Food, alcohol and cigarette availability and consumption in Almaty, Kazakstan: results and appraisal of a rapid assessment

Public Health Nutrition

Andrew Yim¹  Debbie Humphries¹  Gaukhar Abuova¹ 

关键词: Food items;    Tobacco;    Alcohol;    Food availability;    Nutrition;    Mapping techniques;    Kazakstan;    Central Asia;   

DOI  :  10.1079/PHN2003503

学科分类：卫生学

来源: Cambridge University Press

【 摘 要 】

Objectives:(1) To develop a useful tool to measure food, alcohol and tobacco items; (2) to document the availability of these items in Almaty, Kazakstan; (3) to describe the relationship between consumption and availability; and (4) to identify possible relationships between availability and health outcomes in the city and region.Design:A survey of 648 vendors in Almaty, Kazakstan was conducted over one month from December 1999 to January 2000. Vendors identified which items they sold from a list of 61 food, alcohol and tobacco items.Setting:Vendors were approached in three of the six regions of Almaty, Kazakstan. Regions canvassed included Auzov, one of the three ‘sleeping regions’; Medeo, one of the two downtown regions; and Turksib, a more suburban/rural area of the city.Results:There was a significant correlation between alcohol and cigarette consumption and availability. The relative availability of items was numerically and spatially consistent throughout the city. Fruits and vegetables occurred infrequently (

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