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MEASURING ALCOHOL OUTLET DENSITY : A TOOLKIT FOR STATE AND LOCAL SURVEILLANCE
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2021
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Description:cdc:61301,cdc:150468,cdc:150469
The Community Preventive Services Task Force recommends several strategies, including the regulation of alcohol outlet density, for reducing the availability and accessibility of alcohol to reduce excessive alcohol consumption and associated harms.1,2 However, standardized alcohol outlet density surveillance indicators had not previously been developed. To address this gap, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in partnership with the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, convened a group of experts on alcohol outlet density in September 2019 in Atlanta, Georgia. The group discussed how to support state and local health departments in the measurement and surveillance of alcohol outlet density and identified alcohol outlet density measurement indicators useful for public health practice.
he Measuring Alcohol Outlet Density: A Toolkit for State and Local Surveillance (hereafter called Measuring Alcohol Outlet Density Toolkit) provides steps for using these alcohol outlet density indicators for surveillance in states and local jurisdictions. It is a companion to CDC’s Guide for Measuring Alcohol Outlet Density, published in 2017. This guide covers key concepts, high-level steps, and underlying measurement theory. The Measuring Alcohol Outlet Density Toolkit provides code, screenshots, and guiding questions to help you accomplish the six steps outlined in the Guide for Measuring Alcohol Outlet Density. It also adds a seventh step on visualization, reporting, and communication.
This toolkit is specifically designed for teams looking for practical instructions on how to measure alcohol outlet density for surveillance. Teams may include people with a range of expertise, including public health researchers, geographers, policy makers, or law enforcement personnel.
Development of this toolkit, analysis of indicators, and related technical assistance was supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of a financial assistance award totaling $150,000, with 100% funded by CDC/HHS to the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) (Cooperative Agreement No. NU38OT000297-03).
Suggested Citation: Fliss MD, Mesnick JB, Esser MB. Measuring Alcohol Outlet Density: A Toolkit for State and Local Surveillance. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, US Dept of Health and Human Services; 2021.
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