World Health Organization Alcohol Policy Prescriptions Under Scrutiny: Assessing Impact in Ukraine and Russia
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- Russia and Ukraine have both experienced large reductions in alcohol consumption since the turn of the century. Although both have enacted alcohol control policies since the late 1990s, there are striking differences between them. Russia, like most other former Soviet Union countries, has a written national plan and monitoring system, whereas Ukraine does not. This paper addresses the question of how to explain the similar decrease in total alcohol per capita consumption in Russia and Ukraine in the 21st century considering these differences. I argue the similar trends in APC reduction are not primarily explained by a similar adherence to World Health Organization alcohol policy prescriptions, specifically WHO 'best buys,' which are policies deemed to be the most cost effective. I find policy implementation in 'best buy' categories in both countries, but I argue that these are only complementary to the primary determinants of APC trends, which take the form of wider economic developments throughout the period.
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| Type of resource | text |
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| Date modified | July 1, 2022; December 5, 2022 |
| Publication date | June 3, 2022 |
Creators/Contributors
| Author | Bronkema-Bekker, Benjamin |
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Subjects
| Subject | Drinking of alcoholic beverages > Government policy |
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| Subject | Drinking of alcoholic beverages |
| Subject | Ukraine |
| Subject | Russia |
| Subject | Soviet Union > Former Soviet republics |
| Genre | Text |
| Genre | Thesis |
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- Bronkema-Bekker, B. (2022). World Health Organization Alcohol Policy Prescriptions Under Scrutiny: Assessing Impact in Ukraine and Russia. Stanford Digital Repository. Available at https://purl.stanford.edu/gt560dr6296
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Masters Theses in Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies
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