Author:
Polanska Kinga,Kaleta Dorota
Abstract
Alcohol consumption at a level exceeding existing recommendations is one of the leading risk factors for death and disability worldwide. The aim of the study was to identify correlates of alcohol drinking among a socially-disadvantaged population in Poland. The cross-sectional study covered 1644 adult social assistance beneficiaries from the Piotrkowski district (rural area in central Poland). A detailed questionnaire filled in during a face-to-face interview allowed for the collection of socio-demographic, lifestyle-related (including alcohol consumption) and health status data. About 42% of the participants, including 67% of the men and 30% of the women, exceeded the recommended level of alcohol consumption. In the adjusted model, the men tended not to follow recommendations for alcohol consumption more frequently than the women (OR = 4.5, p < 0.001). The higher odds of not following alcohol-related recommendations were also observed for the subjects declaring having a permanent or temporary job compared to the unemployed participants (OR = 1.2, p = 0.04). A lower healthy lifestyle index (indicating an unhealthy lifestyle related to a diet, body mass index (BMI), physical activity, and tobacco smoking) was associated with not following recommendations for alcohol consumption (OR = 1.1, p = 0.04). Our study indicates that being men, having a permanent or a temporary job, and coexistence of other unfavorable lifestyle-related factors are important correlates of not following recommendations for alcohol consumption among the beneficiaries of government welfare assistance.
Subject
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Reference53 articles.
1. The role of alcohol use and drinking patterns in socioeconomic inequalities in mortality: a systematic review
2. Transforming our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Developmenthttps://sdgs.un.org/goals/
3. Global Status Report on Alcohol and Health,2018
4. Alcohol and the Sustainable Development Goals—Major Obstacle to Developmenthttps://iogt.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Alcohol-and-SDGs_new.pdf
5. Addressing inequities in alcohol consumption and related harms
Cited by
3 articles.
订阅此论文施引文献
订阅此论文施引文献,注册后可以免费订阅5篇论文的施引文献,订阅后可以查看论文全部施引文献