Elekes Zsuzsanna
Institute of Sociology and Social Policy, Corvinus University of Budapest , Budapest , Hungary.
Subst Use Misuse. 2014 Oct;49(12):1611-8. doi: 10.3109/10826084.2014.913396. Epub 2014 May 16.
Hungary has always belonged to the group of nations characterized by high alcoholic beverage consumption and it is still one of the leading liver cirrhosis mortality countries in Europe and in the world. This research studies changes in selected contextual factors and control policy measures that are most strongly correlated with changes in alcohol consumption and selected related harms in Hungary between 1960 and 2008. The method to analyze the association between different variables was similar to that of the European AMPHORA project. The analysis, which has been done, highlights the central role of urbanization and population ageing in Hungary in affecting the increase of consumption of alcoholic beverages, especially beer. Alcohol control policy measures show little explanatory power to interpret consumption changes; having had no effect in curbing alcohol consumption and no, or little impact on alcohol consumption-related deaths. Study's limitations are noted.
匈牙利一直属于酒精饮料消费量较高的国家群体，并且仍是欧洲乃至世界肝硬化死亡率最高的国家之一。本研究探讨了1960年至2008年间匈牙利特定背景因素的变化以及与酒精消费变化和选定的相关危害最密切相关的控制政策措施。分析不同变量之间关联的方法与欧洲AMPHORA项目的方法类似。已完成的分析突出了匈牙利城市化和人口老龄化在影响酒精饮料消费增加，尤其是啤酒消费增加方面的核心作用。酒精控制政策措施对解释消费变化的解释力很小；在抑制酒精消费方面没有效果，对与酒精消费相关的死亡没有或几乎没有影响。研究的局限性也已指出。
