Safety and Addiction of Women Focused on the Drinking Problem

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doi:2014.18.1.47

J Korean Soc Matern Child Health > Volume 18(1); 2014 > Article

Journal of The Korean Society of Maternal and Child Health 2014;18(1):47-53.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21896/jksmch.2014.18.1.47 Published online January 31, 2014.

Safety and Addiction of Women Focused on the Drinking Problem

이보혜¹, 이수비², 이해국²

¹고려대 일반대학원 보건과학과
²가톨릭대학교

여성의 안전과 중독- 음주문제를 중심으로 -

이보혜¹, 이수비², 이해국²

¹고려대 일반대학원 보건과학과
²가톨릭대학교

Abstract

There has been a lot of socioeconomic change in Korean society in recent several decades. Theincrease of the entering the workforce among women and the marketing activity targeting womenby alcohol company have made the drinking rate of women increased. These increase of drinkingrate among women especially young age group finally result in the increase of the health consequencesand the victimization of violence and accidents among women. Actually, the rate of binge drinking and alcohol use disorders among women has increased from4.6% to 6.3% and from 4.8% to 5.7% respectively in recent 5 years, whereas those among menremain stable. These increase of drinking among women has followed by the increase of prevalenceof the various health consequences such as the alcoholic liver disease and breast cancers. The oneof the most serious case of the health consequences of alcohol is the fetal alcohol syndrome whichis developed by maternal drinking. The recent survey conducted in Korea shows the rate of thefetal alcohol syndrome was substantial compared to those of the western countries. Alcohol causes the problem of safety among women as well as health consequences. The disinhibitioneffect by alcohol cause the women place the high risk situation. The number of rape victimby the person under the influence of alcohol has increased recently. Further, the recent researchshowed that drinking women could be more vulnerable to domestic violence. In conclusion, it is evident that the increase of drinking rate of alcohol among women threaten thehealth and safety of women herself. To prevent alcohol consequences regarding health and safetyamong women, we need to develope the evidence based alcohol policy such as public anti advertisingactivity, screening and brief intervention, specialized treatment facility.

Key Words: drinking, women, health, safety