Alcohol Research Group

Environment

We assess how environmental factors contribute to alcohol-related inequities

ARG’s research on the environment and the individual drinker involves a number of contextual influences on a person’s drinking behavior and related problems. These influences are at all levels, from context of drinking, social situations surrounding the individual such as partners, social networks, and norms supporting more or less drinking, and harms from heavy drinkers (whether from strangers, acquaintances or family members), to neighborhood and community conditions such as neighborhood disadvantage and alcohol outlet density, to policies and regulations at all levels from local and state to federal alcohol and drug-related policies.

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Living on the U.S.-Mexico Border Protects Against Substance Use Mortality

People living on the U.S.-Mexico border are less likely to die of alcohol- and drug-related consequences than people in off-border counties.Learn more

Connected Neighbors Experience far Fewer Harms from Someone Else’s Drinking

Social cohesion mitigates harms from someone else's drinking.Learn more

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Road traffic injuries and substance use among emergency department patients in the Dominican Republic and Peru

Pan American Journal of Public Health (Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública), 2021

Neighborhood risk Factors for recidivism: For whom do they matter?

American Journal of Community Psychology, 2021

Gender equality, drinking cultures and second-hand harms from alcohol in the 50 US states

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2020

Racial/ethnic variations in clustered risk behaviors in the U.S

American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2020

Price of Four Loko in large U.S. cities, 2018

Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research, 2019

Gender equality, drinking cultures and second-hand harms from alcohol in the 50 US states

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2019

Preparing Mexican-origin community health advocates

Pedagogy in Health Promotion, 2018

Acculturation and alcohol use: the role of environmental contexts

Acculturation and alcohol use: the role of environmental contexts, 2017

Categorizing US State Drinking Practices and Consumption Trends

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2010

Externalities from alcohol consumption in the 2005 US National Alcohol Survey: Implications for policy

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2009

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About ARG

We are a non-profit research organization that seeks to improve public health through deepening our understanding of alcohol and other drug use and investigating innovative approaches to reduce its consequences for individuals, families, and communities.

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