Exploring knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to alcohol in Mongolia: a national population-based survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The leading cause of mortality in Mongolia is Non-Communicable Disease. Alcohol is recognised by the World Health Organization as one of the four major disease drivers and so, in order to better understand and triangulate recent national burden-of-disease surveys and to inform policy responses to alcohol consumption in Mongolia, a national Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices survey was conducted. Focusing on Non-Communicable Diseases and their risk factors, this publication explores the alcohol-related findings of this national survey.

Methods

A door-to-door, household-based questionnaire was conducted on 3450 people from across Mongolia. Participants were recruited using a multi-stage random cluster sampling technique, and eligibility was granted to permanent resi

SUBMITTER: Demaio AR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3606611 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature