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| Title |
A minimum price per unit of alcohol: A focus group study to investigate public opinion concerning UK government proposals to introduce new price controls to curb alcohol consumption
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| Published in |
BMC Public Health, November 2012
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2458-12-1023 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Adam J Lonsdale, Sarah J Hardcastle, Martin S Hagger |
| Abstract |
UK drinkers regularly consume alcohol in excess of guideline limits. One reason for this may be the high availability of low-cost alcoholic beverages. The introduction of a minimum price per unit of alcohol policy has been proposed as a means to reduce UK alcohol consumption. However, there is little in-depth research investigating public attitudes and beliefs regarding a minimum pricing policy. The aim of the present research was to investigate people's attitudes and beliefs toward the introduction of a minimum price per unit of alcohol policy and their views on how the policy could be made acceptable to the general public. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 26 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 14 | 54% |
| United States | 3 | 12% |
| Australia | 1 | 4% |
| Tanzania, United Republic of | 1 | 4% |
| Bahrain | 1 | 4% |
| Unknown | 6 | 23% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 15 | 58% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 5 | 19% |
| Scientists | 4 | 15% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 2 | 8% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 87 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | 1% |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1% |
| Italy | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 84 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 14 | 16% |
| Researcher | 11 | 13% |
| Other | 8 | 9% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 6 | 7% |
| Student > Bachelor | 6 | 7% |
| Other | 16 | 18% |
| Unknown | 26 | 30% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 18 | 21% |
| Social Sciences | 7 | 8% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 6 | 7% |
| Psychology | 6 | 7% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 6 | 7% |
| Other | 14 | 16% |
| Unknown | 30 | 34% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 16. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 17 April 2013.
All research outputs
#2,230,633
of 24,996,701 outputs
Outputs from BMC Public Health
#2,550
of 16,673 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#20,271
of 288,660 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Public Health
#33
of 287 outputs
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