scholarly journals Testing a Social Mechanism: Does Alcohol Outlet Density Moderate the Relationship Between Levels of Alcohol Use and Child Physical Abuse?

2016 ◽  
Vol 31 (6) ◽  
pp. 1080-1099 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bridget Freisthler ◽  
Jennifer Price Wolf
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Physical Abuse ◽  
Child Physical Abuse ◽  
Drinking Patterns ◽  
Alcohol Outlet ◽  
Alcohol Outlet Density ◽  
Outlet Density ◽  
Parental Alcohol Use ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Parental Alcohol

Objectives: Parental alcohol use and alcohol outlet density are both associated with child abuse. Guided by alcohol availability theory, this article examines whether alcohol outlet density moderates the relationship between parental alcohol use and child physical abuse. Methods: A general population telephone survey of 3,023 parents or legal guardians 18 years or older was conducted across 50 California cities, whereas densities of alcohol outlets were measured for by zip code. Data were analyzed via overdispersed multilevel Poisson models. Results: Ex-drinkers, light drinkers, and heavy drinkers use physical abuse more often than lifetime abstainers. Moderate drinking was not related to child physical abuse. Proportion of bars was negatively related to frequency of physical abuse. Moderating relationships between alcohol outlet density and drinking categories were found for all drinking patterns. Conclusion: Different types of alcohol outlets may be differentially related to drinking patterns, indicating that the interaction of drinking patterns and the drinking environment may place children at greater risk for being physically abused.

scholarly journals Limiting Alcohol Outlet Density to Prevent Alcohol Use and Violence: Estimating Policy Interventions Through Agent-Based Modeling

2019 ◽  
Vol 188 (4) ◽  
pp. 694-702 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alvaro Castillo-Carniglia ◽  
Veronica A Pear ◽  
Melissa Tracy ◽  
Katherine M Keyes ◽  
Magdalena Cerdá
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Agent Based Modeling ◽  
Alcohol Outlet ◽  
Agent Based ◽  
Alcohol Outlet Density ◽  
Policy Interventions ◽  
Outlet Density

scholarly journals Access to alcohol and binge drinking among vocational college students: A multilevel study in a tourist destination province of Thailand

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 47-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward McNeil ◽  
Yanisa Inthawong ◽  
Sawitri Assanangkornchai
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Binge Drinking ◽  
Alcohol Outlet ◽  
Tourist Destination ◽  
Alcohol Outlets ◽  
Vocational College ◽  
Multilevel Study ◽  
Alcohol Outlet Density ◽  
Outlet Density ◽  
The Relationship

McNeil, E., Inthawong, Y., & Assanangkornchai, S. (2015). Access to alcohol and binge drinking among vocational college students: A multilevel study in a tourist destination province of Thailand. The International Journal Of Alcohol And Drug Research, 5(2), 47-55. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.7895/ijadr.v5i2.214A key issue in alcohol-related harm reduction is the impact of commercial and social availability on alcohol-related problems and harm among young people. The increasing density of alcohol outlets has been shown to be associated with harmful youth drinking behavior, although studies have produced mixed results, underlying the complexity of the situation.Aims: The present study was conducted to assess the relationship between density of alcohol outlets and drinking behaviors among vocational college students.Methods: A cross-sectional school-based survey was conducted among full-time students studying in vocational colleges in Phuket, Thailand. Multilevel regression models were used to assess the relationship between alcohol-outlet density and current and binge drinking, controlling for student and school characteristics.Results: A total of 3,363 students completed the self-reported questionnaire (response rate 66.7%). A significant association was found between alcohol-outlet density and binge drinking but not current drinking. Both current and binge drinking were associated with a positive attitude toward drinking, perception of peer and family drinking norms, and social availability of alcohol. For every increase in 10 on-premise alcohol outlets per square kilometer the risk of binge drinking increased by an average of 5%. Empirical evidence regarding this relationship is important to support law and policy movements towards further restriction of alcohol outlets and zoning of entertainment venues.

Neighborhood alcohol outlet density and genetic influences on alcohol use: evidence for gene–environment interaction

2018 ◽  
Vol 49 (3) ◽  
pp. 474-482 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wendy S. Slutske ◽  
Arielle R. Deutsch ◽  
Thomas M. Piasecki
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Environment Interaction ◽  
Confidence Limits ◽  
Alcohol Outlet ◽  
Alcohol Outlets ◽  
Alcohol Outlet Density ◽  
Gene Environment Interaction ◽  
Alcohol Involvement ◽  
Gene Environment ◽  
Outlet Density

AbstractBackgroundGenetic influences on alcohol involvement are likely to vary as a function of the ‘alcohol environment,’ given that exposure to alcohol is a necessary precondition for genetic risk to be expressed. However, few gene–environment interaction studies of alcohol involvement have focused on characteristics of the community-level alcohol environment. The goal of this study was to examine whether living in a community with more alcohol outlets would facilitate the expression of the genetic propensity to drink in a genetically-informed national survey of United States young adults.MethodsThe participants were 2434 18–26-year-old twin, full-, and half-sibling pairs from Wave III of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health. Participants completed in-home interviews in which alcohol use was assessed. Alcohol outlet densities were extracted from state-level liquor license databases aggregated at the census tract level to derive the density of outlets.ResultsThere was evidence that the estimates of genetic and environmental influences on alcohol use varied as a function of the density of alcohol outlets in the community. For example, the heritability of the frequency of alcohol use for those residing in a neighborhood with ten or more outlets was 74% (95% confidence limits = 55–94%), compared with 16% (95% confidence limits = 0–34%) for those in a neighborhood with zero outlets. This moderating effect of alcohol outlet density was not explained by the state of residence, population density, or neighborhood sociodemographic characteristics.ConclusionsThe results suggest that living in a neighborhood with many alcohol outlets may be especially high-risk for those individuals who are genetically predisposed to frequently drink.

Assessing the Relationship Between Alcohol Outlets and Domestic Violence: Routine Activities and the Neighborhood Environment

2012 ◽  
Vol 27 (5) ◽  
pp. 811-828 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caterina G. Roman ◽  
Shannon E. Reid
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Routine Activities ◽  
Neighborhood Environment ◽  
Spatial Econometric ◽  
Alcohol Outlet ◽  
Alcohol Outlets ◽  
Calls For Service ◽  
Alcohol Outlet Density ◽  
Outlet Density ◽  
The Relationship

Studies have consistently found a positive relationship between alcohol outlet density and assault, but only a handful of studies have examined whether outlet density has an influence on domestic violence. Using a framework based in crime opportunity theories, this study estimates spatial econometric regression models to test whether the density of alcohol outlets across neighborhoods is positively associated with police calls for service for domestic violence. Models also were developed to test whether the relationships found were consistent across time periods associated with the use of alcohol outlets (weeknights and weekends). The findings indicate that off-premise outlets were associated with a significant increase in domestic violence, but on-premise outlets (specifically restaurants and nightclubs) were associated with a decrease in domestic violence. The risk for domestic violence in areas of high densities of off-premise outlets was found to be high during the weekend but not during the weeknight, suggesting different routine activities for domestic violence offenders during the week.

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