Individual and district-level predictors of alcohol use: cross sectional findings from a rural mental health survey in Australia
Individual and district-level predictors of alcohol use: cross sectional findings from a rural mental health survey in Australia
BMC Public Health
- Author(s): Inder, Kerry J., Handley, Tonelle E., Fitzgerald, Michael, Lewin, Terry J., Coleman, Clare, Perkins, David, Kelly, Brian J.
- Published: 2012
- Volume: 12
- ISBN: 1471-2458
Abstract: Excessive alcohol use is a significant problem in rural and remote Australia. The factors contributing to patterns of alcohol use have not been adequately explained, yet the geographic variation in rates suggests a potential contribution of district-level factors, such as socio-economic disadvantage, rates of population change, environmental adversity, and remoteness from services/population centres. This paper aims to investigate individual-level and district-level predictors of alcohol use in a sample of rural adults.
- Urls: https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-12-586
- Keywords: Alcohol, Mental health, Rural health