@article{ref1,
title="Effects of a multi-component responsible beverage service program on violent assaults in Sweden",
journal="Addiction",
year="2013",
author="Leifman, Håkan and Paschall, Mallie J. and Brännström, Lars and Trolldal, Bjorn",
volume="108",
number="1",
pages="89-96",
abstract="AIM: A multi-component Responsible Beverage Service (RBS) program has been disseminated in Swedish municipalities. The aim of the program is to reduce violence associated with consumption of alcohol at on-licensed premises. This study aimed to analyse the effect of the program on police-recorded assaults after the dissemination of the program in Swedish municipalities, 1996-2009. DESIGN: This study is a natural experiment that uses variation in the level of implementation of the RBS program to predict change in the rate of police-recorded assaults. SETTING: Swedish municipalities PARTICIPANTS: The municipalities included in the study initiated the RBS program no later than 2008. On-licensed premises open during the evenings must exist. Out of 290 municipalities, 237 fulfilled these requirements. MEASUREMENT: Program fidelity was studied by means of several surveys. Yearly data on police-recorded assaults, per 100,000 inhabitants aged 15 and above, committed on weekend nights, were used as dependent variable. A fixed effects panel data regression model was used to examine the effect of the program. FINDINGS: Each extension of the program, by one component, was associated with a significant 3.1% reduction in assaults. However, this effect was mainly seen in smaller municipalities. Of the different components of the program, the presence of a community coalition steering group had a significant effect on assaults. No significant effect was found regarding RBS training or supervision of on-licensed premises. CONCLUSION: Multi-component Responsible Beverage Service programs can have a significant effect on police-recorded assaults even when implemented on a large scale in many communities.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0965-2140",
doi="10.1111/j.1360-0443.2012.04004.x",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.2012.04004.x"
}