There is also a good chapter in Volume 1, Children and Youth, part of the National Forum on Health Determinants of Health series. The chapter, "Youth, Substance Abuse and Determinants of Health" by Pam Fralick and Bryan Hyndman discusses the connection between the determinants of health and illicit drug use. The link with alcohol is much less clear; for example, abuse of alcohol has been seen to increase with income levels. >>> <[log in to unmask]> 06/22/99 07:21pm >>> The WHO's 'Social Determinants of Health: The Solid Facts' has a page on addiction that commences 'Individuals turn to alcohol, drugs and tobacco and suffer from their use, but use is influenced by the wider social setting.' It may or may not assist. Ta. From Monica. Dennis Raphael <[log in to unmask]> on 23/06/99 05:22:41 AM Please respond to Health Promotion on the Internet <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] cc: (bcc: Monica Bensberg/Southern/DHS) Subject: Socio-environmental approach to drug use... I have been asked for information about evidence that social action/ advocacy/ policy have any effect on drug taking behaviour. Can people recommend information specific to drugs? (as opposed to health in general) Thanks, Dennis Raphael Visit our Web Site for information about our Seniors Participatory and Community Quality of Life Projects! Free Reports Also. http://www.utoronto.ca/qol http://www.utoronto.ca/seniors **************************************************** Rise again, rise again - though your heart it be broken And life about to end No matter what you've lost, be it a home, a love, a friend. Like the Mary Ellen Carter, rise again. - Mary Ellen Carter Written and recorded by Stan Rogers. Copyright Fogarty's Cove Music **************************************************** Dennis Raphael, Ph.D. Associate Professor and Associate Director, Masters of Health Science Program in Health Promotion Department of Public Health Sciences Graduate Department of Community Health University of Toronto McMurrich Building, Room 101 Toronto, Ontario, CANADA M5S 1A8 voice: (416) 978-7567 fax: (416) 978-2087 e-mail: [log in to unmask]