5 KIAP members will present their researches at KBS2013.
The 39th Annual Alcohol Epidemiology Symposium of the KettilBruunSociety(KBS2013) takes place at Munyonyo in Kampala, Uganda from the 3rd to 7th of June 2013.
KIAP is honored to have five of its members present their research topics at this year’s conference. Preliminary results from the 2012 International Alcohol Control (IAC) study will be presented to the world community by
Established in 1986, the KettilBruun Society (KBS) for Social and Epidemiological Research on Alcohol originated in the epidemiology section of the International Council on Alcohol and Addictions (ICAA). The KBS is an international organization of scientists engaged in research on the social aspects of alcohol use and alcohol problems.
The Society promotes social and epidemiological research on alcohol and fosters a comparative understanding of alcohol use and alcohol problems in a spirit of international cooperation. The principal aims of the KBS are to instigate social, epidemiological, and cross-cultural research on alcohol use, to promote the exchange of scientific knowledge and experiences among researchers from various disciplines and to encourage international collaboration
The primary purpose of the symposium is to provide a forum where researchers involved in studies on alcohol can exchange ideas about their ongoing research. The scope of the symposium includes studies of determinants and consequences of drinking, drinking practices, attitudes and the social and institutional responses to drinking related harms. Empirical research, theoretical papers and reviews of the literature are welcome. Epidemiology is broadly construed and includes research in a variety of disciplines, such as psychology, sociology, criminology, economics, history and other disciplines. Papers on other forms of substance use such as tobacco and drugs are also accepted but more especially with the way they relate to alcohol use.