EUROPEAN CONFERENCE
Alcohol and Gender in Europe:  Trends, Patterns and Problems
24-26 March, 1999		Preliminary Programme	Accepted Presentations

The conference is sponsored by the European Commission through the BIOMED-II Programme, by the German Federal Ministry of Health, and by the Free University of Berlin.
 

Conference secretariat	Free University of Berlin  Institute for Medical Statistics, Epidemiology & Informatics   Ms. Christine Scherrmann  Hindenburgdamm 30  12200 Berlin, Germany  Tel: +49-30-8445-3143  Fax: +49-30-8445-4471
Conference organisation	Dr. Kim Bloomfield
Dates	24 - 26 March 1999
Venue	Free University of Berlin  Henry Ford Building,  Gary Strasse 35 Berlin, Germany
Conference Language	English
Abstracts	Participants are invited to submit, by 1 October 1998, an informative abstract (maximum 250 words) to be considered for presentation at the congress.
Registration fee (includes conference dinner and lunches)	200 German Marks before 1 December 1998*  240 German Marks after 1 December 1998  *Partial support MAY be available for a limited number of students, and possibly researchers, who otherwise would be unable to attend the conference.  Application forms may be obtained from the congress secretariat.
Accommodations	Upon receipt of the attached reply card, participants will be sent a hotel reservation form with their registration information. Reservations, which can be made in hotels with various standards and prices, will be handled by the Berlin Tourist Office

In 1996 the European Commission, through the BIOMED-II research programme, funded a concerted action entitled "Alcohol Consumption and Alcohol Problems Among Women in European Countries" (co-ordinated by the Institute of Medical Statistics, Epidemiology & Informatics, Free University Berlin).  The concerted action is studying drinking patterns and acute as well as chronic alcohol-related problems among women in the following study countries: The Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Scotland, Sweden and Switzerland.  This conference, which has been organised by the concerted action, aims to provide a forum in which European alcohol researchers can present their findings on alcohol and gender, as well as to encourage networking and exchange between those in the field. Presentations which focus on investigating and explaining gender differences in experiences with alcohol are welcome. Studies may be qualitative or quantitative and can be based on social and population-based epidemiological research, clinical research, prevention and community action research, and policy research.

Authors are invited to submit abstracts for presentations addressing any of the following topics:

•  Life stage and alcohol use in men and women
•  Gender roles and alcohol use
•  Attitudes toward drinking among men and women
•  Time-trends of gender convergence in alcohol  use and abuse
•  Situational context of male and female drinking
•  Gender and treatment-seeking patterns
•  Gender and experiences of alcohol-related problems
•  Gender and alcohol policy