Department of Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 0002, South Africa.
Afr Health Sci. 2022 Jun;22(2):162-168. doi: 10.4314/ahs.v22i2.19.
The availability of alcohol in society is known to increase the risk of a range of negative health outcomes.
The aim of this research is to determine if there is a spatial association between tuberculosis and alcohol outlets in Mamelodi, South Africa. We also aim to examine whether the socio-economic characteristics of the neighbourhood in which an alcohol outlet was located was related to the magnitude of tuberculosis in the immediate vicinity of the alcohol outlet.
Location quotient analysis is used to compare the extent of tuberculosis within a series of buffer intervals (100m, 200m, 300m) immediately surrounding alcohol outlets with tuberculosis across the township of Mamelodi as a whole.
The density of tuberculosis around alcohol outlets in Mamelodi at all buffer distances was found to be substantially higher than across the township as a whole. These findings indicate that the risk of tuberculosis in Mamelodi is higher around alcohol outlets. Alcohol outlets located in more deprived areas of Mamelodi were significantly associated with higher density of tuberculosis relative to alcohol outlets located in more affluent neighbourhoods.
Despite alcohol outlets forming an integral part of the urban landscape in townships in South Africa, they may facilitate the transmission of tuberculosis.
社会中酒精的可获得性被认为会增加一系列负面健康结果的风险。
本研究旨在确定南非马梅洛迪的结核病与酒精销售点之间是否存在空间关联。我们还旨在研究酒精销售点所在社区的社会经济特征是否与酒精销售点附近结核病的严重程度有关。
使用区位商分析比较一系列缓冲区（100m、200m、300m）内的结核病范围与马梅洛迪镇整体范围内的结核病，这些缓冲区紧邻酒精销售点。
在所有缓冲区距离内，马梅洛迪的酒精销售点周围的结核病密度明显高于整个镇。这些发现表明，马梅洛迪的结核病风险在酒精销售点周围更高。与位于较富裕社区的酒精销售点相比，位于马梅洛迪较贫困地区的酒精销售点与结核病密度更高显著相关。
尽管酒精销售点是南非城镇中城市景观的一个组成部分，但它们可能会促进结核病的传播。
