Secondary Prevention of Alcoholism: Problems and Prospects in Occupational Programming

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The recent past has seen a surge of interest in and funding of programs designed to combat alcohol problems. One of the few innovative approaches in the alcohol problem field is the occupational programming concept. Policies are developed within work organizations which call for the identification of performance deterioration which may stem from problem drinking. Employees so identified are offered assistance with their problem without penalty, although the leverage of the job setting is used to pressure behavior change. Promotion of these concepts has become a small-scale nationwide movement. Among the current problems facing those in occupational programming are the absence of a sound research base and a lack of direction in the development of supportive constituencies.

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