Surveying alcohol outlet density in four neighborhoods of beirut Lebanon: Implications for future research and national policy
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24 janvier 2025
- 10938/28512
- 30223460.0
- 2-s2.0-85053737492
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International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
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Alcohol Alcohol availability Alcohol density Beirut Gis (geographic information systems) Lebanon Who best buys Youth Alcoholic beverages Cities Commerce Ethanol Humans Policy Residence characteristics Underage drinking Beyrouth Alcoholic beverage Drinking Gis Gps Health policy Neighborhood Regulatory approach Surveying World health organization Young population Article Geographic distribution Geographic information system Global positioning system Law enforcement Licensing Marketing Public policy Social environment University City Commercial phenomena Demography Economics Human Statistics and numerical dataSujets proches
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Nakkash et al., « Surveying alcohol outlet density in four neighborhoods of beirut Lebanon: Implications for future research and national policy », American University of Beirut ScholarWorks
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Underage drinking among youth in Lebanon is increasing. Regulating availability is one of the best buy policies recommended by the World Health Organization. To quantitatively document the current status of alcohol availability to youth in Lebanon, we used GPS technology to survey alcohol outlet density in four highly populated neighborhoods in Beirut, Lebanon, and to estimate their proximity to educational institutions. The density of alcohol outlets ranged from 18.30 to 80.95 per km2 (average of 39.6 alcohol outlets/km2). The highest number of total alcohol outlets was in the “Hamra & Jamiaa” area, which includes one of the largest private universities in the country. Thirteen out of 109 (12%) alcohol outlets (on and off-premise) were located less 100 m away from educational institutions, in violation of the current licensing law. None of the off-premise and the majority (94%) of on-premise alcohol outlets displayed the “no sale for
