ArticleHealth & place2015
Is local alcohol outlet density related to alcohol-related morbidity and mortality in Scottish cities?
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- Association of Neighborhood Alcohol Environment With Alcohol Intake and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in India: Cross-Sectional Evidence From APCAPS.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2022Article
- Sociodemographic inequities in tobacco retailer density: Do neighboring places matter?Health & place · 2021Article
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- Local Alcohol Policy Implementation in Scotland: Understanding the Role of Accountability within Licensing.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- Hybrid Resiliency-Stressor Conceptual Framework for Informing Decision Support Tools and Addressing Environmental Injustice and Health Inequities.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- Associations between spatial access to physical activity facilities and frequency of physical activity; how do home and workplace neighbourhoods in West Central Scotland compare?International journal of health geographics · 2019Article
- Understanding the relationship between alcohol outlet density and life expectancy in Baltimore City: The role of community violence and community disadvantage.Journal of community psychology · 2019Article
- Alcohol outlet density and alcohol related hospital admissions in England: a national small-area level ecological study.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2018Article
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Abstract
Alcohol consumption may be influenced by the local alcohol retailing environment. This study is the first to examine neighbourhood alcohol outlet availability (on- and off-sales outlets) and alcohol-related health outcomes in Scotland. Alcohol-related hospitalisations and deaths were significantly higher in neighbourhoods with higher outlet densities, and off-sales outlets were more important than on-sales outlets. The relationships held for most age groups, including those under the legal minimum drinking age, although were not significant for the youngest legal drinkers (18-25 years). Alcohol-related deaths and hospitalisations were higher in more income-deprived neighbourhoods, and the gradient in deaths (but not hospitalisations) was marginally larger in neighbourhoods with higher off-sales outlet densities. Efforts to reduce alcohol-related harm should consider the potentially important role of the alcohol retail environment.
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