Alcohol outlet density and deprivation in six towns in Bergrivier municipality before and after legislative restrictions
SOURCE: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2020
TITLE AUTHOR(S): Y.Bowers, A.Davids, L.London
KEYWORDS: ALCOHOL USE, BERGRIVIER MUNICIPALITY, LIQUOR ACT ENFORCEMENT, WESTERN CAPE PROVINCE
DEPARTMENT: Public Health, Societies and Belonging (HSC)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 11178
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/15121
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/15121
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2020
TITLE AUTHOR(S): Y.Bowers, A.Davids, L.London
KEYWORDS: ALCOHOL USE, BERGRIVIER MUNICIPALITY, LIQUOR ACT ENFORCEMENT, WESTERN CAPE PROVINCE
DEPARTMENT: Public Health, Societies and Belonging (HSC)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 11178
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/15121
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/15121
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Abstract
In 2016, after the Western Cape Liquor Act was enacted, alcohol outlets were mapped in the six towns from a previous 2008 study to determine: 1) alcohol outlet density; 2) the association between deprivation and alcohol outlet density; 3) geospatial trends of alcohol outlet densities; and 4) the impact of alcohol legislation. Latitude and longitude coordinates were collected of legal and illegal alcohol outlets, and alcohol outlet density was calculated for legal, illegal and total alcohol outlets by km2 and per 1000 persons. To determine the impact of legislation, tests and hot spot analyses were calculated for both 2008 and 2016 studies. Spearman coefficients estimated the relationship between alcohol outlet density and deprivation. Although not statistically significant, the number of alcohol outlets and the density per 1000 population declined by about 12% and 34%, respectively. Illegal outlets were still more likely to be located in more deprived areas, and legal outlets in less deprived areas; and a reduction or addition of a few outlets can change a towns hot spot status. Further studies with larger sample sizes might help to clarify the impacts of the Liquor Act, and the more recent 2017 Alcohol-Related Harms Reduction Policy on alcohol outlet density in the province.-
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