Causality and initiation of alcohol control policy. A response to Allamani.
alcohol
alcohol control policy
causality
probabilistic
Journal
Drug and alcohol review
ISSN: 1465-3362
Titre abrégé: Drug Alcohol Rev
Pays: Australia
ID NLM: 9015440
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
11 2021
11 2021
Historique:
revised:
21
07
2021
received:
07
07
2021
accepted:
21
07
2021
pubmed:
5
8
2021
medline:
1
4
2022
entrez:
4
8
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
In a recent commentary, Allamani asked how one can establish causality in epidemiological research, and specifically about causality as it relates to alcohol control policy. Epidemiology customarily uses a sufficient-component cause model, where a sufficient cause for an outcome is determined by a set of minimal conditions and events that inevitably produce the stated outcome. While this model is theoretically clear, its operationalisation often involves probabilistic elements. Recent advances in agent-based modelling may improve operationalisation. The implications for alcohol control policy from this model are straightforward: the so-called alcohol-attributable fraction denotes the cases of morbidity or mortality which would not have happened in the absence of alcohol use.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34347331
doi: 10.1111/dar.13371
pmc: PMC8963927
mid: NIHMS1785027
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
1389-1391Subventions
Organisme : NIAAA NIH HHS
ID : R01 AA024443
Pays : United States
Organisme : NIAAA NIH HHS
ID : R01 AA028224
Pays : United States
Organisme : NIAAA NIH HHS
ID : 1R01AA024443
Pays : United States
Informations de copyright
© 2021 Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol and other Drugs.
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