Close X
Wednesday, February 26, 2025
ADVT 
Life

Fewer liquor shops could curb partner abuse

Darpan News Desk IANS, 10 Dec, 2014 12:00 AM
    A new research suggests that laws limiting what is called "alcohol outlet density" could offer one way to address violence within intimate relationships.
     
    The "alcohol outlet density" is calculated as the number of on-premise establishments such as bars and restaurants, and off-premise alcohol retailers, including liquor, grocery and convenience stores, divided by square mile or number of people living in a given area.
     
    "Our findings suggest that local regulation of alcohol outlet density may be able to reduce rates of intimate partner violence within a community," said Dennis Reidy, behavioural scientist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
     
    Reidy and his CDC colleagues dug into scientific literature to look for studies on the relationship between alcohol policies and partner violence.
     
    The 16 studies they identified looked at the effects of alcohol outlet density, hours and days of sale, and pricing/taxation of alcoholic beverages.
     
    On reviewing these studies, the investigators found that only one of those factors was consistently linked to rates of intimate partner violence: alcohol outlet density.
     
    "And that link held even when we accounted for factors like the local poverty and unemployment rates," Reidy said.
     
    The research was published in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs.

    MORE Life ARTICLES

    Are you a narcissist? Read on

    Are you a narcissist? Read on
    To find out if your colleague or friend is a narcissist, you do not require a detailed test or expert's help but to ask a simple question: Are you a narcissist?

    Are you a narcissist? Read on

    Why thinking skills go down with age

    Why thinking skills go down with age
    If your grandparents take a long to recognise known faces from a fleeting glance, that may well signal their declining intelligence....

    Why thinking skills go down with age

    Let workers surf internet to boost productivity

    Let workers surf internet to boost productivity
    The new mantra to boost productivity is: Give your employees internet breaks during work hours to help kids in school homework or pay utility bills and not offline during lunch or coffee breaks....

    Let workers surf internet to boost productivity

    Decoded: How you sniff that jasmine smell

    Decoded: How you sniff that jasmine smell
    Do you know why some people can easily detect faint whiffs of coffee or wine buried amid a plethora of odours? An Indian American researcher says they...

    Decoded: How you sniff that jasmine smell

    Your bed goes beyond just sex and sleep

    Your bed goes beyond just sex and sleep
    But the reality is that consumers have turned their mattresses into reading nooks, home offices, music dens, TV stations and even dining rooms....

    Your bed goes beyond just sex and sleep

    In college and stressed?

    In college and stressed?
    In college and cannot manage stress owing to studies or frequent relationship troubles? Take heart....

    In college and stressed?