Inequalities in children's exposure to alcohol outlets in Scotland: a GPS study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Alcohol use is a leading cause of harm in young people and increases the risk of alcohol dependence in adulthood. Alcohol use is also a key driver of rising health inequalities. Quantifying inequalities in exposure to alcohol outlets within the activity spaces of pre-adolescent children-a vulnerable, formative development stage-may help understand alcohol use in later life.

Methods

GPS data were collected from a nationally representative sample of 10-and-11-year-old children (n = 688, 55% female). The proportion of children, and the proportion of each child's GPS, exposed to alcohol outlets was compared across area-level income-deprivation quintiles, along with the relative proportion of exposure occurring within 500 m of each child's home and school.

Results</

SUBMITTER: Caryl FM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9479265 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature