Flynn Andrea, Wells Samantha
Alcohol Res. 2013;35(2):135-49.
Community indicators are used to assess the impact of alcohol on communities. This article reviews the main data sources for community indicators, discusses their strengths and limitations, and discusses indicators used in reference to four main topics relating to alcohol use and problems at the community level: alcohol use, patterns, and problems; alcohol availability; alcohol-related health outcomes/trauma; and alcohol-related crime and enforcement. It also reviews the challenges associated with collecting community indicator data, along with important innovations in the field that have contributed to better knowledge of how to collect and analyze community-level data on the impact of alcohol.
社区指标用于评估酒精对社区的影响。本文回顾了社区指标的主要数据来源,讨论了它们的优势和局限性,并讨论了与社区层面酒精使用和问题相关的四个主要主题所使用的指标:酒精使用、模式和问题;酒精可及性;酒精相关的健康结果/创伤;以及酒精相关犯罪和执法。它还回顾了收集社区指标数据所面临的挑战,以及该领域的重要创新,这些创新有助于更好地了解如何收集和分析关于酒精影响的社区层面数据。