title: [The harm to others from drinking: A population study].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Alcohol can harm both drinkers and their human environment. Most of research in Chile has focused on the drinker. This work focuses on the damage to others. Governmental expenditures due to drinking are estimated to quadruple the income earned through taxation.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To report the results of a population survey conducted in Chile in 2013 to assess the harm done to others from drinking by a known or unknown drinker.
  
  
  METHODS
  A household survey of a sample of 1500 subjects living in urban areas, predominantly over 50.000 inhabitants, was conducted by trained interviewers.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A significant number of respondents reported that the effect of alcohol consumption by third parties was somewhat (18.7%) or very negative (14.8%). The most frequent negative effects were verbal abuse (37.4%), being bullied (17.4%), feeling fearful at home or in a private meeting (19.6%) and family problems (16.9%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  About one third of Chileans surveyed have suffered negative effects due to alcohol consumption of a known or unknown drinker. This finding signals the need of designing public policies addressed to minimize or prevent collateral effects of drinking.
authors.forename: Ramón
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Florenzano
authors.forename: Eugenio
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Guzmán
authors.forename: Catalina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sieverson
authors.forename: Álvaro
authors.initials: Á
authors.lastname: Castillo-Carniglia
authors.forename: Miguel Ángel
authors.initials: MÁ
authors.lastname: Fernández
authors.forename: Ángela
authors.initials: Á
authors.lastname: Echeverría
authors.forename: Michelle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Barr
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002677:Chile / Q000453:epidemiology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005195:Family Relations; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012920:Social Behavior Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D012940:Social Problems; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult