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ArticleHealth promotion international2025

Alcohol marketing as a commercial determinant of health: daily diary insights from young women in Kampala.

Monica H Swahn, Charles Natuhamya, Rachel Culbreth, Jane Palmier, Rogers Kasirye, Emeka W Dumbili

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Monica H SwahnDepartment of Health Promotion and Physical Education, Wellstar College of Health and Human Services, Kennesaw State University, Prillaman Hall, Room 4103, 520 Parliament Garden Way, Kennesaw, GA 30144, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-6663-3885
Charles NatuhamyaUganda Youth Development Link, Sir Apollo Kaggwa Road, Bifro House, P.O. Box 12659, Kampala, Uganda.
Rachel CulbrethAmerican College of Medical Toxicology, 10645 N. Tatum Boulevard, Phoenix, AZ 85028, United States.
Jane PalmierWellstar College of Health and Human Services, Kennesaw State University, 520 Parliament Garden Way NW, Kennesaw, GA 30144, United States.
Rogers KasiryeUganda Youth Development Link, Sir Apollo Kaggwa Road, Bifro House, P.O. Box 12659, Kampala, Uganda.
Emeka W DumbiliSchool of Sociology, College of Social Sciences and Law, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.ORCID 0000-0002-3563-1617

Funding

TOPOWA Study: Social Drivers of Mental Illness among AGYW in Slums.R01MH128930 · NIMH · VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY · PI Monica H Swahn · 2022 to 2026
$3.4M
NIH HHS R01MH128930NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH128930
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alcohol marketing, as a commercial determinant of health, presents an emerging threat to global health and is of particular importance in low-resource settings. This study is composed of data from 'The Onward Project On Wellbeing and Adversity' (TOPOWA) project, a multicomponent prospective cohort study examining the mechanistic pathways of adverse mental health conditions among women aged 18 to 24 years living in the Kampala slums in Uganda. The cohort consists of 300 women recruited in 2023 from three study sites (i.e., Banda, Bwaise, and Makindye). In this study, we deployed an underutilized tool, daily diaries, for assessing the exposure to alcohol marketing and an alcohol-promoting environment among young women living in the urban slums of Kampala, Uganda to spur new research and action. At baseline, participants completed a 5-day daily diary and an interviewer-administered survey. Findings show that alcohol-related neighborhood features were most frequently reported, including bars (Mean = 3.88 days), people drinking alcohol (Mean = 3.75), alcohol selling points (Mean = 3.45) and alcohol ads on TV (Mean = 2.51). Women who were exposed to bars (PR = 1.31) and alcohol ads on billboards (PR = 1.14) in a day were more likely to report alcohol use. Similarly, those exposed to alcohol ads on billboards (PR = 1.76) and bars (PR = 2.02) every day were more likely to report alcohol use. Higher cumulative exposure to different alcohol-related features was associated with a greater likelihood of alcohol use, particularly in the group with the highest exposure level. These findings underscore a need to develop alcohol counter-marketing strategies and harm reduction approaches. Daily diaries proved to be a feasible strategy in capturing real-time exposure data, which could in turn support prevention measures and the evaluation of intervention strategies.

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Alcohol DrinkingAlcoholic BeveragesMarketingAdolescentFemaleHumansPoverty AreasProspective StudiesUgandaYoung Adultalcohol environmentalcohol marketingalcohol usecommercial determinants of healthdaily diaryKampalaUganda

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PMID39907528
PMCPMC11795658

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