TY - JOUR
T1 - Alcohol-related problems and public hospitals
T2 - Defining a new role in prevention
AU - Jernigan, David H.
AU - Mosher, James F.
AU - Reed, Diane F.
N1 - Funding Information:
Prevention is a concept which requires a long-term perspective. In-stitutionalizinga prevention component within, or affiliated with, the hospital system will enable hospitals to support and pursue prevention strategies which can only be accomplished through prolonged efforts over time. Such a component may also be used to develop sources of funding outside of the County for preventiona ctivities. The Trauma Foundation at San Francisco General Hospital is an example of such an organization.C o-foundedb y the chief surgeona t San Francisco General Hospital and by a long-time prevention activist, the Trauma Foundation is a non-profit organization which receives space, credibility and contacts through its affiliation with the hospital. The Foundation conducts research, trains professionals, educates and provides technical assistance to policy-makers,a nd disseminatesr ecent re-searcho n alcohol and injuriest o a wide audienceo f health professionals and preventionv olunteers.F undedb y privatef oundations,c orporations,
Funding Information:
AcknowledgmentsP:r eparationof this paperw as supportedin part by grants fromt he Los AngelesC ountyO fficeo f AlcoholP rogramst,h e Pew Charitable Trusts,a nd the S. H. Cowell Foundationt o the TraumaF oundationa; nd by fundingf romt he BerylB uckT rustt o the MarinI nstitutef or the Preventiono f Alcohola nd OtherD rugP roblems.
PY - 1989/9/1
Y1 - 1989/9/1
N2 - Application of the public health model of primary prevention to the prevention of alcohol-related problems suggests that public hospitals can be significant partners in community-based prevention efforts. Injury and illness related to alcohol use place a high level of demand on public hospital resources, and their participation in prevention efforts is a promising and underutilized way of reducing this demand. Avenues of participation in prevention include improved data collection and reporting, identification and referral of problem-drinking patients, greater dissemination of data on alcohol-related problems to the general public, liaison with victim assistance groups and community-based alcohol-problem prevention organizations, involvement in public policy regarding alcohol use, and the development of prevention messages from a medical perspective. Implementing some or all of these approaches can be done with little extra cost, through using local government alcohol program staff and resources, integration of alcohol-related problem prevention issues into staff training, liaison with professional educational institutions with expertise on alcohol, networking with alcohol policy organizations, incentives for staff participation in health-related professional organizations giving alcohol policy issues higher priority, and the development of a permanent on-site prevention component.
AB - Application of the public health model of primary prevention to the prevention of alcohol-related problems suggests that public hospitals can be significant partners in community-based prevention efforts. Injury and illness related to alcohol use place a high level of demand on public hospital resources, and their participation in prevention efforts is a promising and underutilized way of reducing this demand. Avenues of participation in prevention include improved data collection and reporting, identification and referral of problem-drinking patients, greater dissemination of data on alcohol-related problems to the general public, liaison with victim assistance groups and community-based alcohol-problem prevention organizations, involvement in public policy regarding alcohol use, and the development of prevention messages from a medical perspective. Implementing some or all of these approaches can be done with little extra cost, through using local government alcohol program staff and resources, integration of alcohol-related problem prevention issues into staff training, liaison with professional educational institutions with expertise on alcohol, networking with alcohol policy organizations, incentives for staff participation in health-related professional organizations giving alcohol policy issues higher priority, and the development of a permanent on-site prevention component.
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U2 - 10.2307/3342795
DO - 10.2307/3342795
M3 - Article
C2 - 2808697
AN - SCOPUS:0024416002
SN - 0197-5897
VL - 10
SP - 324
EP - 352
JO - Journal of public health policy
JF - Journal of public health policy
IS - 3
ER -