emergency department (ED) injured patients were interviewed in eight countries from the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region. Data on the type of alcoholic beverage, total alcohol volume, and the place where the injury occurred were obtained from patients who reported any alcohol consumption within 6h prior to being injured. Patients who did not drink prior to injury were also asked about their typical drinking pattern and the injury place. Differences within- and between-groups were evaluated regarding patients' typical drinking and drinking before injury.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Beer was the most prevalent beverage type usually consumed among injured patients across countries, however, patients who drank before injury had a higher typical consumption of spirits than those not drinking prior to injury. The total alcohol volume typically consumed and drinking in public settings were also found to be positively associated with alcohol-related injury.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A similar beverage-specific association with alcohol-related injury was found across LAC countries, mainly attributed to beer consumption, and spirits drinkers seem to have a greater chance of becoming involved in injury events. Future prevention strategies should inform the public about harms from drinking associated with the context in which drinking takes place.
authors.affiliation: Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Sao Paulo 01246-903, Brazil. Electronic address: gabriel.biousp@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Gabriel
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Andreuccetti
authors.affiliation: Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Sao Paulo 01246-903, Brazil.
authors.forename: Heraclito B
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Carvalho
authors.affiliation: Alcohol Research Group, Emeryville, CA 94608, United States.
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ye
authors.affiliation: Alcohol Research Group, Emeryville, CA 94608, United States.
authors.forename: Jason
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bond
authors.affiliation: Alcohol and Substance Abuse, Pan American Health Organization, Washington, DC 20037, United States.
authors.forename: Maristela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Monteiro
authors.affiliation: Dirección de Investigaciones Epidemiológicas y Psicosociales and Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente Muñíz, México, DF 14370, Mexico.
authors.forename: Guilherme
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Borges
authors.affiliation: Alcohol Research Group, Emeryville, CA 94608, United States.
authors.forename: Cheryl J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Cherpitel
mesh_terms: D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D000434:Alcoholic Beverages / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001515:Beer; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000639:trends*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007843:Latin America / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D057566:Self Report / Q000592:standards; D012919:Social Behavior; D014920:Wine; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology
keywords: Alcoholic beverage; Drinking; Emergency department; Injuries; Latin America