JRF call for proposals:research on the transmission of drinking cultures

The JRF Alcohol Research Committee (ARC) has recently been set up and will be funding research and development in the alcohol field over a three-year period (2007-2009). The ARC’s overall aim is to collect and use evidence to contribute to halting or reversing negative drinking cultures and patterns in the UK in order to reduce problems or harm.

Proposals are sought for research on how drinking cultures are transmitted from one group to another. The key domains that JRF have identified are:

• the family
• teenage peer groups
• geographical locality
• the workplace
• the media

The ARC wish to fund primary research which explores how drinking culture is transmitted through these domains.   A maximum of £200,000 is available under this call for proposals. Closing date 6th November.  Details here.

Comments

[james morris]

Certainly an interesting topic-especially as we so often hear of the need to 'change the drinking culture',evident in Safe. Sensible. Social. Understanding more about what this means should help and hopefully reveal how effective our attempts to do so will be...