The Health, Alcohol and Psychosocial factors In Eastern Europe Study

Novosibirsk, Russia,
Krakow, Poland
Kaunas, Lithuania,
Czech cities, Czech Republic

Peasey et al, BMC Public Health 2006

The HAPIEE (Health, Alcohol and Psychosocial factors In Eastern Europe) study is a prospective cohort study designed to investigate the effect of classical and non-conventional risk factors and social and psychosocial factors on cardiovascular and other non-communicable diseases in eastern Europe and the FSU. The main hypotheses of the HAPIEE study relate to the role of alcohol, nutrition and psychosocial factors.