Liquor outlet density, deprivation and implications for foetal alcohol syndrome prevention in the Bergriver municipality in the Western Cape, South Africa

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dc.contributor.authorBowers, Yasminen
dc.contributor.authorRendall-Mkosi, Kirstieen
dc.contributor.authorDavids, Adlaien
dc.contributor.authorNel, Elmarieen
dc.contributor.authorJacobs, Nontobekoen
dc.contributor.authorLondon, Leslieen
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-02T08:30:05Zen
dc.date.available2015-12-02T08:30:05Zen
dc.date.issued2014-04-14en
dc.description© 2014 Society of South African Geographers. This is an electronic version of an article published in South African Geographical Journal, vol. 96, no. 2, pp. 153-165, 2014. doi : 10.1080/03736245.2014.901186. South African Geographical Journal is available online at : http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rsag20.en
dc.description.abstractFoetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) is the most common preventable birth defect in the world, and some South African communities have amongst the highest reported rates. In August 2008, global positioning systems and geographic information systems (GIS) were used to collect data on legal and illegal alcohol outlets in the Bergriver municipality. A total of 112 outlets were recorded and towns with the densest distributions (outlet/km2) were Piketberg and Eendekuil. Spearman coefficients were used to estimate the relationship between alcohol outlet distributions within the study area and the South African Index of Multiple Deprivation. Although not statistically significant, the data are suggestive of an inverse relationship between legal alcohol outlets and deprivation – less deprived areas had higher density of legal alcohol outlets – while the opposite relationship applied for illegal alcohol outlets. GIS provides spatial documentation of determinants of FAS risks amenable to geographically based prevention strategies, as well as providing baseline data to evaluate the effectiveness of liquor legislation aimed at controlling access to alcohol. Results are being repurposed into health education materials that encourage community action to address the social determinants of health outcomes such as FAS.en
dc.description.sponsorshipFogarty International Centre, Mount Sinai School of Medicine International Exchange Program for Minority Studentsen
dc.identifier.citationBowers Y, Rendall-Mkosi K, Davids A, Nel E, Jacobs N, London L. Liquor outlet density, deprivation and implications for foetal alcohol syndrome prevention in the Bergriver municipality in the Western Cape, South Africa. South African Geographical Journal. 2014;96(2):153-65.en
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/03736245.2014.901186en
dc.identifier.issn0373-6245en
dc.identifier.issn2151-2418en
dc.identifier.journalSouth African Geographical Journalen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11288/583103en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis Groupen
dc.relation.urlhttp://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03736245.2014.901186en
dc.research.unitAlcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug RUen
dc.rightsArchived with thanks to South African Geographical Journalen
dc.subjectfoetal alcohol syndromeen
dc.subjectalcohol accessibilityen
dc.subjectdeprivationen
dc.subjectWestern Capeen
dc.subjectgeographic information systemsen
dc.titleLiquor outlet density, deprivation and implications for foetal alcohol syndrome prevention in the Bergriver municipality in the Western Cape, South Africaen
dc.typeArticleen
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