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February 2009, Vol 99, No. 2 | American Journal of Public Health 228-230
© 2009 American Public Health Association
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2007.132217

RESEARCH AND PRACTICE

Association Between Residential Exposure to Outdoor Alcohol Advertising and Problem Drinking Among African American Women in New York City

Naa Oyo A. Kwate, PhD and Ilan H. Meyer, PhD

The authors are with the Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Naa Oyo A. Kwate, PhD, Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, 722 W 168 St, 5th Floor, New York, NY 10032 (e-mail: nak2106{at}columbia.edu).

We evaluated the association between residential exposure to outdoor alcohol advertising and current problem drinking among 139 African American women aged 21 to 49 years in Central Harlem, New York City. We found that exposure to advertisements was positively related to problem drinking (13% greater odds), even after we controlled for a family history of alcohol problems and socioeconomic status. The results suggest that the density of alcohol advertisements in predominantly African American neighborhoods may add to problem drinking behavior of their residents.






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