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Community Prevention of Alcohol Problems

Palgrave Macmillan

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Marja Holmila
      Pages 1-19
  3. Local Prevention in Context

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 21-21
    2. Alcohol Policy, the State and the Local Community

      • Pekka Sulkunen, Jussi Simpura
      Pages 23-40
  4. Reflexive Intervention

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 93-93
    2. The Educational Activities

      • Marja Holmila
      Pages 95-107
    3. Brief Intervention in Primary Health Care

      • Pekka Sillanaukee
      Pages 108-122
    4. Responsible Service and Drinking Environments

      • Marja Holmila, Kari Haavisto
      Pages 123-135
    5. The Young and Alcohol

      • Marja Holmila, Kari Haavisto
      Pages 136-153
    6. Family and Other Close Persons

      • Marja Holmila
      Pages 154-170
  5. Assessing the Utility of the Lahti Project

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 171-171
    2. Process Evaluation

      • Marja Holmila
      Pages 173-182
    3. Outcome Evaluation

      • Marja Holmila, Jussi Simpura
      Pages 183-205
  6. Conclusions: Local Community in Preventive Action

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 217-251

About this book

This book is an action research study of a community at work. The community prevention project set the system in motion, revealing its character and internal dynamics. This process and its context are analyzed from a sociological point of view. It is shown that the type of community prevention that really works and creates sustainable changes, is neither value neutral nor given from above: it adheres to reason, rituals and emotions alike, and requires subjective involvement of the people in the community.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Social Research Institute of Alcohol Studies, Helsinki, Finland

    Marja Holmila

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