Awareness and correlates of short-term and long-term consequences of alcohol use among Australian drinkers Coomber, Kerri, Mayshak, Richelle, Curtis, Ashlee and Miller, Peter G 2017, Awareness and correlates of short-term and long-term consequences of alcohol use among Australian drinkers, Australian and New Zealand journal of public health, vol. 41, no. 3, pp. 237-242, doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.12634. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads coomber-awarenessandcorrelates-2017.pdf Published version application/pdf 267.68KB 211 Title Awareness and correlates of short-term and long-term consequences of alcohol use among Australian drinkers Author(s) Coomber, Kerri Mayshak, Richelle orcid.org/0000-0003-2075-9447 Curtis, Ashlee orcid.org/0000-0001-9182-2840 Miller, Peter G orcid.org/0000-0002-6896-5437 Journal name Australian and New Zealand journal of public health Volume number 41 Issue number 3 Start page 237 End page 242 Total pages 6 Publisher Wiley-Blackwell Place of publication London, Eng. Publication date 2017-06 ISSN 1326-0200 Keyword(s) alcohol use Australian drinkers awareness potential consequences negative consequences public health education campaign negative health and social effects drinking guidelines risk alcohol demographics long-term consequences short-term consequences Summary To investigate awareness of short-term and long-term consequences of alcohol use among a sample of Australian adult drinkers. Demographic correlates of the awareness of each consequence were also explored. Participants aged 18–45 years (n=1,061; mean age=33.2 years) drawn from an online panel completed a web-based survey assessing demographics, awareness of alcohol warning labels, and awareness of seven short-term and 12 long-term consequences of alcohol use. The level of awareness of short- and long-term consequences ranged from 16% (breast cancer) to 69% (low coordination and slower reflexes). The study found consistent differences in awareness of consequences by gender, with some differences for specific consequences by age, education, SES, rurality and awareness of alcohol warning labels. Most consumers lack a sufficient understanding of the potential consequences of alcohol use. Particular subgroups of drinkers may not equate drinking with negative consequences. Front-of-label alcohol warnings on all products and public health and education campaigns presenting messages targeting subgroups of drinkers could increase awareness of short- and long-term negative health and social effects of alcohol use. Language eng DOI 10.1111/1753-6405.12634 Field of Research 111799 Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified 1117 Public Health And Health Services 1402 Applied Economics 1605 Policy And Administration Socio Economic Objective 970117 Expanding Knowledge in Psychology and Cognitive Sciences HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal ERA Research output type C Journal article Copyright notice ©2017, The Authors Free to Read? Yes Use Rights Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30090844 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Psychology Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges   Connect to Elements publication management system Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Fri, 27 Jan 2017, 08:02:36 EST Sat, 28 Jan 2017, 04:00:11 EST Mon, 30 Jan 2017, 07:33:58 EST Sat, 04 Feb 2017, 01:31:57 EST Thu, 06 Apr 2017, 06:05:23 EST Fri, 21 Apr 2017, 13:49:58 EST Mon, 19 Jun 2017, 08:57:42 EST Mon, 19 Jun 2017, 09:02:12 EST Mon, 19 Jun 2017, 09:03:08 EST Mon, 19 Jun 2017, 09:04:31 EST Mon, 19 Jun 2017, 14:47:27 EST Mon, 19 Jun 2017, 14:48:54 EST Sat, 01 Jul 2017, 02:34:18 EST Fri, 07 Sep 2018, 12:38:39 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 11 times in TR Web of Science Cited 12 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 750 Abstract Views, 214 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Fri, 27 Jan 2017, 08:02:36 EST