TY - JOUR
T1 - Support for alcohol policies from drinkers in the City of Tshwane, South Africa
T2 - Data from the International Alcohol Control study
AU - Parry, Charles D.H.
AU - Trangenstein, Pamela
AU - Lombard, Carl
AU - Jernigan, David H.
AU - Morojele, Neo K.
N1 - Funding Information:
1Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa, 2Department of Psychiatry, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa, 3Department of Health, Behavior and Society, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, USA, 4Biostatistics Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa, 5Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Pretoria, South Africa, 6School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, and 7School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
Funding Information:
This study was supported by the International Development Research Centre Canada (grant number 107198-001). Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the International Development Research Centre. We thank the Research Coordinator (Elmarie Nel), the project assistants (Naledi Kitleli, Franz Masango, Shirley Hlope and Chantal Graca-Correia) and all the field supervisors and interviewers for their role in data collection for the survey. In addition, we are grateful to Natasha Morris and Ndabezitha Shezi for preparing the maps for sampling purposes and Mukhethwa Londani for data management. Finally, we express our appreciation to all the participants who gave their time to take part in this research.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 The Authors Drug and Alcohol Review published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol and other Drugs
PY - 2018/4
Y1 - 2018/4
N2 - Introduction and Aims. South Africa is considering a range of alcohol policy reforms. This study aims to determine the magnitude of public support for 13 alcohol policies in the Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality and whether this varies by demographic factors and heavy drinking status. Design and Methods. Data are from the South African arm of the International Alcohol Control study, a household survey of adult drinkers using a multistage stratified cluster random sampling design. The sample included 1920 drinkers aged 18–65 years (62% men), with complete drinking data for 16 drinking locations on 955 persons (510 heavy and 445 not heavy drinkers). Results. Over half (53%) of the sample were found to be heavy drinkers. Support varied by alcohol policy, ranging from 31% to 77%, with support above 50% for 11 of the 13 policies. Policy support was higher for policies increasing the purchase age to 21 years (77%), addressing drink driving (58–76%) and restricting physical availability (60–66%). There was slightly less support for policies restricting alcohol marketing (59%) or for policies increasing the price of alcohol (34–58%), especially if no justification was given or the funds were not earmarked. Policy support differed by age, gender, heavy drinking status and income. Discussion and Conclusions. Public support from adult drinkers for a range of alcohol policies is extensive and, as found elsewhere, was strongest for raising the minimum drinking age and lowest for increasing prices. The support from drinkers to increasing controls on alcohol could be one lever to getting control measures implemented. [Parry CDH, Trangenstein P, Lombard C, Jernigan DH, Morojele NK. Support for alcohol policies from drinkers in the City of Tshwane, South Africa: Data from the International Alcohol Control study. Drug Alcohol Rev 2017;00:000-000].
AB - Introduction and Aims. South Africa is considering a range of alcohol policy reforms. This study aims to determine the magnitude of public support for 13 alcohol policies in the Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality and whether this varies by demographic factors and heavy drinking status. Design and Methods. Data are from the South African arm of the International Alcohol Control study, a household survey of adult drinkers using a multistage stratified cluster random sampling design. The sample included 1920 drinkers aged 18–65 years (62% men), with complete drinking data for 16 drinking locations on 955 persons (510 heavy and 445 not heavy drinkers). Results. Over half (53%) of the sample were found to be heavy drinkers. Support varied by alcohol policy, ranging from 31% to 77%, with support above 50% for 11 of the 13 policies. Policy support was higher for policies increasing the purchase age to 21 years (77%), addressing drink driving (58–76%) and restricting physical availability (60–66%). There was slightly less support for policies restricting alcohol marketing (59%) or for policies increasing the price of alcohol (34–58%), especially if no justification was given or the funds were not earmarked. Policy support differed by age, gender, heavy drinking status and income. Discussion and Conclusions. Public support from adult drinkers for a range of alcohol policies is extensive and, as found elsewhere, was strongest for raising the minimum drinking age and lowest for increasing prices. The support from drinkers to increasing controls on alcohol could be one lever to getting control measures implemented. [Parry CDH, Trangenstein P, Lombard C, Jernigan DH, Morojele NK. Support for alcohol policies from drinkers in the City of Tshwane, South Africa: Data from the International Alcohol Control study. Drug Alcohol Rev 2017;00:000-000].
KW - South Africa
KW - alcohol
KW - heavy drinker
KW - policy
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U2 - 10.1111/dar.12554
DO - 10.1111/dar.12554
M3 - Article
C2 - 28493419
AN - SCOPUS:85019190763
SN - 0959-5236
VL - 37
SP - S210-S217
JO - Drug and Alcohol Review
JF - Drug and Alcohol Review
ER -