Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1/2286
Title: 'I have a healthy relationship with alcohol': Australian midlife women, alcohol consumption and social class
Authors: Lunnay, Belinda;Foley, Kristen;Meyer, Samantha B;Miller, Emma R;Warin, Megan;Wilson, Carlene;Olver, Ian N;Batchelor, Samantha ;Thomas, Jessica A;Ward, Paul R
Affliation: Central Coast Local Health District
Gosford Hospital
Issue Date: 1-Aug-2022
Source: 37(4):daac097
Journal title: Health Promotion International
Department: Health Promotion
Abstract: Alcohol consumption by Australian women during midlife has been increasing. Health promotion efforts to reduce alcohol consumption in order to reduce alcohol-related disease risk compete with the social contexts and value of alcohol in women's lives. This paper draws on 50 qualitative interviews with midlife women (45-64 years of age) from different social classes living in South Australia in order to gain an understanding of how and why women might justify their relationships with alcohol. Social class shaped and characterized the different types of relationships with alcohol available to women, structuring their logic for consuming alcohol and their ability to consider reducing (or 'breaking up with') alcohol. We identified more agentic relationships with alcohol in the narratives of affluent women. We identified a tendency for less control over alcohol-related decisions in the narratives of women with less privileged life chances, suggesting greater challenges in changing drinking patterns. If classed differences are not attended to in health promotion efforts, this might mitigate the effectiveness of alcohol risk messaging to women.
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/1/2286
DOI: 10.1093/heapro/daac097
Pubmed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36000531/
Publicaton type: Journal Article
Keywords: Public Health
Drug and Alcohol
Appears in Collections:Public Health / Health Promotion

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