La Trobe

The Alcohol Industry and Social Responsibility: Links to FASD

Download (664.23 kB)
journal contribution
posted on 2022-10-19, 00:30 authored by P Choate, D Badry, Kerryn BagleyKerryn Bagley
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder is directly linked to the consumption of alcohol during pregnancy. Prevention programs have been targeted at women of childbearing age and vulnerable populations. The beverage alcohol industry (manufacture, marketing, distribution, and retail) is often seen as playing a role in prevention strategies such as health warning labels. In this paper we explore the nature of the relationship between the industry and prevention programming. We consider the place of alcohol in society; the prevalence, social and economic costs of FASD; the ethical notion of alcohol-related harm and then move onto the question of public health partnerships with the industry including the potential conflicts of interests and ethical challenges in such partnerships.

History

Publication Date

2022-06-24

Journal

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volume

19

Issue

13

Article Number

7744

Pagination

16p.

Publisher

MDPI

ISSN

1661-7827

Rights Statement

© 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0.