Dwight B. Heath (born November 19, 1930) is Research Professor of Anthropology at
Brown University in
Providence, Rhode Island.[1] He has published extensively in many areas of anthropology, especially on the subject of
alcohol drinking patterns and their relationship to culture. Heath earned his Ph.D. from
Yale in 1959, as well as his undergraduate degree from
Harvard. Heath has critiqued the viability of
neo-prohibitionism as an effective approach to reducing alcohol abuse and consults on a diversity of issues with governments and scientific organizations around the world.
Bibliography
Heath, Dwight B. Drinking Occasions: Comparative Perspectives on Alcohol and Culture. Philadelphia, PA: Taylor and Francis, 2000.
Heath, Dwight B. (Ed.) International Handbook on Alcohol and Culture. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1995.
Heath, Dwight B. American Attitudes toward Alcohol Lead to Underage Drinking. In: Egendorf, Laura K. (Ed.) Teen Alcoholism. San Diego, CA: Greenhaven, 2001.
Heath, Dwight B. Culture and Substance Abuse. In: Mezzech, Juan E. and Fabrega, Horacio (Eds.) Cultural Psychiatry: International Perspectives. Philadelphia, PA: W.B. Saunders, 2001.
Heath, Dwight B. (Ed.) "A Journal of the Pilgrims at Plymouth; Mourt's Relation" 1963
References
^"Dwight Heath". SIRC: Social Issues Research Centre. Retrieved 3 March 2013.