Journal article
The association between alcohol outlet density and alcohol use among urban and regional Australian adolescents
D Azar, V White, K Coomber, A Faulkner, M Livingston, T Chikritzhs, R Room, M Wakefield
Addiction | Published : 2016
DOI: 10.1111/add.13143
Abstract
Aims: While recent evidence suggests that higher alcohol outlet density is associated with greater alcohol use among adolescents, influence of the four main outlet types on youth drinking within urban and regional communities is unknown. This study provides the first investigation of this relationship. Design: Repeated cross-sectional surveys with random samples of secondary students clustered by school. Mixed-effects logistic regression analyses examined the association between each outlet type and the drinking outcomes, with interaction terms used to test urban/regional differences. Setting: Australia, 2002-11. Participants: Respondents participating in a triennial survey (aged 12-17years)..
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Awarded by National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
Funding Acknowledgements
We would like to acknowledge the work of Professor David Hill in establishing the conduct of the triennial national secondary students survey. Funding for data collection for the different surveys used in this paper was made available from the following organizations: the Cancer Council Victoria, the Cancer Council NSW, the Cancer Council Northern Territory, the Cancer Council Queensland, Victorian Department of Health and Human Services, the NSW Health Department, the Department of Health Western Australia, Northern Territory Government Department of Health and Community Services, Queensland Education Department, Queensland Health, and the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing. This study was supported by a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Partnerships grant no. 1037104 with VicHealth and the Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education (FARE). M.L. was supported by a NHMRC Early Career Fellowship and by FARE, an independent, charitable organization working to prevent the harmful use of alcohol in Australia. R.R. is supported by the Victorian Department of Health and Human Services and FARE. T.N. is supported by a NHMRC Career Development Fellowship. M.W. is supported by a NHMRC Principal Research Fellowship.