Journal article
Does geographic availability of alcohol influence drinking in adolescents? A systematic review of literature associations
Health & place, v 90, 103362
Nov 2024
PMID: 39368139
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Abstract
The role of alcohol geographic availability in influencing adolescent drinking has been debated. However, clear literature consensus has not been reached.
To provide a systematic review of the associations between geographic availability of alcohol outlets measured through different methodologies and drinking outcomes in adolescents.
We conducted a systematic search (PubMed/SCOPUS/Web of Science) for articles exploring associations between alcohol availability and adolescent drinking before 2023. Original articles written in English that evaluated adolescent populations (10–19 years old), included at least one quantitative alcohol consumption outcome and its relationship with geographic availability of alcohol, and declared no conflicts of interest were selected for the review. A quality assessment of the selected articles was made using the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale and descriptive analyses were carried out to summarize results.
Thirty-one articles were reviewed (19 cross-sectional and 12 longitudinal studies), which included a total of 507336 participants. Alcohol availability was positively related to drinking prevalence and risky patterns in 53.3% and 60.5% of associations, respectively. Individual-level covariates, the type of alcohol outlets measured and the different methodological approaches to measure outlet density were related to differences in the direction and magnitude of these associations.
Just over half of the studies in this review demonstrate a positive association between alcohol availability and adolescent alcohol consumption with no negative associations reported. The review highlights the mix of methodological approaches that are used, which made it difficult to conduct joint analyses. Additional research is needed to explore the appropriateness, effectiveness and reliability of these methods within various contexts.
•Alcohol outlets are ubiquitous, and concernedly available to youths.•Consensus on the impact of alcohol availability on youth drinking has been debated.•Over half of studies showed positive associations between alcohol availability and youth drinking.•Direction and magnitude of associations varied according to the methods used.•Further research should assess the appropriateness of diverse alcohol availability calculations for different study contexts.
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- Title
- Does geographic availability of alcohol influence drinking in adolescents? A systematic review of literature associations
- Creators
- Irene Martín-Turrero - Universidad de AlcaláRoberto Valiente - Centre for Biomedical Network Research on Rare DiseasesAndrea Pastor - Universidad de AlcaláUsama Bilal - Drexel UniversityXisca Sureda - Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias
- Publication Details
- Health & place, v 90, 103362
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Number of pages
- 16
- Grant note
- Community of Madrid: CM/JIN/2019-021, CM/JIN/2021-030 Spanish Government: FPU20/03025 Office of the Director of the National Institutes of Health: DP5OD026429
Thanks to Paula Jime nez and Lorena Rojas for providing support during the pair-review. Special thanks to Professor Niamh K. Shortt for her very valuable critical comments on this piece of work and her help in interpreting the results. This study was done as part of a project funded by the University of Alcala and the Community of Madrid (CM/JIN/2019-021 and CM/JIN/2021-030) . IMT was supported by a Predoctoral Contract from the Spanish Government (FPU20/03025) . RV is a member of SPECTRUM, a UK Prevention Research Partnership Consortium (UKPRP) . UKPRP is an initiative funded by the UK Research and Innovation Councils, the Department of Health and Social Care (England) and the UK devolved administrations, and leading health research charities. UB is supported by Office of the Director of the National Institutes of Health under award number DP5OD026429. The funding sources had no role in the analysis, writing or decision to submit the manuscript.
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Urban Health Collaborative; Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:001333001800001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85205697731
- Other Identifier
- 991021910714104721
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