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. 2018 May:51:224-231.
doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2018.04.008. Epub 2018 May 7.

Do 'environmental bads' such as alcohol, fast food, tobacco, and gambling outlets cluster and co-locate in more deprived areas in Glasgow City, Scotland?

Laura Macdonald  1 , Jonathan R Olsen  2 , Niamh K Shortt  3 , Anne Ellaway  2
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Do 'environmental bads' such as alcohol, fast food, tobacco, and gambling outlets cluster and co-locate in more deprived areas in Glasgow City, Scotland?

Laura Macdonald et al. Health Place. 2018 May.

Abstract

This study utilised an innovative application of spatial cluster analysis to examine the socio-spatial patterning of outlets selling potentially health-damaging goods/services, such as alcohol, fast food, tobacco and gambling, within Glasgow City, Scotland. For all categories of outlets combined, numbers of clusters increased linearly from the least to the most income deprived areas (i.e. one cluster within the least deprived quintile to ten within the most deprived quintile). Co-location of individual types of outlets (alcohol, fast food, tobacco and gambling) within similar geographical areas was also evident. This type of research could influence interventions to tackle the co-occurrence of unhealthy behaviours and contribute to policies tackling higher numbers of 'environmental bads' within deprived areas.

Keywords: Alcohol; Area deprivation; Cluster analysis; Fast food; Gambling; Tobacco.

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Glasgow city and spatial scan window boundary.
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Spatial clusters of outlets by retailer, Glasgow City.
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Clusters of outlets (all) by SIMD Income quintiles, Glasgow City.
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