title: A Cohort Study on Long-Term Adverse Effects of Parental Drinking: Background and Study Design.
abstract: Although many studies have addressed adverse outcomes in children of parents with alcohol abuse/dependence, less is known about the possible long-term effects of more normative patterns of parental alcohol consumption, including drinking at lower risk levels and heavy episodic or binge drinking. The extent of harm from parental drinking may therefore be underestimated. With this research proposal, we describe a project that aims to assess possible long-term adverse effects of parental drinking by combining survey and nationwide registry data. Advantages of a longitudinal general population cohort design include that it allows for detailed information on parental drinking through survey data and identification of possible negative long-term health and social outcomes from exposure to parental drinking 1-19 years after exposure through continuously updated nationwide registers. The rich information available from combining survey and registry data allows us to take into account important confounders, mediators, and moderators.
authors.affiliation: The Norwegian Institute for Alcohol and Drug Research (SIRUS), Oslo, Norway.
authors.forename: Ingunn Olea
authors.initials: IO
authors.lastname: Lund
authors.affiliation: Norwegian Center for Addiction Research, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bukten
authors.affiliation: The Norwegian Institute for Alcohol and Drug Research (SIRUS), Oslo, Norway.
authors.forename: Elisabet E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Storvoll
authors.affiliation: The Norwegian Institute for Alcohol and Drug Research (SIRUS), Oslo, Norway.
authors.forename: Inger Synnøve
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Moan
authors.affiliation: Norwegian Center for Addiction Research, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway. ; Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway.
authors.forename: Svetlana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Skurtveit
authors.affiliation: Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway.
authors.forename: Marte
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Handal
authors.affiliation: The Norwegian Institute for Alcohol and Drug Research (SIRUS), Oslo, Norway.
authors.forename: Trond
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nordfjaern
authors.affiliation: The Norwegian Institute for Alcohol and Drug Research (SIRUS), Oslo, Norway.
authors.forename: Geir Scott
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Brunborg
authors.affiliation: The Norwegian Institute for Alcohol and Drug Research (SIRUS), Oslo, Norway.
authors.forename: Ingeborg
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Rossow
keywords: cohort; harm to children; longitudinal; parental drinking; registry